ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design

Just another Intro to… site

eBay

For the monthly review, I chose to review eBay. Yes, it is not quite like Amazon but it has the same concept; search for what you want, bid/buy, andĀ receiveĀ  eBay has grown to be very user friendly from when I first remember coming across it. The way that there are categories right on the main page is an enormous plus on eBay’s part because if you came to the site to just look for something there are many categories and sub-categories within those main categories to find something specific EASILY. The way bread crumbing works on the site also is a plus because you can easily find your way back to categories that you were previously at.
The search bar itself is such a helpful tool. The way you start to type something in and suggestions pop up to help assist you in what you’re searching for is very user friendly. It even shows what categories the items are in. That can also lead to items that can interest you even if you weren’t looking for then. Also not to mention on the main page you have a bunch of additional things that add to the brilliance of the website like daily deals and browse history and suggestions which makes it much easier on a customer to find something they previously were looking to purchase or look at.

When looking to purchase an item, everything is once again, very user friendly. Once you find the item page you would like to buy or bid on there is a large blue button to catch your attention from the rest of the page. It is not overwhelmingly large, it is just right. Once you would like to buy something it takes you to the payment process which takes you step by step to make it easy as possible. I love eBay, there is not much difficulty to it at all and anybody can go on it and figure it out if they have never been on it before.