Notification on Home Page

[ZenWulf]

Don't know if this has already been mentioned or not, but it's just a thought. What if Bear were to post a section on the home page that explained how long the average wait is at the moment, and a list of what toys he has premade. That way people aren't as surprised when they order, check out the forum and find out how long some people have been waiting.

[Talarath]

Don't know if this has already been mentioned or not, but it's just a thought. What if Bear were to post a section on the home page that explained how long the average wait is at the moment, and a list of what toys he has premade. That way people aren't as surprised when they order, check out the forum and find out how long some people have been waiting.

The ToS (which has to be agreed to before purchase) has mention of long wait times.
Both FAQs mention it
The top of the checkout page has a warning about long wait times.

If someone doesn't see them, they're either blind and need a new screen reader, willfully ignorant, or needs to learn to read.

[ZenWulf]

The ToS (which has to be agreed to before purchase) has mention of long wait times.
Both FAQs mention it
The top of the checkout page has a warning about long wait times.

If someone doesn't see them, they're either blind and need a new screen reader, willfully ignorant, or needs to learn to read.

...Good point. But what about keeping an easy to find list of ready-to-ship toys?

[Talarath]

...Good point. But what about keeping an easy to find list of ready-to-ship toys?

That I've been contemplating on how to do, and when I can do it.  Not 100% sure on how it would be implemented, but I can say its sort of in the works.

[jsealing]

Oh Tal, if anyone could do that, you can! ; the website ghuru.

[Red-Black]

That I've been contemplating on how to do, and when I can do it.  Not 100% sure on how it would be implemented, but I can say its sort of in the works.

Maybe have a seperate database for the premade toys?

This database will have toys added to it by hand when Bear has them ready.  Dropdowns for toy names/hardnesses and fill-in boxes for color/defects can make things faster and easier for Bear. To make it easier to know which toys are premade, all premade toys will have "Premade" added to the end of their name. For example: Ruff JR Premade

The users will see a special webpage. They can order toys from here by checking the box next to the toy name and clicking "add to cart". When the user clicks the button, a pop-up (javascript) appears with the message "These toys will remain in your cart for 24 hours. If not purchased in that time, they will be returned to the premades page where someone else may buy them. If you intend to buy this toy today, click "OK" to add the toy to your cart".

Clicking "OK" on the confirmation pop-up will copy the information used on the main site (price, model, color) from the premade database to the normal database. The premade database will temporarily remove the checked toys from itself as a "hold", marking them with a hold number.

When the toys are bought, the normal database sends the OK for that hold number's entry to be removed from the premade database. As the premade toys that are purchased are stored in the normal database once bought, having the entries be removed from the premade database makes things clean. A message is also automatically sent to the support box that a premade toy has sold.

Bear will also be able to manually remove toys from the database if he wishes. This does not trigger all the stuff that buying the toy does, it just removes the toy from the database.

So, what do you think?

[ZenWulf]

Maybe have a seperate database for the premade toys?

This database will have toys added to it by hand when Bear has them ready.  Dropdowns for toy names/hardnesses and fill-in boxes for color/defects can make things faster and easier for Bear. To make it easier to know which toys are premade, all premade toys will have "Premade" added to the end of their name. For example: Ruff JR Premade

The users will see a special webpage. They can order toys from here by checking the box next to the toy name and clicking "add to cart". When the user clicks the button, a pop-up (javascript) appears with the message "These toys will remain in your cart for 24 hours. If not purchased in that time, they will be returned to the premades page where someone else may buy them. If you intend to buy this toy today, click "OK" to add the toy to your cart".

Clicking "OK" on the confirmation pop-up will copy the information used on the main site (price, model, color) from the premade database to the normal database. The premade database will temporarily remove the checked toys from itself as a "hold", marking them with a hold number.

When the toys are bought, the normal database sends the OK for that hold number's entry to be removed from the premade database. As the premade toys that are purchased are stored in the normal database once bought, having the entries be removed from the premade database makes things clean. A message is also automatically sent to the support box that a premade toy has sold.

Bear will also be able to manually remove toys from the database if he wishes. This does not trigger all the stuff that buying the toy does, it just removes the toy from the database.

So, what do you think?

Sounds good. I can't think of anything extra, but a database of pre-mades is a good idea.