Hi Christine, Here are a few more - Purchase Item, Procure Item, or even Acquire Item
Rony On 6/23/08, Christine Boese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about "Invite the Product to Come to You"? > > Just adding a little zen to the purchasing flow... <G> > > Chris > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Andrea Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi - > > > > I am currently working on a website for a client in the > > 'spiritual/healing/meditation" space and she has a playful, whimsical > > yet vibrant, interactive website with "guided journeys" that unfold > > insight to one's personal development through a game-like interface > > where one choses tokens and is able to enter various rooms, > > environments, etc. > > > > The site has about 30k+ registered users, more than half of whom are > > active each month, with 1/3 of them returning daily and an equal > > amount spending 20+ minutes on the site with each visit. So, plenty > > of active users and deep users. Nearly all are female and over 30 > > years old. > > > > Currently, the site offers "free audio meditation" one can listen to > > on the site. The new plan (and part of my assignment as a project > > manager) is to lead a remote development team in the construction of > > the e-commerce store to sell the audio downloads (and eventually, > > video downloads of similar content). > > > > So far in the RFP, we have been using the term "Buy Now" as the button > > to be included in the site, but the owner and I agree that such > > terminology and any "big, red blinking button" would be in disharmony > > with the site. > > > > Any suggestions or experience on another term or action oriented > > phrase that could be used besides "BUY NOW"? > > > > My major concern is confusing an already accustomed audience by > > introducing a new phrase that is unclear in its direction. So, how do > > we tell the user she can "buy now" without using such a commercial and > > trite phrase? > > > > A few I have considered: > > "Add to Cart" - works because it is a familiar directive, but also > > seems disharmonious with the site look and feel. > > "Select Item" - might work, feels less purchase oriented and a bit > bland... > > "Own It!' - clear directive, but feels a bit too powerful for a > > gentler, meditation oriented product... > > > > I will be thinking about this fantastic and clever button all day as I > > work on the basic wire-frames for the store - I would appreciate any > > help and/or suggestions if you have a moment to lend some brainwaves > > to this one or if you have encountered a similar issue. > > > > thanks to all! > > AL > > > > ps - I did search past threads and found the following - > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=19036 - and it was very > > insightful as well... > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
