Announcing the NEW Gotham City Online website design!

 As you may have noticed, we have  unveiled a newly designed Gotham City Online website! We hope you will take a few moments to look it over, if you haven’t already, and please give us your feedback as a comment below.

   We have re-introduced website navigation menus, now down the left side of the website, which will allow you to search for fabulous footwear by size, width, style, brand and/or color. You can search using any one of those categories alone or all of them together to find the perfect pair of shoes for you.

   If you you’re between sizes (or are willing to squish for an amazing deal  ) we’re happy to announce that you can now select more than one size to appear in your search at the same time. Just click the orange ”Choose More Sizes” link underneath the size boxes in the Women’s Size Search box at the top left of our website.

   And if you have a stock number for a specific pair of shoes that maybe a friend passed on to you or that you put aside to visit later, don’t worry! The Site Search box is still there, it’s just moved. Scroll down below the Color Search box on the left menu bar of the website and you’ll find the Site Search box. You can enter any stock number there to be taken directly to that specific shoe.

While you’re visiting, be sure to check out our new arrivals by Ed Hardy for women as well as some great new shoes for men by Energie, Madden, True Religion and more! A few of our favorites are below.

Ed Hardy *Sunset*

Ed Hardy *Moscow Boot*

Men's Madden *Rallye*

Men's Energie *Holly Five*

***** We’d also like to give a special thanks to our web design panel for their valuable comments and feedback which assisted us in the design process. If you’d like to be involved in future web panels and earn fun prizes, please email us at nicole@gothamcityonline.com and we’ll add you to our list!

2010 Blog in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 4 fully loaded ships.

In 2010, there were 7 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 38 posts. There were 39 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 638kb. That’s about 3 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was April 22nd with 253 views. The most popular post that day was Our April Employee of the Month Tells All.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were gothamcityonline.com, facebook.com, search.aol.com, google.com, and Private networks.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Our April Employee of the Month Tells All April 2009

2

July Employee of the Month July 2009
1 comment

3

Fashion Week 2008!! September 2008

4

Gotham City Designer Outlet in The Mayfield Messenger April 2009
1 comment

5

Shop! December 2008
3 comments

… And we’re hoping to make 2011 way way better. Thanks for being a Gotham fan!

Gotham’s Guest Shoe Blogger – ShoeSmitten!

There are countdowns everywhere (store window displays, people’s lawns, eBay!, etc.) so you know it’s time to start thinking about your holiday attire. With this in mind, we invited Anna, owner/writer of the awesome shoe blog, Shoe Smitten (www.ShoeSmitten.com) to pick some of her favorite shoes from Gotham City Online for this holiday season.  Shoe Smitten focuses mainly on finding and reviewing designer footwear for women on a budget and Gotham,as you know, specializes in discount designer shoes, so we knew she’d be a perfect guest blogger. Her 6 top shoe choices are below! And be sure to follow her on Twitter too @ShoeSmitten. 

Stuart Weitzman Strapado

Jessica Simpson Neona

1. Stuart Weitzman Strapado – An edgy-yet-classic pointed toe black bootie is versatile and has a
slimming effect when paired with black tights.
2. Jessica Simpson Neona – A d’orsay pump is just so sexy.  You will be sure to shine all season
long in these gold stunners.

Marc by Marc Jacobs ballet flat

Khombu Splash

3. Marc by Marc Jacobs – These cute flats are perfect for any hostess who wants to look
stylish while serving up figgie pudding.
4. Khombu Splash – It’s likely to be wet one night you’ve got a party to attend, so a
pair of cozy, waterproof boots is a must!

Alfani Yuki

Stuart Weitzman Powpipe

5. Alfani Yuki – The perfect inexpensive-but-expensive-looking complement to your
formal evening attire.
6. Stuart Weitzman Powpipe – Effortless glam is just a step away with these gold sequin stilettos.

Rain, Rain, There’s No Need to Go Away!

Coach

Campus Gear

Naturalizer

New York City was lucky this summer to not have too many rainy days but it seems like Mother Nature is making up for it this season. But we like to look on the bright side, literally! There’s no better way to cheer yourself up on a gloomy day than by pulling on a pair of brightly colored rainboots. Luckily, Gotham has tons of options in stock now starting under $25!

Miss D

Ed Hardy

Sporto

If you’re looking for a little break from the norm, try these rain options out instead: rubber flats are a hot new trend right now.

Kate Spade

Ed Hardy

Sigerson Morrison

Help Us Redesign Gotham Part III

This week’s poll question should be pretty fun since we now want to hear about what kinds of special offers you’d like to get in the future! We have some multiple choice options below but please feel free to add your own ideas too.

1. Which of the 3 promotion below do you like best? Any why?

     a.  20% off an order of $50 or more

     b.  $10 off an order of $50 or more

     c.  $5 off any order

2. Which of the 2 promotions below do you like best? And don’t forget why!  

     d.  Buy 1 Shoe, Get 1 half off

     e.  Buy 2 Shoes, Get 1 Free

3. Which is your favorite promotion out of all 5 options above?

4. Are there any other coupon promotions you would like to see Gotham use?

Thanks again for your comments!

If you haven’t added your thoughts to our previous customer polls, click here for Part I and Part II.

Help Us Redesign Gotham Part II

We received responses to our first poll question through our blog, our Facebook page, and through a special panel made up of many of our long-time customers, and the results were pretty unanimous: more navigation!  If you missed our first discussion question, we’d still love to have your feedback. Click here to voice your opinions.

Our design team is working on putting together exactly the correct mix of search options in an easy to use design which should go live on our site very soon.

Please continue to help us make Gotham the best shoe site out there by giving us your opinions again below.

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 Last week we asked you about the Gotham site, so this week we want to ask you about other sites…

1. When you’re shopping for shoes, what other online shoe sites do you like to visit? And why?

2. When you’re shopping online in general (not specifically for shoes), what other sites do you like to visit? And why?

3. Are there any sites you will NOT shop at, even if they have an item for sale that you want? And why?

Thanks again!

Congratulations to Our First Winner!

Congratulations to Rachel, whose comment to our first “Help Us Redesign Gotham” question won her this awesome free poster!

If you want to be our next winner, just leave a comment on Monday to our second “Help Us Redesign Gotham” question.

Help Us Redesign Gotham City Online!

 

Gotham City Online is planning a complete website redesign to improve your shopping experience. But here’s the best part: we want YOU to be a part of the process! 

If we’re going to create the best online shopping site around, our design team needs you to share your ideas and opinions. It’ll be super easy to participate too! We will be posting various discussion topics, polls, and webshots of our design ideas here on our blog and on our Facebook page for you to review, vote on, and discuss. That’s all you have to do, just speak your mind! Plus we’re going to be offering some great prizes that you won’t want to miss. 

Soon shopping at GothamCityOnline.com will feel like it was custom-made just for you.

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Here’s our first discussion to start things off…

1.  What do you really like about GothamCityOnline.com (as the site appears now) and why?

2.  What do you dislike about the Gotham website and why?

3.  If you could make one change to the Gotham website, what would it be?

*** One lucky answer, chosen at random, will WIN the awesome 16 x 20 inch poster pictured on our Facebook page! Be sure to enter a valid email address when commenting here so we can contact you if you’re the winner. Good luck!

Do You Want To Give Fashion Advice to Thousands of Online Shoppers?

If you’ve been reading our blog, you’ve probably seen our posts in the past featuring some of our fantastic employees and their favorite shoes (if not, click here). Well, we thought we’d open up a similar feature for our customers!

Right now, we’re looking for one hard-core Gotham City Online fan to feature in our blog. You know how other sites only let celebrities share their picks for the hot shoes each season? Well, you could be the one sharing fashion advice this time with thousands of shoppers worldwide! We’ll also let you show off your shoe collection to jealous eyes everywhere

Do you read all the fashion magazines? Do strangers always compliment you on your outfits? Did you name your chihuahua Manolo? If you were stranded on a desert island and could only bring 5 things, would a pair of shoes be on that list? We want to hear why you think you’re a super shoe fashionista and want to be featured in our blog. A love of Gotham is also, of course, a must,  so be sure to tell us how you heard about Gotham City Online, how many pairs of shoes you’ve gotten from us, or how long you’ve been a customer!

Ok, what exactly do you have to do to become Gotham’s #1 fan? Well, we want to see your shoes! First, “Like” Gotham City Online on Facebook. Next, post a picture of your shoe collection or your favorite Gotham find on our Facebook page under our Fan Photos. Last, leave us a comment on the Facebook post announcing this contest, to tell us why we should pick you!

We’ll announce the winner Monday, August 23, 2010, right in time for the beginning of the fall shopping season. Good luck!

Lace-Up Boots for Fall!

Lace-Up Boots for Fall by Gotham City Online

 

The following shoes are pictured above (left to right in 3 rows):

 

Via Spiga Filas mid-calf boots in black (NOW $127.98!)

Kenneth Cole Reaction Grape Cede mid-calf boots in brown

Nine West Belindia ankle boots in black patent leather

Style & Co. Granny boots in a dark brown mid-calf style

Steve Madden Mitchel black suede mid-calf boots with buckles

Marc Fisher Prima dark brown suede mid-calf boots

Materia Prima flat suede moccassin boots in camel

Nine West Kool Breeze lace up black knee boots

Sophia Kokosalaki for Nine West Daphne black leather knee boots

Steven Steve Madden Haute boots in brown (NOW $127.98!)

Luzia Mirnar Sauvage mid-calf boots in faded black leather