Keeping Up With Current Trends

A site that I visit is www.5280HighLimited.com . This site is for those individuals who wish to purchase name brand, quality electronic items below the cost of some of the major electronic stores offer, such as Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. The major electronic websites previously mentioned have a wide variety of electronic items, while 5280 High Limited has chosen to focus on a small, select portion of the electronic items available for purchase. I find this to be much more helpful than having to search through a major retailer’s site trying to find what I’m looking for.

The site has various electronics for sale, to include the Apple iPod, as well as computers, cellphones, and gaming consoles. I check the site often to see what has been offered for sale, as I find that it is a good indicator of current popular trends. Checking it with regularity also means that I tend to add things to my mental wishlist on a faster basis! I already have the 8 gig iPod Nano, but am still interested in a video iPod. I recently was watching a television show about the Apple product line, and found it interesting to learn that the company has an incredible 75% market share (worldwide) for MP3 players.

The site itself is organized in an efficient and concise manner. Given that the genre of this site is electronics, the designer of the site has chosen a theme that supports this idea. The site has an edgy feel to it – from its top graphic to the simple colors and clear navigation tools. The major electronic categories are grouped down the left side, with other navigation tools below. When one clicks on a particular category of interest, there is a detailed description of each particular item. This certainly is helpful to someone new to the site or unfamiliar with a particular product.

While the focus of this site is to promote and sell electronic items, the owner of this site has decided that a portion of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . I think that this lends a "human" quality to the site, instead of being just another website simply offering things for sale.