Hello,
First I want to say I LOVE the idea of this MiniCart and think you really got a great thing going.
I'd love to know if it's a little bit more customizeable with some things that I think should be implemented. First I'll tell you why I'm inquiring about these things - it's because the standard cart page for many commerce stores is many times used as a re-enforcement page and builds more trust for the customer. I don't think upsells are needed but I would like to know about these.
1) The first time I tried the cart it took me longer than it should have to find the "hide cart" with small "X" button. (my opinion) Customers are just so used to the 99% of carts that have either a text link or button that says either "keep shopping" or similar. My request would be a "Keep shopping" button on the bottom left of that flyout - below the items in the Minicart and that button would do the same function as the "hide cart". It just keeps more in the theme of a standard cart.
2) I think the shipping calculator is great - as it usually is one of the first things many customer look for after adding something to their cart (they want to know how much shipping is). I'd love to be able to add more text links (also on bottom of minicart) like I do on my full cart -- text links such as "FAQs", "Our Guarantee", "Shipping Questions", "Secure Ordering", "Privacy Policy", etc... aslo include 800 number, and then I'd even love to be able to show off a few of those icons whether it be a bizrate customer certified logo or a BBB Online logo etc. This is part of that re-enforcement I was speaking of (but maybe the icons are harder to implement than the text links).
3) I don't think the update button needs to be seen at all until someone changes qty - for some reason it just bothers me being grayed out (I keep trying to click on it - lol). But it's no big deal.
4) I'd also love to see a text link within the minicart that takes you to the full cart (just in case some people want to see the full cart).
Anyway, I'd love to konw your thoughts.
Michael
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