I find sliders great for e-commerce. A slider of highlighted products/specials feels a bit like window shopping. Bonus points for those dots that show you what

I find sliders great for e-commerce. A slider of highlighted products/specials feels a bit like window shopping. Bonus points for those dots that show you what slide you're on and let you jump around, and a link to the product page from the slide. I've actually bought quite a few things that a site made me aware of through a slider.