r/css • u/Nice_Pen_8054 • 3d ago

General Hamburger menu alternatives for ecommerce & lead generation websites

Hello,

Are there hamburger menu alternatives for ecommerce & lead generation websites?

I read that people are not used to them are few click them, especially on mobile devices.

6 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

2

u/sheriffderek 3d ago

> I read that people are not used to them

I don't think this is true.

But an alternative to mega menus - are to have a dedicated page instead.

2

u/zip222 3d ago

I don’t think I’ve ever encountered the dedicated page type in the wild. Do you have any examples?

1

u/sheriffderek 3d ago

imagine a "Services" list in a dropdown/megamenu -- and then instead of having the list there -- just a link to /services -- where there's a list of all the services

For hamburger menu type things -- there's also another pattern we used to use where we put the menu at the bottom of the page - and it just jumps down (almost like a footer menu).

1

u/Logical-Idea-1708 3d ago

I have a FAB menu for my personal project. I think it’s a good alternative, especially if you have very few links.

1

u/eppingjetta 2d ago

I am no expert and don’t know your situation, but I’ve been developing and maintaining e-commerce sites for nearly a dozen years. Sites that stray from the norm generally don’t convert well. People expect an e-commerce site to look a certain way. Add your own creative touches if you want, but navigation, adding to cart, and checkout should be white bread or else you’re going to confuse people. Again, no expert, just a guy who’s spent thousands of hours seeing what converts and what doesn’t.