[thelist] Shopping bag vs shopping cart/basket

[Jeff Howden]

andy,

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> From: Andy Budd
>
> We're about to design a site for a premium clothing
> brand. I'm thinking about using a large-ish graphic
> of their shopping bag to act as the icon for their
> shopping cart/basket, [...]
>
> What do people think about breaking the shopping
> cart/basket convention this way and using the term
> shopping bag, along with an image of a shopping bag?
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don't sweat it. people will figure it out just fine.

i recently redid a client's site and switched from the cart metaphor to the
bag metaphor. neither the site redesign nor the metaphor change had any
negative impact on sales.

if you want to see what i'm referring to, you can find it here:

(warning:  not office-friendly)
http://adultdvdtoday.com/

.jeff

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