OCUK's new website

K1LLSW1TCH · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:29

The new store is a bit too busy for my liking, it looks cluttered and the silver buttons going horizontally near the top of the page looks like something I would've designed in Fireworks when I was 15.

Begbie · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:39

Not to my liking at all, the old site wasn't without its faults but it was better than this. It's like it took a step back.

foster grant · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:40

pastymuncher said:
Is there a knock on effect with the forum now? I keep getting connection reset messages on the forum when viewing the forum and even after I click on submit reply.

Yeah I'm getting that too

Nothin · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:47

pastymuncher said:
Is there a knock on effect with the forum now? I keep getting connection reset messages on the forum when viewing the forum and even after I click on submit reply.

foster grant said:
Yeah I'm getting that too

Same here.

silversurfer · 29 Oct 2015 at 13:52

something up yea

killswitch73 · 29 Oct 2015 at 14:40

i just tried to make an order for 2x 3xl game mats and its ordered it twice in 2 different orders without even adding payment details .

thebennyboy · 29 Oct 2015 at 15:42

For anyone that wants to know how "new" this website is. Take a look at the OcUK site, then the caseking site:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/
https://www.caseking.de/

It's a copy and paste job. Change a few colours and the logo. Hey presto, "new" website!

Armageus · 29 Oct 2015 at 15:45

thebennyboy said:
For anyone that wants to know how "new" this website is. Take a look at the OcUK site, then the caseking site:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/
https://www.caseking.de/

It's a copy and paste job. Change a few colours and the logo. Hey presto, "new" website!

It's already been said to death - no need to keep flogging a dead horse.

nitram100 · 29 Oct 2015 at 16:43

Really have tried, but it's horrible. Honestly don't think I'll order from here again.

Old site was a joy to use, a bit outdated in appearance but extremely functional.

Cyanide · 29 Oct 2015 at 16:46

Placed an order this afternoon but it just felt clunky compared to the old site.

I think it's already been pointed out as well but if you have a different shipping address to the billing address you need to put it in again at the payment stage, not just when you initially order.

The search feature is still useless as well

rexehuk · 29 Oct 2015 at 17:59

Cyanide said:
Placed an order this afternoon but it just felt clunky compared to the old site.

I tried to order new PSU / cooler earlier and the site was just hanging... so went elsewhere, so this is definitely costing them money at the moment!

koolpc · 29 Oct 2015 at 18:01

I ordered several things this week including today and all went ok, so far! Ordering was a breeze to be honest

greywolf · 30 Oct 2015 at 00:33

The graphic changes done definitely look better than how it was at launch. A step in right direction with the new site

savagesam117 · 30 Oct 2015 at 00:41

Since they've updated the forum stops loading for a couple of minutes every couple of hours..

I mean, like 3 minutes of no browsing OcUK, what am I meant to do!?

suenstar · 30 Oct 2015 at 10:31

I have to agree with most people that the new layout feels a bit cluttered and harder on the eye, though it's not the worst thing in the world and is still usable.

Why's the 'This Week Only Deals' page been refined into product categories?
Having to click into each type of product one by one is going to reduce the number of people spotting the deals and jumping on them.

I'm hugely an impulse buyer so being able to scroll through all of the week's deals on a single page made it much more tempting to pick something up.

ubersonic · 30 Oct 2015 at 10:40

Tried to order some stuff but just gave up... >.>

First the new search funtion decided that "g1/4" needed changing to "g1 4" to ensure I couldn't find anything relevant. Then the checkout failed to add my free shipping and I couldn't figure out how to fix it.

Uther · 30 Oct 2015 at 10:47

I'm not a hater, but, after trying it a bit more, I find I don't browse as much as I did with the old site, which means there's probably less chance of me clicking 'buy' on something.
Maybe it's a case of just being used to the old website, but with this one it doesn't feel so easy to find things.

Gibbo · 30 Oct 2015 at 10:54

suenstar said:
I have to agree with most people that the new layout feels a bit cluttered and harder on the eye, though it's not the worst thing in the world and is still usable.

Why's the 'This Week Only Deals' page been refined into product categories?
Having to click into each type of product one by one is going to reduce the number of people spotting the deals and jumping on them.

I'm hugely an impulse buyer so being able to scroll through all of the week's deals on a single page made it much more tempting to pick something up.

This is still possible:
1. Click This Week Only under OcUK Extra on the left.
2. Then go to finder and click all products.
3. Change items per page to 196

Takes seconds and then you can easily view all the products on TWO and even sort them into a price range or by brand or type.

New site has a lot more power functions once you get used to it.

paradigm · 30 Oct 2015 at 11:00

Would be quicker if there was just a TWO page with all the deals though, wouldn't it?

No real point in getting your customers to do the work when it can be done server side.

koolpc · 30 Oct 2015 at 11:02

Been looking at the new site and i like it quite a bit. So easy to navigate to me anyway. Nice and modern looking too. As i have stated, i have ordered from it a few times this week with no issues.

Any teething issues will soon get sorted.