new nearmintcards.com home page

nearmint · May 15, 2009 11:41PM

Hi all,

I spent some time this week updating the home page of nearmintcards.com, my vintage football card sales site. If you collect vintage football, take a look. I also recently added the ability to search for cards by college. I know a handful of collectors who collect cards of players from their school--anyone here do that?

The home page is a little dressier than it was, and hopefully it's still easy to navigate. It's evolved a bit from 2002, when I started my online business. Here is the original, 2002 version of the page, courtesy of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Mike

bsidegrve · May 17, 2009 4:03PM

Mike,
Love the update, In my opinion your site is by far the best site on the web for any vintage Football card collector!

nearmint · May 18, 2009 3:32AM

Thanks, Mark. All I can say is that it's a good thing I have a patient wife.

Fabfrank · May 18, 2009 4:19AM

Saw the updated page Mike. Honestly, I liked the old style. You do get a thumbs up

for at least updating your website and keeping it fresh.

nearmint · May 18, 2009 5:03AM

Uh-oh, I hope this isn't like New Coke! Thanks for being honest, Frank--negative feedback is actually more helpful than positive.

The old page is still around, at http://www.nearmintcards.com/oldhome/. What does everyone else think?

Publius · May 18, 2009 5:19AM

When I can search for players by religion, and or astrological sign, let me know. I collect cards of Jewish Pisces players.

Seriously, great site Mike, I really dig how you can search by latest additions too, so i can make sure Im not missing out on anything.

Oh, I noticed there's not a "Seahawk" section on your team search, Im sure its just an oversite that will soon be remidied.....

joe

recbball · May 18, 2009 5:48AM

Mike,

Your site is very easy to navigate and checkout was no problem.

Thanks,
Tom

AkbarClone · May 18, 2009 6:00AM

I've been collecting players by college for years. It is always helpful when sellers give you that option when searching.

I checked out one of the colleges I collect on your site--found an error listing (wrong college listed). Do you wish for people to contact you and give you corrections? Or would that be "geeky overkill" on my part?

storm888 · May 18, 2009 6:01AM

MUCH improved!

The added white-space WILL increase readership by a BUNCH.

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You might consider making the

Show all sets...

Show all teams....

Show all colleges...

between 14 and 18 point type.

I would also make all first letters UP.

Show All Sets...

Show All Teams....

Show All Colleges......

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I would also rotate the sets/teams/colleges/players
that show on the home page.

Maybe even daily.

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If I landed there from a search, I would look around the site.

nearmint · May 18, 2009 6:51AM

Thanks, everyone, for the constructive feedback. To answer a few points:

- Seahawks? Maybe their cards are vintage by now, huh? When I get my first Seahawk card in, I'll let you pick the logo, Joe.

- Yes, I definitely would like people to send corrections: teams, colleges, etc. No, I wouldn't call that geeky--you're talking to someone who put in all those searches, remember? (Funny story: someone once sent me a real nastygram because I had a player's college listed as Mississippi instead of Mississippi State. There is a difference, she said. For all I remember, it was wrong on the back of a card and I just copied from there.)

- I'll play around with getting the "Show All" links to show up better. I think rotating the logos is a good idea, too. I'll come back to that when I get a little time.

Thanks again!

new nearmintcards.com home page

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