Web Site Opinion Please
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To me this site is too desperate to sell you anything at all - they have every single online method of sale employed as far as I can see and to me its a turn off but I am interested in other opinion on how much is too much. (note the discount code if you click away)
www.ledhut.co.uk - hope this isn't the affiliate version
www.ledhut.co.uk - hope this isn't the affiliate version
Edited by DSLiverpool on Thursday 12th June 13:10
Its ok but a little too busy IMO.
I didn't immediately spot the sub menus changing
The VAT message is not company's main message surely? Its much too big
Why would 15,000+ people like such a company on FB??!
Having spent some more time on it, it is too busy with no clear direction or easy navigation
I didn't immediately spot the sub menus changing
The VAT message is not company's main message surely? Its much too big
Why would 15,000+ people like such a company on FB??!
Having spent some more time on it, it is too busy with no clear direction or easy navigation
It's a bit cluttery but I can work it well enough.
But the 'Wait don't go 10% off flash' is annoying, and the bit that says 'If you didn't make a purchase today tell us why not' is annoying. I see the logic, but it seems an intrusion. I'd probably put up with it if the products were the best priced.
But the 'Wait don't go 10% off flash' is annoying, and the bit that says 'If you didn't make a purchase today tell us why not' is annoying. I see the logic, but it seems an intrusion. I'd probably put up with it if the products were the best priced.
I hate it an I also hate that VAT thing more than I can describe. Plus it's nonsense because I'm guessing they have simply put up the net price by 20%, then add 20% on at checkout and then remove it with a flourish of "tadaaaa!". Instead I expect from their massive signs about it all over the site that my items were going to become 20% cheaper not go through that ludicrous irrelevant rigmarole.
Hate hate hate.
In fact, the more I have typed, the angrier I am getting with it. Im going to call them and shout swearwords down the phone at them later.
Hate hate hate.
In fact, the more I have typed, the angrier I am getting with it. Im going to call them and shout swearwords down the phone at them later.
The only thing I noticed is that you posted an affiliate link 
LED Hut is a top website, blatant attempt to get affiliate referalls I think!
Now take a look at my thread and give me some advice
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
LED Hut is a top website, blatant attempt to get affiliate referalls I think!
Now take a look at my thread and give me some advice
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...Edited by MrSparks on Thursday 12th June 12:56
Edited by MrSparks on Thursday 12th June 12:58
MrSparks said:
The only thing I noticed is that you posted an affiliate link
LED Hut is a top website, blatant attempt to get affiliate referalls I think!
Now take a look at my thread and give me some advicehttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
No - I copied the link from my browser, I don't know them from Adam - will see if I can edit - just typing in the normal url goes via an affiliate gate, must be because its from PH ? LED Hut is a top website, blatant attempt to get affiliate referalls I think!
Now take a look at my thread and give me some advice
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...Edited by MrSparks on Thursday 12th June 12:56
Edited by MrSparks on Thursday 12th June 12:58
DSLiverpool said:
No - I copied the link from my browser, I don't know them from Adam - will see if I can edit - just typing in the normal url goes via an affiliate gate, must be because its from PH ?
I see, my bad then! It's definetly an affiliate link but I didn't consider the forum doing it. Makes sense.Your site is really good though by the way. Very well designed.
MrSparks said:
DSLiverpool said:
No - I copied the link from my browser, I don't know them from Adam - will see if I can edit - just typing in the normal url goes via an affiliate gate, must be because its from PH ?
I see, my bad then! It's definetly an affiliate link but I didn't consider the forum doing it. Makes sense.Your site is really good though by the way. Very well designed.
DSLiverpool said:
That's not my site - I think its horrendous, we are redesigning the DST site and the web guys used it as an example of a punter not knowing when to stop
Sorry I meant your DST site looks good (dstele.com?), much better than mine anyway, how come you're having it re-done? I'd love for mine to look like yours!MrSparks said:
DSLiverpool said:
That's not my site - I think its horrendous, we are redesigning the DST site and the web guys used it as an example of a punter not knowing when to stop
Sorry I meant your DST site looks good (dstele.com?), much better than mine anyway, how come you're having it re-done? I'd love for mine to look like yours!DSLiverpool said:
Its not working well enough, its cats and UX are poor, its layout isn't helping - plus we cannot get google to see our bundles of items so we need a new magento app. Having a site that looks nice is one thing, having one that's going to buy me a Tesla P85+ is another
You don't look to be providing Open Graph and Schema.org structured data - both should help, and be, relatively speaking, easy.http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippet... - schema / Google Structured Data
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ - Facebook / Open Graph
You can throw one of your URLs in either of these and it will tell you how they interpret the page, and what you can do to improve things.
maffski said:
DSLiverpool said:
Its not working well enough, its cats and UX are poor, its layout isn't helping - plus we cannot get google to see our bundles of items so we need a new magento app. Having a site that looks nice is one thing, having one that's going to buy me a Tesla P85+ is another
You don't look to be providing Open Graph and Schema.org structured data - both should help, and be, relatively speaking, easy.http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippet... - schema / Google Structured Data
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ - Facebook / Open Graph
You can throw one of your URLs in either of these and it will tell you how they interpret the page, and what you can do to improve things.
Click on the link. Took quite a long time to start loading the page (affiliate gateway might have caused some lag). Didn't click on anything and immediately got the pop up saying Don't Go!
Clicking on any of the items under the menu/above the VAT free banner results in a modal popup, horrible UX!
The Menu - the icons add nothing to help the customer find what they want and make the menu look cluttered. The instant switching between sub-menus is hard to perceive, a nice quick fade would have been much better.
The auto complete on the search box works nice and quickly, though the results seemed a little limited.
Category pages are far too cluttered and there is no option to change the layout of listing the products, which results in a reasonable number of products requiring a lot of scrolling!
Product page again is too cluttered. Well, up top anyway. I'd tell them to look at the Nike Store for presenting a product page. Nice and clean and laid out very well in my opinion.
It looks like they are trying to use the website for two markets, end users and trade. I'd advise that they create two websites, one for end customers and one for trade, which would allow them to de-clutter massively.
Out of interest, how come you wanted opinions for a competitor?
Clicking on any of the items under the menu/above the VAT free banner results in a modal popup, horrible UX!
The Menu - the icons add nothing to help the customer find what they want and make the menu look cluttered. The instant switching between sub-menus is hard to perceive, a nice quick fade would have been much better.
The auto complete on the search box works nice and quickly, though the results seemed a little limited.
Category pages are far too cluttered and there is no option to change the layout of listing the products, which results in a reasonable number of products requiring a lot of scrolling!
Product page again is too cluttered. Well, up top anyway. I'd tell them to look at the Nike Store for presenting a product page. Nice and clean and laid out very well in my opinion.
It looks like they are trying to use the website for two markets, end users and trade. I'd advise that they create two websites, one for end customers and one for trade, which would allow them to de-clutter massively.
Out of interest, how come you wanted opinions for a competitor?
jammy_basturd said:
Click on the link. Took quite a long time to start loading the page (affiliate gateway might have caused some lag). Didn't click on anything and immediately got the pop up saying Don't Go!
Clicking on any of the items under the menu/above the VAT free banner results in a modal popup, horrible UX!
The Menu - the icons add nothing to help the customer find what they want and make the menu look cluttered. The instant switching between sub-menus is hard to perceive, a nice quick fade would have been much better.
The auto complete on the search box works nice and quickly, though the results seemed a little limited.
Category pages are far too cluttered and there is no option to change the layout of listing the products, which results in a reasonable number of products requiring a lot of scrolling!
Product page again is too cluttered. Well, up top anyway. I'd tell them to look at the Nike Store for presenting a product page. Nice and clean and laid out very well in my opinion.
It looks like they are trying to use the website for two markets, end users and trade. I'd advise that they create two websites, one for end customers and one for trade, which would allow them to de-clutter massively.
Out of interest, how come you wanted opinions for a competitor?
Not a competitor James - our webby has been asked to help them and this is what they have inherited. They seem to have got the e marketing handbook and used everything in it to a terrible conclusion.Clicking on any of the items under the menu/above the VAT free banner results in a modal popup, horrible UX!
The Menu - the icons add nothing to help the customer find what they want and make the menu look cluttered. The instant switching between sub-menus is hard to perceive, a nice quick fade would have been much better.
The auto complete on the search box works nice and quickly, though the results seemed a little limited.
Category pages are far too cluttered and there is no option to change the layout of listing the products, which results in a reasonable number of products requiring a lot of scrolling!
Product page again is too cluttered. Well, up top anyway. I'd tell them to look at the Nike Store for presenting a product page. Nice and clean and laid out very well in my opinion.
It looks like they are trying to use the website for two markets, end users and trade. I'd advise that they create two websites, one for end customers and one for trade, which would allow them to de-clutter massively.
Out of interest, how come you wanted opinions for a competitor?
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