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I need your opinion~
Hey gals, I am getting ready to overhaul a certain, local, website for a business I run. :-) And I need your help/honest opinions. I am not listing the actual site or business as I don't want this post to pop up in a google search so go to the nestie blog and the business is near the bottom.
1. What are some things you look for in a website or like in the websites you frequent on a regular basis?
2. What are you favorite colors for a website?
3. What does our site need?
4. What do you think is difficult to use, understand, page, file, etc.
Okay, I could go on and on so just give me what you think and what you would like to see improved, etc. If you want to email me that is fine also. oct30@cox.net I have some ideas but I want to make sure they are appealing and appropriate for those using our site as shoppers, volunteers and consignors. I want to hear from YOU!
Thanks for all your help.
Re: I need your opinion~
Agreed on this point. Other than that, I think it's pretty straightforward.
Just my personal opinion, I think the main page is too busy.
As far as colors go.. what about going away from the greens/blues and more into the colors of your kaleidescope? I love the font you use for your title, too.. maybe make it a little bigger so it stands out?
Agree that the page is too busy. I think you need to try to clean it up giving the vendors their own tab at the top. Right now, they have center show on the page with a full listing, website and a huge title, "Visit Our Vendors!" bolded in a huge font, and no offense to them, but this page isn't about them. The exclamation mark with the other things I just listed, sound like you are trying to force me to visit them.
In general, much of the info you have on the front page needs to be organized into your tabs. I hate the colors they use, but Once Upon a Child has a decent website. Clean.
I would change the photos on the right. I know that is what the sale looks like, but you could probably find some cheap stock photos of children playing with toys, a mom holding a dress up to a little girl to size it, etc. Right now, it looks like you are showing pictures of a garage sale, which I don't think is a visually appealing as portraying a shopping spree!
Little thing: Right now, your favicon is a yellow star, but I think it would look nice to use the pinwheel.
Logo: I love it! Don't change it!
Visa, Mastercard: You've been taking these for a couple of season's now, so I think you can just take the logos (without the message, "We now take..." and put it at the bottom out of the way.
Delete sale location on home page. You have that listed under tab, "Sale Info"
Need a new tab for people who are able to get an early pass. Maybe name it something like "Want to shop early?" or something like that.
All caps and exclamation points give the reader the impression you are shouting at him/her. Use sparingly.
The colors for the sale dates under the sale info tag make my eyes water.
Speaking of colors, I think bright colors would be good. Pastel is really overdone on some of the other consignment sale sites. I like the teal you use in the tabs bar, and I think you can develop a pallet keeping that (more jewel tones?).
Now, maybe it was just me, a new mom, new to the world of children and their stuff, but I had no idea what consignment meant when I first heard about your sale here. I went to the website, and I still didn't feel it was clear. I needed something on your home page telling me EXACTLY what is consigning (selling your old baby/kid/maternity items at a place that will give you the best return), who consigns (people who have gently used items), and why a person who isn't consigning would go (people who want to buy the nice, but used things people are selling). I think I am trying to say, that you need to keep your design in mind for two different audiences (new parents/shoppers and people selling) and I don't feel the site recognizes the two very well. Again, I think the OUAC site explains what they do pretty clearly.
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Now, please take my suggestions with a grain of salt. I am speaking as a newer mom who knew nothing about this consignment business, and as someone who just assisted with designing a website for my work.
Good luck, and do feel free to ignore all of this. I won't be offended. Good luck!
I COMPLETELY disagree.
I figured you would!
Thanks! This is what I needed to hear and most of what you said is what bothers me about it. And vendors are going bye, bye so that will clear up the front to stream line it. I think the comments on the visa/mastercard and the location are funny. Those are the 2 things we get multiple emails about each sale even though its on the front page. :-) Ugh, some people just won't read it no matter what.
Oh, good! I was afraid I was being too harsh, which sometimes (often) happens when someone asks me my opinion; it opens the floodgates.
And yes, some people just won't read. I know this first hand from maintaining our website. I had to resort to some "unpleasing to eye" things on our site to appease some oblivious people.