Hello

Can anyone suggest new trends for ecommerce site.

Can anyone list any examples websites to check.

Should it be simple, minimalistic ? or filled with graphics etc?

Check this site for E-commerce site list. You will get an idea what should an E-commerce site contain.

Originally Posted by dailyglobal

Check this site for E-commerce site list. You will get an idea what should an E-commerce site contain.

Which site ?

I believe minimal designs are best, though be sure to include a decent amount of text and an SEO-friendly footer to ensure high rankings in SERPS.

Check out the competitors to your potential e-commerce website; list the positives and negatives and better it.

There is no absolute standard or trend. It all depends on project type and then it distorts depending on rivals.

Originally Posted by TheBrainchild

I believe minimal designs are best, though be sure to include a decent amount of text and an SEO-friendly footer to ensure high rankings in SERPS.

exactly...If you think from the deeper aspect.The best think to keep in mind while putting such a site together is to think like you are to satisfy your customers. Think from the view point of a customer and provide all the user friendly aspects that would be a comfort as well as desire for a customer.

I have checked out the competition and they all have minimal site design, very simple.

For e.g. just a header with one color, their logo and the rest of the body is just white background. They have placed emphasis on the product images but not on the site design.

Yeah,

I also designed a minimalistic e-commerce website which received good feedback from the client.

but then my most recent e-commerce design was a bit more complicated but I guess it was necessary since they wanted an information hub based design.

I think that most ecommerce sites are simple due to the nature and purpose of the site.

The site developers are interested in directing the customers to the product rather than the design of the site itself, it about usability rather than complicated design.

Basically people are going for a simple look light colors, to give it a friendly look. I would recommend looking at websites like http://foxycart.com and http://shopify.com/ both of these give examples of e-commerce sites that have been made using their software, and they are usually have the most up-to-date trends.

Also you can just look at those websites themselves, because they are also trying to sell their own product. Just look at e-commerce sites and look at what they do, and come up with your own way to make it better.

Don't always stick with the trend, you can be a trend setter. Another thing to consider is that trends are changing constantly, so there is no one thing that defines a trend. Trends come and go like the wind, it could be here, or it could be on the other side of the world, if you understand what I am getting at.

Originally Posted by Leopard

Basically people are going for a simple look light colors, to give it a friendly look. I would recommend looking at websites like http://foxycart.com and http://shopify.com/ both of these give examples of e-commerce sites that have been made using their software, and they are usually have the most up-to-date trends.

Also you can just look at those websites themselves, because they are also trying to sell their own product. Just look at e-commerce sites and look at what they do, and come up with your own way to make it better.

Don't always stick with the trend, you can be a trend setter. Another thing to consider is that trends are changing constantly, so there is no one thing that defines a trend. Trends come and go like the wind, it could be here, or it could be on the other side of the world, if you understand what I am getting at.

Thanks for the advice. I will follow it

Here's a great article on 2009/2010 Web Design Trends (http://www.themeflash.com/current-we...for-2009-2010/) There's some really good ones that apply to E-commerce Sites.

I think we are making huge strides from creating sites with Html and CSS to using Open source like WP. E-commerce is not in this stage yet but at one point everything will eventually convert to those type of sites.