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Ilya was kind enough to review my startup, an online rave gear retail site: http://www.plurty.com http://www.plurty.com Previously, I had this giant "Sign up"
by treeface 16y ago
Ilya was kind enough to review my startup, an online rave gear retail site:
http://www.plurty.com http://www.plurty.com
Previously, I had this giant "Sign up" button on the home page, but what I had forgotten was that most of the value of the site came from the ability to not have to sign up in order to buy our products. We built anonymity into it so much that you don't even have to enter your email address. This was crucial for us because nobody wants to sign up for a website that is unknown.
Also, Ilya pointed out that the most distinguishing feature of our site were the extended exposure images and that we should use it as a marketing tool. We are currently planning on replacing our text-only adwords campaign and using the images to get more clicks.
Anyway...just thought I'd add my $0.02 and thank Ilya again. It was useful advice that we really needed.
- jscore 16y agoJust adding $0.02 of my own about your site. I went there really quick but took a while to figure out what you were selling. I'd simplify the design and add a headline somewhere about what the site does. It's just too busy.
- treeface 16y agoThanks jscore! We're in the process of a redesign that will greatly simplify the whole thing, but I will see what I can do in the short term to make it more obvious what we sell. Thanks again :-]
- user24 16y agolook at the site with fresh eyes. Load the homepage and only allow yourself to read the most obvious 5 words on it. What do you read? At the moment when I do that, I read: "plurty cart checkout light gloves". Just put a nice bright tagline under plurty that says "Number 1 for rave lights" and bam!
- treeface 16y agoGreat idea! Love the critiques :-D
- prawn 16y agoFirst thing I noticed was "top product" which is pretty generic. Might be better if that said "green lasers - our top seller" or similar?
- patio11 16y agoSerious Ravers Love Our Lasers -- Pew Pew You may want to take off the "pew pew". I am not plugged into that community. Alternate phrasing "Like Glow Sticks, Without The Suck" Edit: Want an intense effect for your next rave? Try a green laser -- it is magical in a dark room or at nighttime. Each laser pen is effectively a laser pointer with a detachable kaleidoscope light filter on the top. When this filter is on, the single, solid laser beam transforms into hundreds of different points of light on a surface. Too dangerous to point at a face.
- il 16y agoReally? Reading that, I hear the Pew Pew sound in my head, and it makes the laser seem totally awesome, even if it doesn't actually make that sound.
- Johnnytops 16y agoAs the co-owner of this site, I highly approve of the pew pew and have added it to the description. Now to figure out how to add a cross-browser compatible sound effect...
- templaedhel 16y agoOh god, next thing you know you'll have gif backgrounds and have your whole level middle management walk out. Don't go down that path.
- edanm 16y agoJust my 0.02 cents - the site looks great, and I understood very quickly what you do. I also now have the urge to buy some lasers! It looks like you already implemented some of the suggestions, just though I'd let you know that, as of now at least, it looks great. The path I took was reading the headline ("we sell rave gear..."), not being sure what that meant, but then seeing "Green Laser Pen". Soon as I saw that, I understood what you're about and started reading products. So anyway, good job!