What do you think about my website, tack, jewelry, rope halters .... ANYTHING! Please let me know what you think please.
desertrosedesigns.org
I'm confused ... you obviously bought a domain name, so why do you still have the "make a free website with yola" banner on the bottom? It looks like you are just using them for their template and not their hosting. Hosting is about $ 60-90 a year, but so worth it to get rid of the free site banner. I would never, NEVER buy from a site that advertises that it is free at the bottom. It is very unprofessional.
Anyway, as for the design ... it's clean and easy to understand, but not very good stylistically.
a) First thing I saw was your font choices. Rule number one in the design industry: Comic Sans, Papyrus, and Bleeding Cowboys are all overused, generic, and off limits fonts.
b) Black is not a great bg choice when selling something. White is the preferred option, at least for the bit where you have your items. If you want color or a texture, it should be moved to the sides, leaving the center white or a light neutral. There are a few reasons for this: White is cleaner and more professional; White on black is harder to read; images and products look better on a neutral color - they become a focal point rather than an image in a " ; window "; images with non-transparent backgrounds (such as the crystals) will blend with the white, whereas they just stand out and create boxes in the black; black is a heavy color. Studies have shown that people are more likely to buy when things have light and neutral backgrounds.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com c) The banner is very small and hard to read. I see "Welcome to our site!" before I see the name of it. The text blends with the images. It isn't really the greatest option either to put your title on an image. Your title/banner should be your logo (every business needs a brand!) and a (good) logo will never have a photo in it. It will look good on any solid background and work anywhere you should decide to put it. Meaning that it will be able to be legible/recognizable in solid black - which your banner would not be
d) The "welcome to our site" is kinda pointless. Maybe "welcome to desert rose designs", or just nix it all together
e) While "We make and sell jewelry and horse tack." is a sentence, it doesn't need a period. It is a tagline (at least the way you've used it) and should not use any end punctuation
f) Some of your tables are messed - mostly on the "headstalls" page. Your paragraphs are sometimes split and images are placed in a messy way
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com
g) I like that you've used horses as models, but the backgrounds should be more neutral to draw more focus onto the halters. The second one is the best example of how it should be. The first one (with the paint) is a good example of how it should NOT be - the halter gets lost in the fencing behind and the horse looks like he's not modeling at all ... more like you're chasing him for the photo
h) Tack photos should either be taken on a horse or on a black/neutral background. Putting them on the fence is distracting. I can see your fence and your house and whatever else, which takes away from the breast collar a lot. If you need the good lighting of being outside, just set up a sheet or something to be the background
i) Some of the page titles are capitalised while others are not
j) You really don't have long enough pages to warrant the two "view cart" buttons. The paypal yellow is garish, bright, and distracting, so doubling up isn't really what you want to do. Just one would work fine.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com k) Changing the buttons is something you should consider as well - something a little more streamlined would leave more attention on your products
l) What's with the photo album? Seeing photos is interesting, but not something you want to put on a pro site. Unless you put them on the about page like "My name is So and So and I make This and That. I have three horses - A, B, and C. "That way we are learning about you/the provider and not just viewing some random photos
All in all, pretty stuff, but site can use some work to make it more professional and likely that someone will send their money to it
good, i only had time to lok at the front page though! Anyway be a little more descriptive on the front pae. how are your products different to everyone elses???? the front page is the first page someone will see. make a statement with it show people what you can really do. on the left i would have about us after home. it shows your not afraid to say 'look at me i am worth looking at.' Keep you pictures relevant. at the moment t looks a little unprofessional having photos that are unrelated to your products. and i agree get rid of the 'make free websites' banner if you can.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com
nice looking products anyway. Good job!! hope that helped
Nice site, but i agree, the''free website''logo is a bit too big and distracting, since it's white on a black background. The pictures are really small and impossible to see the halter/breast collar/bridle
