This document discusses the online stores of several musical artists including Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Yelawolf, ASAP Rocky, and Professor Green. It analyzes aspects of each store's layout, products offered, pricing information visibility, and how each represents the artist's branding. The author considers design elements from each that could improve their planned website store, such as displaying prices prominently, offering a variety of item types including albums, and featuring the artist's image and branding consistently throughout.
Eminem, Wiz Khalifa & more artist merchandise stores analyzed
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2. EMINEM
To the right hand side there is a small
amount of T-shirts of Eminem on which
has his nickname, “Slimshady”. They are
simple tops and hoodies at which
advertise Eminem. I like the fact that
they have a small amount of information
such as the SOLD OUT. This is something
we are likely to do on our website. We are
likely to have Limited, New and Sold out
on our website. This is Eminem’s latest
store which gets updated regularly at
which some link to the latest music. You
have to hover over the clothing item on
this store to find the price and more
information.
3. WIZ KHALIFA
To the right and below there is a small selection from
a huge store which Wiz himself has. This is because
he is a well known star, he has more clothing items as
he is more likely to get sales from hardcore fans. It
has the price and detailed information shown
straight away. I personally prefer this style because
the brief information makes it easier than clicking on
the all details page which sometimes doesn’t load on
some websites. There is a wider range of items in this
store that ranges from hoodies, T-shirts, vest, shorts
and wiz ping pong set. This is something which I feel
would look good on our website, a variety of different
items will be good.
4. MAC MILLER
This is Mac millers latest store on his website, there is a variety of different clothing
items at which appeal to both men and women. On the right hand side in the orange
oval, Mac miller is advertising one of him albums as it had the album cover on the
front of the top. This is something that we are likely going to do for our merchandise,
advertising our front album cover on a T-shirt or Mug. You have to hover over the
items to find out the price and a little more information. I think that our website
would look better with the information and price on the page straight away.
5. SCHOOLBOY Q
This is Schoolboy Q’s latest store at which has a black
background. This links well with his latest album Oxymoron.
There is a variety of different items including T-shirts,
Hoodies and Hats. There is also a mystery box which includes
4 random items. On the website itself you have to hover over
the items to find out slightly more information and the price.
After seeing a variety of different layouts, the majority of
websites are unique to the style of the artist. Schoolboy Q has
his own personal items. There is a logo on the front of the
hoodies, this is something we could look to create for our
website. Schoolboy Q is a big artist however he a unique
artist and likes to be different from the rest.
6. YELAWOLF
This is Yelawolf’s latest store at which has a variety of products, including his
logo stickers. The yelawolf shirts are being modelled by different people. I
personally dislike this as I feel if anyone should be modelling his clothing
items it should be yelawolf himself.
Also the black and white image of the models does
not really show the full effect of the shirts. The
store is easy to use and it has good headings
above each sub category. His own personal logo is
effective as it advertises the yelawolf brand itself.
They have detailed information and the price of
the products provided and you don’t have to hover
over each item to find out more.
7. ASAP ROCKY
ASAP Rocky is a huge worldwide artist and he has a very large store. On
all of his clothing items he has his label of ASAP on each individual
item. The store is very expensive, we need to make sure that our price
is correct otherwise it does not look realistic. He has his album on his
store which has not been in any of the above store website. He has a
variety of items in his store which has over 100+ products. You have to
hoevr over each item to find out more information aswell as the price.
8. PROFESSOR GREEN
This is professor green’s latest store which heavily advertises his latest album. Different photo shots such as the
album front cover is on the t-shirts. Professor green in his store advertises to women which no other artist above
have done on there website, by having a ladies t-shirt available to buy. Also on his store he has him album which you
can buy straight from the store itself, this is something we are going to have on ourwebtsite store. There is already
detailed information easily accessible such as the price. The layout of the store I like as it has professor green in
the background rather than a dull plain black or white background.