bill
msg:852729 | 5:06 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
In Japan they use the beckoning cat [highlandinc.com] to draw customers in to make a purchase...but that's probably not going to help you much.
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Macguru
msg:852730 | 5:12 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Brain storming style: - little pile of pennies
- hand shake
- pretty sales person with a head set
- green button
- fancy shopping bag with a '@' or '$' on it
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tedster
msg:852731 | 5:26 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
A beckoning cat! We really are different cultures, aren't we. Could something that subtle ever communicate to a US audience? Subtle is what I need.
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Hunter
msg:852732 | 7:09 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Tedster, Take a look at other Sites within the same industry. Others have been faced with the same challenge and left their results for you to ponder...
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click watcher
msg:852733 | 7:17 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
how about a buddhist style offering/begging bowl
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sarkye
msg:852734 | 8:36 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I like Macguru's idea of a little pile of pennies... The only thing I could think of was, to stay close to the recognisable elements that on-line shoppers are used to looking for to check-out and still divert from the commercialism a little bit - what about (along the lines of a shopping basket) a little wicker basket?
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bill
msg:852735 | 8:45 am on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
What about a variation of the Monopoly guy [monopoly.com]?
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tedster
msg:852736 | 5:39 pm on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Lots of food for thought. The trade off between the feel and the recognizable symbol is not an easy one. The sites I've seen in the same genre have missed the boat, to my eye. Thanks to every one for getting my creative juices flowing.
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mivox
msg:852737 | 6:06 pm on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
A tastefully wrapped gift box? That way it doesn't so much say "spend money/buy stuff" as it suggests "give a gift" which is maybe a more acceptable sentiment...?
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msgraph
msg:852738 | 6:20 pm on Nov 16, 2001 (gmt 0) |
a little stack of bills with a silhouette of a face on the top? Most currency notes have faces on them so I don't think that anyone would not know what it means.
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Marcia
msg:852739 | 5:29 am on Nov 20, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Old-fashioned denari or shekels?
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Key_Master
msg:852740 | 5:53 am on Nov 20, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Trading scales maybe with some coins in one pan and something "spiritual" in the other. Or did I exceed my 24 pixels?
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