cybersix Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I'm about to change my fragrance listing from "categories" to an alphabetical list.. but something keeps me from making the change! So, I would like to do the first poll of my life, how do you and your customers (if you know) prefer reading scents offered?Split into categories?Alphatebical list?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 In English. OK that wasn't a choice. What I don't like about groupings is some can fall into two categories, so it takes less space just to alphabetize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 In English. OK that wasn't a choice. What I don't like about groupings is some can fall into two categories, so it takes less space just to alphabetize.yeah that's the major problem I'm having, with some scents I have hard time choosing a category, even if I like my category page!Don't you want me to translate into italian?? If it makes you sad I'll keep english names! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 How many scents do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 How many scents do you have?For now they are 50, I have 8 or 10 more to test. It's not a so big number but the list is slowly growing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtybirdsoaps Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Alphabetical for me I just think its easier to go down the list and read descriptions than categories. Not to mention that there's so many types that you have no clue what to put it under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wick'n'Wax Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Still being a newbie to what FO's are out there, I find it so much easier to go into categories, especially when Christmas draws near.It's easy to click Christmas and up they all come.I hate having an alphabetical list to trawl through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 I prefer catagories. I know some scents are hard to classify, or fit more than one. But I know when I am shopping online for FO, like Wick'n'Wax said, I hate having to read each name trying to find what I want. Could you add catagories to fit the ones that are in between? I have a 'Classics' and 'Exotics' catagory and that actually covers quite a bit. And if it fits two catagories then you will be 50% right where ever you put it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 I prefer catagories. I know some scents are hard to classify, or fit more than one. But I know when I am shopping online for FO, like Wick'n'Wax said, I hate having to read each name trying to find what I want. Could you add catagories to fit the ones that are in between? I have a 'Classics' and 'Exotics' catagory and that actually covers quite a bit. And if it fits two catagories then you will be 50% right where ever you put it!I still prefer categories, but when I get mad trying to figure where I should put a scent I thing that an alphabetical list would be quicker!I should add some smart category and maybe go on like this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I like alphabetical because as a shopper/consumer I like things that are easy to find, for me, that would be alphabetical. I don't like to dilly dally looking for things I want to find them, buy them and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 yeah that's the major problem I'm having, with some scents I have hard time choosing a category, even if I like my category page!Don't you want me to translate into italian?? If it makes you sad I'll keep english names! lolOh Lord no! You keep Italian!! If I could speak it, I might sneak it into my line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth-VT Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Well, you can look at it from two different perspectives:As a chandler, when I go to a suppliers site, I prefer to browse by category, because if I'm adding scents I generally have at least a ball park idea of what I'm considering, so category breakdown make it easy to target a specific group instead of browsing through several hundred alphabetical descriptions. As a customer going to a retail site, I prefer alphabetical. The number of scent choices is usually much, much smaller than a suppliers and if a name catches my eye, I'll continue on to read the description. I don't care to browse by category in this case 'cause I'm rarely after something specific. And as mentioned, it's sometimes subjective as to which class you might think a scent goes in compared to someone else. JMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so-soy Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I prefer alphabetically! If you go to sites that have oils listed in categories I hate having to wade through every category to find something. You are put at the discretion of the person filing these oils under whatever categories they decide but what if I'm looking for something and figure it would be under a certain category and I look and its not there so I move on, but in reality it is on the site, just under a different category..see what I mean. Aphabetically for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Beth and so-soy, I think you got the real point!maybe customers wnat to have a quick look, as if they were in a shop.. when I'm shopping I don't like wasting much time.. As a candlemaker I prefer categories because I know what scent I'd should add or try...Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 cmon people, we are at 50% for each option...:grin2:this won't help much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scentsme Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I do categories & then alphabetize within the categories. If I'm stuck on a fragrance that can fit into more than one category: I put it in more than one category! For Example:Strawberry White Cake: goes into the Berry section as well as the bakery.Vanilla Coconut Frosting: goes into the Bakery section, the Vanilla's section as well as the Coconut(yes, I have a coconut section....small, but there!).Chocolate Fudge Brownie: goes in Bakery section as well as Chocolate.Cantaloupe & Lily: goes under Fruit section as well as Florals.etc...Yes, it's a ROYAL PAIN to go it this way, but I find if I'm going to go through the trouble of making a list, I might as well make it great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Alphabetically for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Oh Lord no! You keep Italian!! If I could speak it, I might sneak it into my line I can give you some italian names and then send you some MP3 with the pronounciation (sp??)j/k!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I can give you some italian names and then send you some MP3 with the pronounciation (sp??)j/k!!God that hurt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alajane Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Alphabetical for me, too! I get so frustrated looking at one supplier's list that I usually just order what I know I want by typing the name into the shopping cart and don't even look over the entire list. Then inevitably as soon as I've placed an order, someone mentions a fantastic new fragrance that I wish I had tried!My 2 cents worth! And now the tie is broken by one vote.Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I prefer alphabetically! If you go to sites that have oils listed in categories I hate having to wade through every category to find something. You are put at the discretion of the person filing these oils under whatever categories they decide but what if I'm looking for something and figure it would be under a certain category and I look and its not there so I move on, but in reality it is on the site, just under a different category..see what I mean. Aphabetically for me!Same here. I want them all right there in order not split up into categories. Makes me nuts when I'm trying to shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 Same here. I want them all right there in order not split up into categories. Makes me nuts when I'm trying to shop.Alphabetical seems the winner.. anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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