austin532 | 467 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) What's the psychological reason behind this? I do it and so does everyone else I know but why? Edited July 12, 2020 by austin532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,353 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 You mean psychological? I think we’ve been conditioned to this as store price stickers usually are put at this same area. Also, perhaps influenced by placing stamps on letters at this area too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,767 Events Team · Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 When I worked retail I would try to place stickers in a way that didn't obstruct the artwork. Upper right usually worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,869 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Government conspiracy. The upper right hand corner of your brain is where the implant the compliance chip when they vaccinate you as a kid. The box sticker is merely positioned accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,693 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Our eye is drawn to the right. And we see the top first. Maybe because of the way we read. So we see title first (is this a thing I want?) and then the price (is the cost acceptable?) See the section on Z Pattern:https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/visual-hierarchy-organizing-content-to-follow-natural-eye-movement-patterns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,290 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I suspect it has to do with long establshed convention in commercial systems. For anything that has a clear bottom (cds, records, video games etc. ) you would want the price tags on the top where they will be visible. I suspect the right hand corner is the favored choice since most people are right handed and will focus their vision where their hand is flipping things in racks - so they will more easily see the prices (Also this will enable customers to more rapidly move through a bunch of whatever - and the more you see the more likely something will sell. People tend to be creatures of habit and will repeat the way things have been done in the past if there is no clear advantage to changing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,179 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Here’s my stab at it. Since most people are saying “retail conditioning” and mentioning that’s where stamps go I’m gonna have to say it goes further back than that since stamps didn’t always have a predefined spot. I think most people are left handed, and boxes are read from top to bottom. So given those two variables, when doing a mind numbing task like applying stickers in bulk, the top right is the easiest mentally. ... No someone explain why the hell gamestop puts stickers onto the paper under the plastic case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Are they still doing that? I thought they stopped? That was my main reason for no longer buying games there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,179 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 28 minutes ago, austin532 said: Are they still doing that? I thought they stopped? That was my main reason for no longer buying games there. I wouldn’t know since I Haven’t walked into GameStop since the PS4 launched (maybe once or twice but you get the picture) I exclusively buy new games on amazon, Best Buy, and target nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,290 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, ThePhleo said: I think most people are left handed, and boxes are read from top to bottom ... No someone explain why the hell gamestop puts stickers onto the paper under the plastic case Did you mean to sat that more people are right handed? Maybe so they don't have to clean tags off every time they sell something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,179 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 31 minutes ago, Tabonga said: Did you mean to sat that more people are right handed? Maybe so they don't have to clean tags off every time they sell something? Yeah, I'm totally on a roll with my posts today :P Just anything I post today is crap. My theory is out the window. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,290 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: Yeah, I'm totally on a roll with my posts today Just anything I post today is crap. My theory is out the window. lol. Tomorrow - just pretend that today didn't happen...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Centroid | 79 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: Yeah, I'm totally on a roll with my posts today Just anything I post today is crap. My theory is out the window. lol. I actually believe that your theory makes more sense if the person is right handed. I'm right handed, and I've found that using my left hand for a simple task like holding an item while I apply something delicate like a sticker to the item with my right hand, just makes the most sense. And since the right side of the item is closest to my right hand (duh), the top right corner is where I would apply the sticker. I was actually going to take a stab in the dark and say that it is because the majority of the population is right handed, that we have stickers on the top right corner of products. Or maybe I'm completely wrong, who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,468 Graphics Team · Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 11:08 PM, Link said: Our eye is drawn to the right. And we see the top first. Maybe because of the way we read. So we see title first (is this a thing I want?) and then the price (is the cost acceptable?) See the section on Z Pattern:https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/visual-hierarchy-organizing-content-to-follow-natural-eye-movement-patterns This makes a lot of sense. It seems to be how online retail sites tend to display products, too - picture and title to the top left, and then the price to the top right (more or less). -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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