CheapHumidors.com Launches Redesigned Website
Tampa, FL, September 22, 2010 -- Dave Sabot, President of CheapHumidors.com, announced the launch of a redesigned website that will offer shoppers a number of new features to shop products as well as to stay engaged and informed via social websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Additionally, the site includes several navigation changes, the most noticeable in the main site navigation and the use of new drop down menus. The biggest navigation change, however, comes in the form of a new shopping interface for cigars that allows shoppers to select a number of cigar variables including size, wrapper, ring gauge, country of origin and more.
Another of the more evident changes on the new CheapHumidors.com is the inclusion of gray box pop-up windows that allow shoppers to view video demonstrations and close-ups of products. The videos make use of YouTube’s embed capabilities.
Mr. Sabot is most excited that the new site will offer the community a blog that will include how-to articles and videos as well as cigar reviews. Mr. Sabot said, "It exciting to be able to offer visitors something beyond a shopping experience." Dave went on to say that, "A blog will not only serve as a way for visitors to get information but will also serve as a way for them to engage with other visitors as well as our staff members, thus fostering the growth of an online community, not just an ecommerce website."
Mr. Sabot opened his Cheaphumidors.com Web store back in June 1997, hosting it on a free site with nothing more than a picture of three humidors, a price and an address to send checks to. Since then, he has grown his site in to one of the most successful cigar-related destinations online.
“To be honest I really didn’t have a goal when I opened up my store. I wanted to sell products and make money. After a few months of constant orders I started to notice something. People were coming to me for advice on cigars and storage. It turns out that since my prices were low they attracted the newbie or first time smokers. I turned that to my advantage in a number of ways.”
“The first thing I decided I needed to do was to become the category killer on the Internet. I knew that I needed to be priced much lower than anyone else to attract the sales. I also knew that pricing alone wouldn’t be enough to sustain a business. So I decided to offer as much information on smoking as I could. I built my Website with FAQs on smoking, tips, pictures, techniques, etiquette, etc. The newbies started to come to my site for the information, and left with a humidor.”
“The main thing I wanted to do was provide exceptional customer service. I had the experience of email void from a number of companies. You know, you send an email to them and never hear back? Well I made a promise to myself that I would try to answer all questions within 24 hours. I have been able to slice that down to about 2-3 hours, which makes my customers and prospective customers very happy. Three years later I am still the lowest prices humidor supplier on the Internet with the most information and best customer service, so yes I think I have accomplished my goals.”
In addition to CheapHumidors.com, Dave also recently opened a second website, BuyLighters.com, in early 2009.
Contact:
Brian Smith
CheapHumidors.com
217 Hobbs Street
Tampa, FL 33619
813-315-9812
brian@cheaphumidors.com
http://www.cheaphumidors.com
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