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Could you have something on the website that promoted others to make their own t-shirts as well and maybe send their designs to you? I was thinking about this when I saw the banners for this site and it'd be a good selling point. Obviously you dont tell them everything but let them know that they can learn and/or come to this community forum Just a thought...
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Another good thing is to remember to always have your shopping cart and checkout buttons available, and allow people to be able to remove products from their cart, super crucial
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Really fascinating reading, folks.
I'm truly getting an education here. Of course, no one wants to reinvent the wheel when doing something new, hence my coming here. but I think a certain amount of "doing my own way" has merit as well.
Keep certain key points in mind but don't be afraid to try something new - after all, that's what's going to separate you from the rest of the crowd.
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I am a new member and am in the early stages of setting up a t-shirt business.This forum has been a godend to me in so many ways.
Thanks to all.Great info.
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With all the talk about flash being bad, it brings up question of... is flash navagation buttons a bad idea too? I know it can add alot of design to your site, but if some pc's dont support flash, my guess is it can b bad to use? Right? What if you supplied text links towards the end of the page for people who dont have flash supported? (This should be standard anyway, should always have text links at the end)
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Short answer: stay away from flash buttons merely due to the fact that google, yahoo, and MSN spiders cannot read flash, therefore internal links will not be counted, hurting your overall ranking. Something i need to do as well...
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I really think a Flash site or a Splash page would be a waste of time..I've been looking at some t-shirt sites with both of the above and the loading time make me want to quit the site. It's better to have an easy to access site focused on your target audience. You need to remember that just because something looks good and costs doesnt mean its going to be popular or usable by everyone else....
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Well, a girl that lives in my town has this site which is all Flash...though she doesn't sell anything on it. I was thinking of making my site sorta the same style...is this not an effective site??
Last edited by Rodney; July 31st, 2006 at 10:55 AM.
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Ok the site looks alright....but the text is a little hard to read and I dont like any site that doesnt have any products on display. I'd rather not visit the site to begin with and lose immediate interest in visiting the site again. The style is good and the colours but I dont like the way each word or image flashes when I scroll the mouse on it. It's your choice how you take the criticism but I like your colour scheme and site layout. The loading time is ok but I'd still prefer to enter it without even 1-2 seconds waiting. I want the site experience right away..any time delay for me makes me lose interest. Hope that helps.
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Thanks Nick! Good to know. So people generally could care less if the site looks fancy- they just want you to get to the point. So how's about this site? More effective with viewers?
Last edited by Rodney; July 31st, 2006 at 10:55 AM.
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Well, a girl that lives in my town has this site which is all Flash...though she doesn't sell anything on it. I was thinking of making my site sorta the same style...is this not an effective site??
If she's not selling anything on the site, then using the same style for a site that IS selling something might not be effective.
As has been stated a few times here, Flash is just not a good idea for an ecommerce website
It's best to have a site that is easily compatible with all browsers and easily picked up by the search engines (flash and search engines don't mix).
People don't want a fancy site, they want a site that loads fast and works (and gives them the information they were looking for in an easy to access manner).
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Why should you rule out flash intros? T-shirts are apart of a large art forum that both imforms and inpresses. Shopping on line for tees or anywhere for that matter is more about the art and what it say than the quality of the printing. Some flash intros are quite ingenious and can enhance the product that is being sold so I wouldn't rule it out altogether I would just think a little harder about the creativity going into it.
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Originally Posted by Maize31
Why should you rule out flash intros? T-shirts are apart of a large art forum that both imforms and inpresses. Shopping on line for tees or anywhere for that matter is more about the art and what it say than the quality of the printing. Some flash intros are quite ingenious and can enhance the product that is being sold so I wouldn't rule it out altogether I would just think a little harder about the creativity going into it.
That's a very good point. Too many people think that just because they have Photoshop or Illustrator or Flash that makes them a designer. Unfortunately more often then not the flash intros are slow and lack any substance. "Just because you can doesn't mean you should".
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