Excuse me barging in, I am hoping you experts can help.
I am the Network Manager for Kaqoo. We are introducing an "Arts & Crafts" > "Ceramics & Pottery" category and I wish to know which sub- categories I should place into the category.
I am sure many of you buy or sell online and have an idea of what is and isn't needed. Are there categories you would love to see but have never seen? Some that should not be included? Should ceramics and pottery even be in the same group?
You can see the category here if it helps visualise it better:
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folorn looking at the moment :-( All help appreciated.
Go to ebay and look around. Pottery would have kilns, tools, equipment (wheels, slab rollers, extruders, etc.), raw materials. Ceramics would be function ware (bowls, mugs, plates, etc), vases, sculptures. IMO. D
Thank you so much for your help so far. I looked at ebay but although I found a lot of c/p on sale I couldn't find this type of category aimed at the makers. Although Kaqoo sells everything, we prefer to aim to specialist categories where communities form. Anyway, this is what I have at the moment with sub-categories, but I have come to an impasse!
pot·ter·y 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.
ce·ram·ics 1. (used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing. 2. (used with a plural verb) articles of earthenware, porcelain, etc.
It really is up to you on how you want to use the two words IMO. I use the second definition for ceramics. So "I" would use that for the actual ware if you had any. I also use the second definition of pottery so I would use it for the tools, equipment etc. However according to these definitions it should be the exact opposite in which case to keep it safe and clean use them both as a header for fools like me and then the mainstream.
I assume from what I see that 'everything' is shown at the top of the tree and then it is broken down for you as you go to the subcategories. In that case I would put kiln under equipment. Again though, we are talking my sense of organization. What you have may work better for someone else. Glazes and underglazes would fit under "materials" so you might want to change "raw material" to just Materials and then under there the subcatetories. Just guessing but it unlikely that you will have raw materials on your page but it is just a guess.
Donna
Thank you so much for your help so far. I looked at ebay but although I found a lot of c/p on sale I couldn't find this type of category aimed at the makers. Although Kaqoo sells everything, we prefer to aim to specialist categories where communities form. Anyway, this is what I have at the moment with sub-categories, but I have come to an impasse!
These are common to both I presume, but I am wondering whether I need separate sections for 'ceramic' and 'pottery'. A;; help appreciated.
Julia
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