Comments on: 52 E-Commerce Stores on the iPhone

By: Matthijs

Matthijs — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:10 +0000

@sabross, I agree. I am currently looking for some apps where you can actually buy something and I am thinking it might be pretty hard to get an App like that in the AppStore because of Apple will be missing out on the profit. Amazon is the first I found, but because I am not in the US i cannot get the app on my iphone.

By: sabross

sabross — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:08:39 +0000

I’m amazed non of this places have ecommerce apps, or at least the ones i’ve found
we should do a list of the ecommerce stores with iphone apps

cheers!

By: R. Moose

R. Moose — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:29:12 +0000

How many of the redirected sites have a link to see the ‘normal’ site?

Personally I think it is a good idea to get the user to a site that is most usable, however, sometimes you want the ‘browser’ experience (or access to a feature that hasn’t yet been optimized, such as the mentioned Amazon Wishlist wasn’t until recently.)

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:52:22 +0000

52 E-Commerce Stores on the iPhone – No Turn On Red…

Génail ! 52 exemples de sites ecommerce sur iPhone. Seuls 5 sont optimisés pour ce support….

By: Charlene Jaszewski

Charlene Jaszewski — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:26:17 +0000

up until recently Amazon.com didn’t allow easy access to one of my favorite features – wishlist! but now they put a big fat button right on the product page of the mobile version. But now it’s quicker and easier to just use the Amazon iPhone app.

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:34:45 +0000

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E-Commerce Stores on the iPhone | Catch & Release Media, LLC - Blog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:46:02 +0000

[...] Sullivan took screen shots of 52 of the top ecommerce sites on his iphone to see what the support was like. 6 of the 50 retailers redirect iPhone users to a mobile-optimized [...]

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52 sites e-commerce pour iPhone - iphonemag.ch — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:36:10 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:17:30 +0000

While I agree that a benefit of the iPhone is the real web experience on a mobile device, I do think that redirecting users to iPhone optimized version of the site is a step in the right direction. There is a middle ground, in functionality and user experience, between the real web and the “mobile web” as it exists on some of these retail sites.

I don’t think that the iPhone user needs to be redirected to a completely stripped down, bare bones version of the site. But I think that, after an audit of the site functionality is done, a retailer can come up with a version of a site that cuts down on the noise and creates an efficient mobile experience.

I don’t think that every retailer needs a mobile-optimized website in 2009. It’s going to come own to demographics, their goals, and retailers’ needs – some retailers will benefit, some won’t. This said, the fundamental lack of non-Flash support on a good deal of these websites is really frustrating. Not only are they creating a negative mobile experience, but they are also neglecting a significant share of web users. Making sure your site works with Flash turned off is a fundamental web development consideration and I’m surprised that so many retailers fail there.

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:47:48 +0000

Sears also redirects to an iPhone optimized site.