Site Study On: Drawn & Quarterly ( https://drawnandquarterly.com/ )
Drawn & Quarterly (D+Q) is an internationally renowned publisher with some of the world’s best cartoonists in their list. Their publishing genre include comic books, children’s books and other graphic publications. Physically they are located in the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec (Canada). The company has two storefronts namely 'Librarie D+Q' and 'La Petite D+Q'. The company was founded by Chris Oliveros in 1989.
D+Q books are distributed by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the U.S., Raincoast Books in Canada, Publishers Group UK in The U.K. and internationally by Macmillan.
Pain Area
Though the company had a physical store front, to keep with modern times, they needed a digital façade that suited their brand style.
Drupal was chosen for its
- Open Source nature
- Fast and easy access to administrative tools for updating content
- Flexible custom development
- Continuous monitoring and upgraded security system
Platforms and Tools Used
They created an e-commerce platform using Drupal Commerce on Drupal 7 to make their presence known in the digital world. As all companies have a digital front, the official D+Q website has unique graphical layout appealing to book lovers.
Conclusion
The D+Q site helps clients browse the books online while shopping is enabled with delivery only for Canada at present. The site built in the year of 2014 will have another year’s support under Drupal 7 till Drupal 7 security support ends (by November of 2022). Their online sales revenue ranges from around 10,000 to 900,000 USD per month. The site has a ranking of 437,701 and 50,000+ brand followers worldwide. The site is mobile friendly and responsive to varied device screen sizes.
