X-Music website......Is that it????

Dozyart · 03-02-2009 02:49AM #1

I had been following the threads about x-music and was looking forward to the website getting up and running because i doubt ill have the opportunity to visit it any time soon and i would prefer to order from a homegrown site!!So..... http://www.xmusic.ie/ ........is that it???one page???Out of 20000sq foot and three floors all they advertise are seventeen objects????:mad::mad:

brendansmith · 03-02-2009 03:03AM

Thats pretty poor alright.

Alanstrainor · 03-02-2009 08:23AM

That site has been up since before it opened, and they added a few prices when it did open. So no that's not "the" site.

Rigsby · 03-02-2009 10:41AM

They were stock taking yesterday, so hopefully they will put same stock up on the site soon. Though at this stage, after three months of waiting I'm not holding my breath that I'll ever see "the" site. :rolleyes:

IamMetaldave · 03-02-2009 11:04AM

I heard that they had problems with getting stock in before they opened and it's had a knock on effect with putting up the full site as the stock isn't there.

Smiler · 03-02-2009 03:23PM

Here's a still of the site, the HTML version anyway.

It will be up shortly, as I said before were waiting for our stock to rise back up after Christmas - nearly there

http://s691.photobucket.com/albums/vv274/XMusic/?action=view&current=Webstill.jpg

Oh and all those prices may or may not be correct..... Still to be finalised

Rigsby · 03-02-2009 03:29PM

Smiler wrote: »

Here's a still of the site,

That's the way the site's been since you opened.... i.e. "still".

Smiler · 03-02-2009 04:04PM

Rigsby wrote: »

That's the way the site's been since you opened.... i.e. "still".

Ooooooh.....zinger!!!

Anyway for those of you who haven't visited us yet here's a little video of the shop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKV7rmo01U&feature=channel_page

Red Sleeping Beauty · 03-02-2009 04:40PM

Smiler wrote: »

Here's a still of the site, the HTML version anyway.

It will be up shortly, as I said before were waiting for our stock to rise back up after Christmas - nearly there

http://www.xmusic.ie/admin/getfile.php?file=%2FPics%2FWebstill.jpg

Oh and all those prices may or may not be correct..... Still to be finalised

I don't really like either colour scheme

ham_n_mustard · 03-02-2009 05:44PM

Rigsby wrote: »

That's the way the site's been since you opened.... i.e. "still".

thats harsh.....accurate, but harsh!

Sergio · 03-02-2009 08:11PM

It is taking a long time for them to get a proper website up and running.its in there own best interest to get it up so people outside of dublin can buy products online.

GazPat · 03-02-2009 09:08PM

I personally can't wait for it to get up and running properly. I'm too lazy to go all the way out to the red cow!!

God bless the credit card when it does finally get up and running!!;)

Alanstrainor · 03-02-2009 09:11PM

GazPat wrote: »

I personally can't wait for it to get up and running properly. I'm too lazy to go all the way out to the red cow!!

God bless the credit card when it does finally get up and running!!;)

The thing i can't understand now, is that if you're going to go through the trouble of ordering online, why not order from the uk with the weak sterling and save a ton.

68 lost souls · 03-02-2009 09:25PM

Well you have very little comeback if you order onine in the UK whereas a shop Ireland you can wont have to pay shipping to return it. Any issues with it you can talk to the people in the shop, and various other reasons.

Ancient1 · 03-02-2009 09:33PM

Cut them some slack guys. They're not only opening a bricks and mortar retail store but an online one as well. Dozyart, creating a functional e-commerce site takes more than just lashing a few pages together.

Rigsby · 04-02-2009 10:59AM

68 lost souls wrote: »

Well you have very little comeback if you order onine in the UK

Not necessarily true. I ordered a bass amp from "Dolphin Music" last year which turned out to be faulty. I had sent back the old one and had a replacement within a week. They rang me to check if it had arrived, then a week later to check if I was satisfied with the new one.

What shop in Ireland would do that ?

Rigsby · 04-02-2009 11:03AM

Ancient1 wrote: »

Cut them some slack guys. They're not only opening a bricks and mortar retail store but an online one as well. Dozyart, creating a functional e-commerce site takes more than just lashing a few pages together.

We've been through all this in another thread since last October.

Sergio · 04-02-2009 12:51PM

I agree about buying abroad.ive bought from the uk loads of times and theres never been an issue.it certainly is alot cheaper now with the euro being so strong against the sterling.

Dord · 04-02-2009 01:29PM

Rigsby wrote: »

Not necessarily true. I ordered a bass amp from "Dolphin Music" last year which turned out to be faulty. I had sent back the old one and had a replacement within a week. They rang me to check if it had arrived, then a week later to check if I was satisfied with the new one.

What shop in Ireland would do that ?

Dolphin Music are great. I ordered an Akai Headrush E2 from them last year and the guy rang to make sure I got it ok.

Red Sleeping Beauty · 05-02-2009 12:46AM

Rigsby wrote: »

What shop in Ireland would do that ?

Xmusic hopefully

Dozyart · 05-02-2009 01:49AM

Ancient1 wrote: »

Cut them some slack guys. They're not only opening a bricks and mortar retail store but an online one as well. Dozyart, creating a functional e-commerce site takes more than just lashing a few pages together.

Surely a website is just as important.........reaching people who never even knew about the shop!!!

Rigsby · 05-02-2009 10:22AM

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Xmusic hopefully

They did n't even notify their customers of their Christmas opening hours !

Red Sleeping Beauty · 05-02-2009 02:16PM

Musician Inc never had a good site - it was pretty rubbish in fact. The Xmusic site actually has more info than the Musician one did!

I do agree that they should hurry up - lots of people buying from the Uk it would seem

seachto7 · 05-02-2009 04:24PM

Not having a good website is a bit of a f**kup on their part. I don't care what anyone says.
They have an online sponsored ad campaign, so they're paying Google or an agency to put an advertising campaign on Google, which means they also pay when someone clicks on their ads, but the site isn't up to scratch to keep people there, so they're wasting money on internet advertising IMO.

Fair enough , it might be getting some traffic in, but if you could buy stuff on it or view a complete stocklist, it would surely take some of the customers who have bought off UK and German sites in the meantime.....

Just my 2 cents.

paulg1770 · 05-02-2009 04:34PM

I must admit x-music is a cool shop but i dunno how they are gonna cope with online prices and how waltons sells anything is beyond me. eg i bought a sienna sunburst 2008 fender strat recently Waltons wanted 1500, music maker wanted 1300 and x music was irelands cheapest at 1100 fair play to them but i got it brand new off ebay for £700 incl shipping which at the time worked out as 715euros. And yes its a real one.

Doctor J · 05-02-2009 04:40PM

That has been the situation for almost 10 years, but we're all still here and they're all still there. Some people just don't shop around.

Ancient1 · 05-02-2009 05:15PM

seachto7 wrote: »

They have an online sponsored ad campaign, so they're paying Google or an agency to put an advertising campaign on Google, which means they also pay when someone clicks on their ads, but the site isn't up to scratch to keep people there, so they're wasting money on internet advertising IMO.

This is part of the branding process. It's better to have your name out there while you're still building the site than to only begin brand building once you have a functional site. Google indexing takes time too. All these components need to go hand in hand. Websites are not magical, you need to keep in mind the entire back-end system that needs to be put in place before you can browse, and use, the pages that you see.

I'd rather spend money promoting a single page which says "Coming Soon!" while I'm working on it rather than only begin once I'm ready to do business.

I'm not having a go at anyone, it just seems to me that some of you guys are impatient and overlook the amount of work that goes into websites like that. I'm sure the guys are not creating a static info-site, but an entire sales channel. There's a huge difference there.

Rigsby · 05-02-2009 09:36PM

Ancient1 wrote: »

This is part of the branding process. It's better to have your name out there while you're still building the site than to only begin brand building once you have a functional site. Google indexing takes time too. All these components need to go hand in hand. Websites are not magical, you need to keep in mind the entire back-end system that needs to be put in place before you can browse, and use, the pages that you see.

I'd rather spend money promoting a single page which says "Coming Soon!" while I'm working on it rather than only begin once I'm ready to do business.

I'm not having a go at anyone, it just seems to me that some of you guys are impatient and overlook the amount of work that goes into websites like that. I'm sure the guys are not creating a static info-site, but an entire sales channel. There's a huge difference there.

OK. So here's a fair question: Considering they opened their doors for buisness back in early October, when, in your opinion, would you think is a reasonable time to have the complete site up and running ?

IMO the "Coming Soon" page just makes people more frustrated when it's still appearing after three months.

Ancient1 · 05-02-2009 09:43PM

I don't know, that would depend on their strategy and what they consider their primary sales channel to be. Seeing as they opened a huge retail store, they probably aren't focusing on their website to drive the majority of their sales at the moment. If I was in that situation, I would first make sure to get troops through the door and then give myself 6-8 months to expand my sales through a killer website.

I see this as a good development though. We always have to buy almost everything from abroad, so fair play to them, at least they will have done something more progressive than the established shops in town.

Rigsby · 05-02-2009 09:48PM

Ancient1 wrote: »

Seeing as they opened a huge retail store, they probably aren't focusing on their website to drive the majority of their sales at the moment.

So how are they driving their sales. AFAIK there has n't been any advertising on the radio or TV. They are getting most of their publicity here on "Boards".

seachto7 · 05-02-2009 09:49PM

I always thought sending potential customers to a landing page with "coming soon" on it was a big no no for online marketing???

I realise that the back end must be fairly comprehensive, but it could have been timed to be live at least before the Christmas.

X-Music website......Is that it????

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