Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:23 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Didn't think there was anything wrong with the online store last season. Needs sorting out soon though.

Well I think it has always been shoite. If you walk in the shop, it is packed with loads of stuff. But on the few occasions I looked at the online shop, either the overwhelming majority of items weren't there, or else they were well-hidden where I couldn't find them.

It's not hard to do an online shop. I sadly spend far too much online so I should know. I just don't see why you can't put each item you stock in one or more categories, and have a nice subdivided online shop with everything searchable and easily findable and all available. Getting somebody to build a proper online shop would surely pay for itself in a breath. Buying online is a breeze. Finding time to trail to Odsal is not.

An online shop should obviously (and very easily) be linked to the computer record of stock, so once sold out (in store or online) it shows as out of stock online.

[Bullseye]

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:38 pm  

I hear the club are working on getting the online store up and running soon.

About time.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:18 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I hear the club are working on getting the online store up and running soon.

About time.

Indeed. Surprised it's taken so long though. When they moved the shop to combine with the ticket office and i first went up, I thought, what a masterstroke, now, every single person who came for a ticket had to walk through the array of goods and so sales must have zoomed just through such a simple plan.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:01 pm  

Danny Williams keeps the Number 5.

[Bullseye]

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:02 pm  

Anything was an improvement on that small portacabin. How previous regimes hoped to sell merchandise in such a small shop was beyond me. It was impossible to gain entry on matchday due to the crowds of people and the queues were ridiculous.

The amount of times I was considering a browse and purchase and took one look at the queues and thought “no way”.

A proper online shop with all products included is a total no brainer. The shop’s opening hours are no good for people with normal working hours or who live more than a few mins from Odsal so the club is missing out on a lot of potential custom by not having it.

I know the club are starting to make progress. The new bloke up there Haroon Rashid is making a lot of positive changes in a lot of departments.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:41 pm  

And merchandising is one of the key income streams that we are allowed to spend on the salary cap. I would have thought that would have been more of a priority rather than the utility switching bullpower thing.

[Bullseye]

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:54 pm  

Think until recently there wasn't much coordination of action in the back office. Communication wasn't the best.

From what I've heard recently that ought to change for the better soon.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 4:51 pm  

Jay Pitts stays as number 14.

Little surprised at that. I half expected Addy to have the 7 shirt and Pitts to take 13.

Maybe Kavanagh is 13. Or perhaps Mellor may have been rewarded for his clear improvement with that 13 shirt. Or they've put someone else in 7. We'll see..... eventually.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:14 pm  

Ok sack that theory. Ben Kavanagh Number 25.

Re: Squad Numbers 2016 : Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:08 pm  

Last one for today. Kris Welham is Number 4.