20 well designed e-commerce sites

Posted on 30th May 2008 by James Young | There are 10 comments so far

There are a lot of ugly, hard to use and ill conceived e-commerce sites out there. As I’ve been asked recently by a number of clients to either develop a full e-commerce site or at least offer some sort of online retail functionality, I thought I’d list 20 well designed e-commerce sites.

Some range from setting up a full e-commerce site and others have simply required the ability to sell a few items online using simple means like paypal.

Without further ado…

Here is a small list of 20 well designed e-commerce sites I’ve bookmarked in recent weeks which might provide a little inspiration. Don’t forget – you’re welcome to suggest other sites in the comments!

Howies

CubecartStyle.com

Uniqlo

Narwhal Co.

Bored of Southsea

Coast Stores

Tiso

Kurt Geiger

Oli

Fox Cubs

Ollie and Ellie Cookies

Shoe Guru

Alpine Bikes

Adrian Buckley

John Lewis

House of Fraser

Patagonia

Lightrein

Threadless

Panic

Camisetas

So there you have it, 20 shopping sites that are nicely laid out, punchy and give good prominence to their range of products and promotions.

You’re welcome to submit more suggestions in the comments at any time and I’ll happily expand this post to include more than 20 sites.

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Beautiful selection!

Thanks a lot!

2 sites that I have to share with you — that I think both excel at not only the e-commerce experience but allow you to personalize your product in the process.

1. http://www.helpineedhelp.com/products/t-shirts/ – everyone needs help. so — just out with it! simply type in what you need help with — and pick your size and hit submit. Literally placed my entire order in less than 15 seconds (customized to my specification). All ecommerce sites should strive to be this good.

2. http://www.fillintheblankie.com — makes it crazy simple, fun and easy to order the most thoughtful, memorable and practical baby gift possible!

Both are very cool sites (they are not overly slick — they just seem to get it)!

Welcome your thoughts and feedback,
T

E-commerce what a wonderful thing. Great examples of some of the best stores I’ve seen!

those are awesome. i wish i could make my store look that nice.

bradford55

19th August 2008

Just wanted to add itself’s rather new site to this great collection…
http://www.hereitself.com

What do you think of this site, we created it and it just feels like it needs something.

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