Post by dazd798 » Fri May 25, 2012 5:49 am

Hello all, i have just opened my first store, I still have a few more things I would like to do on the site, but would like some opinions Thanks.
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Post by TotalWeb » Fri May 25, 2012 5:12 pm

Hi there,

On the whole this is a nice and simple to use site with a dash of colour which always looks better than a plain white template in my opinion. Plenty of different items on there. Is it your stock?

Just a couple of observations for you to consider...

1) The 'All Categories' section is quite large and takes over the whole page when hovered over by mistake (when trying to click on 'Home' when you are on a certain category) I would suggest making this only appear when clicked

2) The Font on the logo needs to be a bit bigger as some of the letters are difficult to see properly

3) The banners section seems to be too big for the actual banners meaning there is a lot of unused space. I would either make the banner images bigger or make the banner section smaller to fit the current banners

4) Your card logo for Visa is out of date. Also you have logos for Switch and Solo but these are no longer applicable card types. I also think these should be a bit bigger.

5) You have quite a bit of info on delivery which is good. If you can get hold of one you might want to add an image of a delivery van for the homepage, perhaps in the blank space left of the products below the Categories list.

Hope this helps and best of luck!

Simon

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Post by dazd798 » Fri May 25, 2012 5:52 pm

Thanks for the feedback, i hold some of the stock but the majority is dropshipped at the moment as i'm only just starting up. I'll get on to the problems you mentioned and thanks again for the feedback.

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Post by TotalWeb » Fri May 25, 2012 6:01 pm

No problem at all, happy to help.

Bare in mind that as you grow you might have the need for a complete and secure payment gateway and merchant account service for taking payments. For this you would need to be holding majority stock (rather than drop-shipping) with most acquiring banks (Barclays, HSBC, Streamline/WorldPay, Lloyds etc)

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