Many e-commerce sites aren’t the most attractive websites. There’s often a lot of clutter with little to distinguish the design from any other site. Of course, selling products is more important to an e-commerce site than having a pretty design, but these 50 examples show that some e-commerce sites display excellent design.
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December 9th, 2008
Great Collection, thanks!
December 9th, 2008
no sexy2 plss
December 9th, 2008
Thanks for this! I will have to be doing my first e-commerce web design soon most likely, so this is perfect timing. Great list.
December 9th, 2008
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December 9th, 2008
Good collection. At first glance, my favourite is Bonjour Mon Coussin (which I’ve seen before, so it’s not really at first glance). Very stylish.
December 9th, 2008
Just loving the ShoeGuru, really jumps out to me more than all the others. The message is totally 100% clear what this site is about.
That really works for me…
Graham
December 9th, 2008
Addy,
I’m not sure what site you’re referring to.
Dead Pixel,
Good luck!
Graham,
Shoe Guru is one of my favorites as well.
December 9th, 2008
wow nice inspiring list thanks..
December 9th, 2008
Would be nice to know what engine was running behind each site.
December 9th, 2008
this showcase arrives fine for me that im working on a new e-commerce project, magento and venda powered shops are beautiful. thanks for sharing some inspiration!
December 9th, 2008
Composition is a really well done site. I noticed the other day that zushopper.com is quite good.
December 9th, 2008
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December 9th, 2008
so true, but these are nice picks. usually I do not browse these sites, so I’ll bookmark
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December 9th, 2008
You forgot Oakley.com
December 9th, 2008
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December 10th, 2008
wow nice inspiring list thanks..
December 10th, 2008
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December 10th, 2008
than you for adding my website
December 10th, 2008
A word for a clothing site Inis Online! (can I post links here? — inisonline.com )
makes use of a jquery product zoom to give high quality images of the clothes.
Love the Uniqlo desing - again they have an interesting Fashion item zoom.
Really like this post as e-commerce sites are often hard to design well as the system being used can constrict the templates initially (cubecart etc)
Luke
December 10th, 2008
I’m really glad to find that my website “little Catwalk” is included in your list comparing it with sites like Uniqlo, ShoeGuru, Threadless or Von Dutch.
December 10th, 2008
shoeguru is a nice one…
would be cool if a site exists where nice shops are…
there are so many bad shops in the www so that it is hard to get inspired.
December 10th, 2008
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December 10th, 2008
Selling products, as you state, is the most important thing to this type of sites, but as your samples show, to sell you need to attract, lead and maintain your clients… it´s a shame a company wouldn´t see the potential of having a visually appealing site.
December 11th, 2008
Great blog, found this very interesting, some great designs…thanks
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December 12th, 2008
Well done - great list - some inspiring sites!
December 12th, 2008
i love these! i’m working in joomba though, so i need a template for that, but thanks, these give me great ideas!
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December 14th, 2008
Hi,
some really nice designs up there, we just relaunched a nice nike sneaker boutique -> http://www.nortberlin.com.
we wanted to launch the best designed shoe ecommerce out there, and i think we did a great job.
check it out
December 15th, 2008
Nice designs. These give me ideas!
December 17th, 2008
Nice list, there are really some highlights!
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December 18th, 2008
These are great e-commerce sites. THANKS!
December 19th, 2008
This is a pretty impressive list, I’ve not heard of most of these places. After having some terrific experiences getting gifts online I plan on doing it quite a bit more.
Thanks
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January 26th, 2009
Thanks for this really useful research for our first proper online shop which is in development. I love the simplicity of http://www.howies.co.uk which i am familar with and its great to look at some great alternatives to help us decide what we want from our design.
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February 2nd, 2009
Cool collection… I loved them… Thanks for the good work
February 17th, 2009
Love Mouse to Minx and Free People. Just taking web design to a more tactile level.
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February 26th, 2009
really impressive this collection. I see so many European websites and it’s obvious that the best web designers are from Europe
March 2nd, 2009
These are excellent! Notice none of them a crammed with products and/or text on the home page? Another important thing of all the sites is the product photography. A good product image can really be used as part of the design.
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March 4th, 2009
Nice collection. Some of those look familiar…
March 4th, 2009
“Of course, selling products is more important to an e-commerce site than having a pretty design.”
There is no other purpose to design for ecommerce sites than to sell more product. Good design can make or break a ecommerce site. Good design is key and does not stand on its own, but is merely a tool for a greater goal.
But great list anyway, we can learn!
March 5th, 2009
Thijs Visser,
I agree with you that design and selling products work together, but it’s possible to design a site that looks good but isn’t effective at selling, and that was my point.
March 5th, 2009
Wow! I hope I can create an e-commerce website design that will compete with those above. Oh jehz.. dream on
March 8th, 2009
Awsome sumeup i do mis http://slipper-shop.nl though
March 17th, 2009
Nice thank you for the inspirational website designs
March 27th, 2009
Nice collection of e-commerce designs. It just shows it doesn’t have to be all that borgin all the time.
March 29th, 2009
I like the way the majority of these sites look good due to nice photography and illustrations. I always prefer sites that have imagery that jumps out and grabs you as opposed to clinically ‘graphic designed’ sites.
Very nice and definitely worth book marking!
Cheers
Craig
April 6th, 2009
Great list, going on my delicious as we speak! Cheers!
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April 22nd, 2009
Great collection of designs. We use CRE for our ecommerce sites and we just love the designs here. Gonna mention your site designs on our blog
April 23rd, 2009
great collections.. love some of the design.
April 23rd, 2009
Great list of sites. The designs show products spaced out and make the sites look nice. Gonna work on my blog to be the same way. Any suggesstions anyone ?
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May 12th, 2009
Nice Collection if any one can tell me which one is best cms system to build e-commerce website, i like http://www.citysole.com also
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May 20th, 2009
i like this design…
May 22nd, 2009
Awesome collection.
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