SHOPPING ATHLETICS

 

 

 

METHOD

DESCRIPTION

SUGGESTED SITES

Browsing

Enables the shopper to scan over different products or look for something specifically fast and easily.

 www.nike.com – very cool looking site.  The browsing is cool and fairly easy but nothing is in stock and it’s the manufacturer. 

 

 www.eastbay.com– This is a good site for browsing different athletic products.  It is easy to use from general browsing to specific browsing.  Good pictures and a wide selection.

Comparison Shopping

Enables the shopper to see a comparison chart of different brands of the same products with some sort of evaluation of each.

 www.dickssportinggoods.com – The have good comparison shopping where the shopper is actually able to choose the products to compare.

 

 www.thesportsauthority. com – This site is not much different then the one above with regards to comparison shopping. 

Auctions

Allows the shopper to bid on products.

ubid  www.ubid.com - This is not a good auction site for athletics outside of golf.

 

 www.ebay.com - This popular site has a lot of products but more memorabilia than real sporting goods.  

 

Gift Giving

This feature allows a shopper to buy a gift for some one and send it to the gift recipient’s house.

 www.nflshop.comObviously a good site for the football fan.

 

 www.mlbshop.com – Just like the NFL shop, this another good one.

 

Gift Certificate

This feature allows a shopper to send a gift certificate right to the gift recipient’s house.

ESPN www.espn.com – This site gives the option for the shopper to send a gift certificate through snail mail or email.

 

 www.dickssportinggoods.com – This also has the option to send gift certificates both ways.

 

Physical Education Shopping

These are sites that focus on physical education products.

 www.gopher.com This is a

very extensive PE product site. 

 

  www.us-games.com – This is another great PE product site.