Spyderco Website

[shuutr]

I really like Spyderco Knives. I also really like the Spyderco catalog. I dislike the Spyderco website. Does anyone else agree?

Spyderco isn't alone as a lot of knife sites (both manufacturers and retail outlets) are poorly designed, visually unimpressive and difficult to navigate. Spyderco makes great knives, but it sure is hard to browse the website. The catalog in PDF is great. Large images and grouping by similar models. If instead of looking at the pdf, I chose to look through the catalog search, there is two clicks from the home page and you get 16 pages of knives in no discernible order. Blade hq does a good job if you select spyderco knives of listing all the models on the left of their browser. They have large photos as you scroll through options which is a step up over other websites who use small photos and a lot of text.

Kershaw has a good search function though it doesn't always present accurate results (select no speedsafe models and the cryo comes up), but the images are large and the page is easily scrollable.

Does anyone else think Spyderco could benefit from an upgraded web design?

 

[tchapman414]

Having worked on websites, I tend to be more harsh than most when it comes to such judgements. They do have all of their information there, as far as I can tell, and search engines pull their relevant pages correctly, but as far as actual navigation, it is disappointing by modern web standards. It would seem to me that they are due for an upgrade to their content management system, as the current site looks like that of a significantly older version.

 

[yablanowitz]

I'm sure it could use an update. I know it hasn't been significantly changed in ten years, which is a couple of geological eras in technology years. I'm also sure that their website business is a tiny fraction of their total business. Since they can't keep up with the demand for their knives now, investing heavily in the website to build that small fraction of their business into even more demand doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Perhaps when they get their facility expansion completed and their production capacity increased to exceed current demand they'll consider it.

 

[shuutr]

I wasn't thinking it would increase sales on their website as much as it would increase sales at their dealers if customers could find a great way to browse. One of the biggest drawbacks I have encountered since I have started collecting is finding a dealer with the entire lineup in stock.

If seeing it in person isn't an option, an online display better be real good to get someone to drop $100 on a knife.

Also, web presence is part of the company image. The website does not reflect the quality of the product.

But maybe you are right. They are selling knives as fast as they can make em so why bother.

 

[tazkristi]

We'd be the first to admit that our current site leaves much to be desired. It's a bit of a dinosaur. We are in the process of designing a completely new site. We're in the early stages of planning at this point and as with all things Spyderco we're not rushing the process. We're taking our time and doing our best to ensure that the new site is great, not just new. Hang in there, we'll make it worth the wait.

Thanks for taking the time to post and share your thoughts.

Kristi

 

[tazkristi]

Duplicate post... site hung up.

 

[shuutr]

Thanks for taking time to let us know. I look forward to it.

 

[Semper Praesidio]

Does anyone else think Spyderco could benefit from an upgraded web design?

"Spyderco"....." Web design"...... I see whatcha did there

Can't wait to see the new site design!

 

[bengaiser]

As long as Google hits the right pages and there is at least some info there, I would personally rather have more Spydercos