My only issue is their website, just not up to par with even small Crawling only vendors. I even shop online impulsively and their search feature is just not letting me buy things I normally would from their competitors due to search results pulling up things I might try.
Thanks for writing.
Our search, and the search on any site, is a compromise. And we stock a LOT of stuff. Not a few hundred part numbers, but maybe over a million total items. The trick is, how to weed through a massive amount of numbers to find what you need. I'm kind of with you. I sometimes think our site will be-wilder consumers who aren't savvy with our search features. In the same way walking around a mall will ultimately disgust you until you find that thing in the center that says where all the stores are. "look at that, we walked by Footlocker 12 times and didn't see it."
Even a product line as simple as Novak. We carry 150 different Novak part numbers, can be a large search.
As an example, I was just looking and we have 715 items with the word servo in the description. Over 2300+ part numbers from HPI, 2300+ from Associated, 2000+ from Losi, etc... etc...
It's a lot to manage, and in the case of the consumer, a lot to look through. But hopefully we are doing it in a way that allows you to find the items you need.
Spend some time with our search tools. We designed them so that hopefully you will find what you need, at a price that suits your budget. We also allow, and do searches in very unique ways that nobody else does. You can search by price ranges, with or without thumbnails to speed up your search. Even search by eliminating things that are not in stock, no sense looking for things we don't have if you need something specific right NOW!
I hope, in the end, that you'll find that the search engine on our site is very robust and will help you find EXACTLY what you need, every time.
The way the description search works, you don't need to know any codes or anything special. You can search for a term you want. Then also have it remove a term you don't want. As simple as, "look for", and "don't want".
Example, let's say I want some tires. I go to our search:
http://www.stormerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/searchpn.pl?sthumb=on
and I type in tires. I get 1264 matches... That's almost worthless, that's to many. So let's say I'm looking for 2.2" tires. I just add 2.2 in there and get 162 matches. Let's say I'm looking for something, might have been IMEX. so let's add Imex to "any of". Now a much more manageable result. 12 items. Wouldn't it be cool to compare the pictures of the Axial tires on the same page? just add axial to the "any of" and it finds the tires from axial that matches and adds them to the result with the Imex tires. I then sorted them by lowest to highest price to find the best value, and clicked on the "only items in stock" button to weed out things that are not available or out of stock. Badda-boom, badda-bing !
Here is the result, and how the search looks. Play around with it. The search is your friend and will save you money! "thumbsup"
http://www.stormerhobbies.com/cgi-b...m=&oterm=&uterm=&instock=on&sthumb=on&smode=2
If you ever have trouble finding something on our site, drop us a note, and we'll show you how to find it.
Our site software was written and developed by our in-house software engineers. If you ever have an idea to make a piece of the site better, it's possible we can do it. Got an idea on how to search for something? It's possible we can develop and add that feature.
Hope this was helpful.
Feel free to email us any time.
sales@stormerhobbies.com
Thanks for reading,
-Bob