We have some new Rush categories available for sign-up from the ‘Join a Rush’ page. The categories are more refined than some of our previous ones in an effort to reduce the number of items and make Rushes easier to shop.
The new categories are:
- Dolls & Bears
- Movie Memorabilia
- CDs
- Sports Memorabilia
- Baby Gear, Bedding, & Toys
And, a quick note on Rushes in general. Per my recent blog post we are working on refining Rushes to make them better. A few highlights include...
- We are testing different (later) Rush times and durations.
- We improved the speed of Rush pages by reducing the size of the images by 30%. This change applies to the homepage and search too so the site should be snappier.
- We replaced the space consuming image posts in chat with text links that launch a pop-up to conserve space.
Up next for Rushes? A smaller size for chat, more performance enhancements, and spam prevention tools.
Please include in your tweaking a tweak for Search and Filters. Geez, I was wandering around a recent rush on clothes and could not get the filters to properly filter. Every time I clicked on a filter like jeans, the size filter would magically go poof! It was frustrating and down right aggravating to narrow down a search in a rush. I left that rush instead of going through all those pages of things of no interest.
I had the same problem as Muffin in all three rushes. Also had a hard time getting back to the main page to start a new search. Most of the time I had to click at the bottom of the site on Rush and then start at the beginning again.
Still think they are a great idea.
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Thanks Alex
I think the further breakdown should be helpful.
Sounds good!
Please include in your tweaking a tweak for Search and Filters. Geez, I was wandering around a recent rush on clothes and could not get the filters to properly filter. Every time I clicked on a filter like jeans, the size filter would magically go poof! It was frustrating and down right aggravating to narrow down a search in a rush. I left that rush instead of going through all those pages of things of no interest.
Thanks for adding Sports Memorabilia!
@ ScouterMuffin – I’ll message you privately for details.
I had the same problem as Muffin in all three rushes. Also had a hard time getting back to the main page to start a new search. Most of the time I had to click at the bottom of the site on Rush and then start at the beginning again.
Still think they are a great idea.
@ Abbysantiques – you can start a new search by clicking the (x) next to the search filters you have applied. Clicking the X removes the filter.
I think less items will definitely make browsing and shopping easier.
Will doll & Bear making patterns be included in the D & B rush?
If listed under D & B, they are not included in the sewing rush. If listed under Crafts, Sewing, they are swamped with a million other patterns.
@ BookbinEtc – doll and bear patterns are not in the Rush. Just Dolls, Bears, and Paper Dolls.
Thanks Alex
That makes sense for sellers of those items.
That is good news. Any plans to pare down the Collectibles category before it runs? There’s over 76000 items in it now.
@ Silkworm – we’re not going to remove items from Rushes that have already been scheduled. That doesn’t feel right for those who signed up.
Glad to see CD’s being included now. I’ll be sure to throw mine in the ring on the next one.
Hope it brings lots of business for everyone!
Ah, yes. That wouldn’t be fair since folks have already signed up. I’ll wait til next time then. Hope to see a few handcrafted categories pop up soon.
I look forward to more refining…someday “Rush” will be a household word!
Great idea for refining, I believe it will be one of the best on site.
Thanks for the updates, always a work in progress!
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