Objective:
Toyo had hundreds of retail stores throughout the country that already sell its products. This site is a launch-pad to highlight new artists and new product lines. There are also buttons to allow the visitor to:
- See galleries of products by individual artists.
- Find stores where the products are sold at retail.
- Find showrooms where the products are sold at wholesale.
- Find shows where the products are displayed.
- Order a catalog of the product line.
- Fill out a credit application online.
- Contact the company.
- Download a current inventory of the product line(for authorized salespeople only).
- Purchase clearance products twice yearly(for authorized retail stores only).
Special Features:
- This site has a very unique navigation bar that seems to float over the page. This is accomplished by layering and is only viewable on the Internet Explorer browser. Users of the Netscape Navigator are re-directed to pages without layers.
- This is a sophisticated e-commerce site, complete with “secure socket layers” and a very robust shopping cart. The shopping area is only accessible to established retail stores that already sell Toyo products. Once the customer logs into the site with their account number, they can purchase clearance merchandise and, at checkout, are invoiced by Toyo.
- Salespeople around the country can “log-in” with a username and password to download weekly inventories. This feature requires a database of authorized users. This database is kept on the site and updated as needed.
Toyo has recently closed it’s doors. However, I have kept the entire site intact so you can see it in action by clicking the link below.