Yes, but the website does suck. An incomprehensible muddle of crap.
Wow, are you speaking on Marstars behalf? I would hope not, as it would not be good for business to tell the people that pay the bills (consumers) to take their business ( $$$$ ) elsewhere.
Every business owner should be prepared for constructive and or non-constuctive criticism, and I think John is doing just fine without your ##### off attitude.
Thanks for coming, bye now.
peace...
The biggest issue I find with the website is the organization. Remove any product you are not planning on stocking any longer, anything that is simply out of stock move it to a category labelled "Out of Stock" or "Soon to be Available" or something similar... and make sure all categories are complete. A generic ladder style category would suffice even as long as the ladder of links wasn't too long, and made sense going from generic to specifics.. The website currently is possible to find things, but sometimes you have to look through a couple links before finding it. Lastly a search function, but only if it works well - if it doesn't, don't bother putting one up (there are lots of bad ones out there..)
I am very appreciative of what you bring to us, and the website is functional, but it would help those who just want to know what is available for sale now to have less "clutter" in the way.
Thanks John!
Right. Maybe you are exagerating a bit, whaddaya think?
What exactly is incomprehensible to you? Point it out. I seem to be able to navigate and understand the whole thing without any serious concerns and I'm not particularly gifted. I can't say I even saw anything really negative on the site. You guys lead sheltered lives.
I could explain the parts that are confusing you for a small consultancy fee. PM, maybe we can do a deal.
I'm new to CGN but not new to the internet, so here's a couple of my cents...
Compared to most of the Canadian gun store websites, Marstar's site is actually pretty decent. However, that's because most of the rest of the sites out there are abomanably bad, and look like they were made in the 90's and haven't been updated since.
Running a business AND maintaining a website isn't easy, so its understandable why some things go out of date.
The best thing for Marstar to do would be to hire a casual part time web designer (there are probably 100's of web design graduates who would work for ammo), talk to them once a week/month and give them a list of updates.
That's what I do with the websites for my business, and has worked out well, as otherwise I was always 3 months out of date. Cheap, easy, fast.
A full overhaul would be great, but IMHO isn't totally needed.
Good luck, and hoping to buy a PPS50 from you sometime soon!
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Originally Posted by cobalt545
Straightforward web ordering would make me spend money at Marstar.
Semper Fi
I don't have a problem with Marstar's web site however, I sure would like to see ordering on line. I have had a case where my fax wasn't even actioned (This was a couple of years ago). Now I follow up my faxes with an email. I believe John doing his best to keep us happy and Marstar is sure easier to deal with than Wholesale Sports.