One step backward, three forward
So far, there hasn’t be a single day I have not worked on the new shop. I have done my homework, boy! Yesterday in particular was a very productive day as I finally decided how to categorize and tag the products in the store. Every item, depending on its nature, will have multiple attributes: DVDs with have director, length, zone, format etc. while CDs will have packaging, country, musical genre etc. Sounds like an easy task, but it took a few hours just to get rid of useless complications and stick to the basics for the best user experience. Sadly that meant losing some of the older work I did, as many translations of products in Italian were erased while shaping all the inserted data. The good point however is that I have finally understood the foundations of this new software and I am now able to quickly edit even a lot of items together. Product insertion will be very quick and that’s a huge step forward compared to the old shop, and it will mean a much better handling of orders and restocks.
Other good news are that I plan to split Buio Omega in three separate shops. I haven0t yet decided the definitive names for them all but shop A (which will almost surely retain the Buio Omega brand) will take care of music related merchandise including CDs, vinyl, shirts, music DVDs etc; shop B will take care of the celluloid aspect of Buio Omega: horror DVDs, movie shirts, some action figures, movie posters etc.; shop C will be the merchandise only shop with will have basically just clothing, pins, jewelry, that kind of bollocks. Since the new software allows me to keep track of stock in a single place, some products will appear in all three shops at the same time. However it will be easier to browse only through the kind of products that interest you without all the visual clutter that a single shop that offers anything could create.
