My new shop design : a sneaky peek
13/02/2008 at 20:54
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I have the first peek at my new Shop design from Frooition. I know what I think, but I’m very interested to hear what you think. Bear in mind that I sell glass beads, so the thumbnail gallery pictures are likely to be a multitude of different colours. If you want to see the current version, here it is. What do you think?
Blighty says
10:00 pm on 13/02/2008
Thumbs up except for the two rosettes in the top r/h corner.
They look a bit tacky next to the style of the rest of the page.
IMO of course
Louise says
10:28 pm on 13/02/2008
Nice, but I do like your original page that you did yourself as it’s “still ebay”, whereas the Froooition one looks more like a website.
Store Your Stuff aka Jade says
10:31 pm on 13/02/2008
Blighty, it just goes to show it’s all down to taste (I probably haven’t got any!) But I actually really like the rosettes, I think it rams home that biddy is reputable, I think it adds trust. I like the lay out, it has a more “designed” feel but it’s not too fussy. The colours all work well, I like aqua/green colours though, prolly cos me names Jade init! It would be interesting to see it with various coloured beads in the thumbnails. The shop logo is lovely IMHO.
I’d give it a 8/10
northumbrian says
10:32 pm on 13/02/2008
nice but I expected to be wowed,
nothing much exciting here, your self crafted shop was as good
Store Your Stuff aka Jade says
10:32 pm on 13/02/2008
The million dollar Q, is will it increase sales?
Gill says
11:50 pm on 13/02/2008
I agree with North
I think I prefer your existing shop, as Louise says, the look is more recognisably ebay.
Biggles says
12:15 am on 14/02/2008
Are you all forgettign the ebay header that would appear above the shop?
I prefer the new one. It looks professional and unlike 999 other sellers with the same template.
Mairi says
12:27 am on 14/02/2008
I prefer your existing shop like others have said, particularly because it is tasteful, simple and elegant. The Frooition skinned up version strikes me as being too cluttered and ‘busy’. It also (as someone else pointed out) looks too much like an offsite website and might well confuse new buyers. So, in contrast to Biggles, not enough like other ‘eBay’ shop landing pages imo.
Whirly says
8:46 am on 14/02/2008
I like it overall. All you bead logo is very sharp.
Rosette’s I don’t like.
Bet you don’t keep it though
in which case can you change everything to whirly’s and I’ll gladly have it.
northumbrian says
8:54 am on 14/02/2008
ok for nowt , though I cant see how its cost is justified
Whirly says
9:01 am on 14/02/2008
In Biddy’s case I agree North as she is a HTML wizard(show off
) but an idiot like me would be happy to shell out for it
Blighty says
10:02 am on 14/02/2008
ok for nowt , though I cant see how its cost is justified
*Checks window to make sure hell hasn’t frozen over, as he agrees with North*
Josordoni says
10:37 am on 14/02/2008
It’s nice, but not special enough to merit changing from what you have…
Josordoni says
10:39 am on 14/02/2008
Also, looking at the design, I would expect most of the elements to be stock elements they have just taken off their shelf and neatly seamed together…
nice job, but for the money I would expect something much less run of the mill to be honest.
Chris Dawson says
12:48 pm on 14/02/2008
I’m gonna come out of hiding and say some things….
1) I*really* love the updated logo, they’ve really done a fantastic job encompassing the best of Sue’s old design with a fresh new look. That’s probably worth £100 out of the total cost on it’s own!
2) The center graphic I also like, whether it be stock images or totally new is beside the point so long as it’s unique to Sue. Great work and again worth paying for.
3) It’s a great clean fresh look, not nearly as over heavy on background colours as many of their offerings. That makes the whole page look more inviting and is pretty damn good.
Now for the bad stuff….
4) Why have the PowerSeller and PayPal logos at the top. They are naff logos to start with and apart from anything else like not doing a lot to engender buyer trust (IMO), the PayPal logo is the OLD logo. A professional design outfit designing specifically for the eBay market really should keep with the times and have replaced that image a long time ago!
5) In general… every frooition shop I’ve looked at over the last few days has screwed the eBay page header. Specifically the part that says “Hello, Chris (mountcomp). Sign out” is moved across to the center instead of tight to the eBay logo. The drop downs on the “Buy-Sell-My eBay-Community-Help buttons” don’t work, the font is changed and the position dropped from tight to the top of the page. At the bottom of the page the eBay official time is missing.
6) Finally in their auction templates they insert a third party Frooition credit. Sadly the credit image is larger than the 88 x 33 pixels allowed. Again a company specialising in eBay templates should know this.
Overall however I think they’ve done a pretty reasonable job, there’s nothing that I dislike that they can’t fix. If I was in the market for paying someone to do similar the cost wouldn’t be out of the question. I’d almost be willing to pay them to update my own shop if they’d limit their work to working within a standard eBay shop template rather than replacing the entire page.
The BIG issue question for most sellers remains “Will it increase sales?”. I’m really looking forward to the reports on that.â€
Store Your Stuff aka Jade says
3:03 pm on 14/02/2008
So Sue, what do you think about it?
Sue Bailey says
9:44 am on 15/02/2008
Personally, I absolutely love it. It feels fresh and clean and just gorgeous. The PS and PP rosettes are going though
northumbrian says
10:39 am on 15/02/2008
I would love it if it were for nowt, though if I paid £750 I would be feeling short changed
Josordoni says
12:03 pm on 15/02/2008
Well that is the most important thing, that you love it Sue…
and you are right, it is very pretty, but I like your own website design too…and that WAS a lot cheaper
Sue Bailey says
12:05 pm on 15/02/2008
Arguably, the Frooition one is cheaper, as I haven’t had to spend either time *or* money creating it
Josordoni says
12:21 pm on 15/02/2008
well, yes, I meant the cost as if you were a normal person….
which of course you are not, never have been, and most likely never will….
Sue Bailey says
12:22 pm on 15/02/2008
How right you are
Josordoni says
12:23 pm on 15/02/2008
oh and btw – although the origination cost was a lovely freebie (hmph,thinking back, if I remember rightly you got eBay chrissie lights too…. double humph) will you have to pay the continuing subscription fees?
Sue Bailey says
12:30 pm on 15/02/2008
Yes, I will have to pay the monthly subscription.
Jimbo says
2:19 pm on 15/02/2008
& will you have to redo all your SMP templates?
Josordoni says
4:57 pm on 15/02/2008
“Arguably, the Frooition one is cheaper, as I haven’t had to spend either time *or* money creating it
”
Aha see….. !!!! Arguably, it will cost you money!