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I would like some insight into the design/look&feel of my site: http://citybee.heroku.com http://citybee.heroku.com I plan to change the deal page that current

I would like some insight into the design/look&feel of my site: http://citybee.heroku.com http://citybee.heroku.com I plan to change the deal page that currently looks like livingsocial. Also, I'd like some external thoughts on whether or not to pursue the daily deal site. We plan to give the deal for free, customer pays the merchant direclty, we charge the customer in the end a 15% of all total sales and we further commit to spend 50% of that 15% to sponsor an event at their location. This event will act as a promotional event where our site's users can come for free. This way we are further helping the businesses to build their brands.

mikegreenberg 15y ago
- First thing I noticed was a sluggish scroll. Not sure why it's like this on your site, but take a look at LivingSocial or similar to see how they get their page scroll smooth. (http://livingsocial.com/deals/123805-20-to-spend-on-groceries/ http://livingsocial.com/deals/123805-20-to-spend-on-grocerie...) - I think the layout is lacking. There no isolation of different parts of the page. There's no way for me to subconsciously divide the content. Look at Groupon for a good example on how they "divide" content. - There's not much else to the layout here, but with deal sites going like crazy, ever effort you can take to differentiate your look will help you out. (Since there's not much else you can do, aside from...) - Your business model! I actually like the idea of reinvesting part of your profits back in the company. However, I'm not clear how this works. The merchant handles sales and you ask for a 15% cut from the merchant? Then use 7.5% of that for a promotion at their place? Do business need help building their business in this way? Do they want promotional events? I think this has potential, but I'm not clear how this works from what you described.

mikegreenberg 15y ago

- First thing I noticed was a sluggish scroll. Not sure why it's like this on your site, but take a look at LivingSocial or similar to see how they get their page scroll smooth. (http://livingsocial.com/deals/123805-20-to-spend-on-groceries/ http://livingsocial.com/deals/123805-20-to-spend-on-grocerie...) - I think the layout is lacking. There no isolation of different parts of the page. There's no way for me to subconsciously divide the content. Look at Groupon for a good example on how they "divide" content. - There's not much else to the layout here, but with deal sites going like crazy, ever effort you can take to differentiate your look will help you out. (Since there's not much else you can do, aside from...) - Your business model! I actually like the idea of reinvesting part of your profits back in the company. However, I'm not clear how this works. The merchant handles sales and you ask for a 15% cut from the merchant? Then use 7.5% of that for a promotion at their place? Do business need help building their business in this way? Do they want promotional events? I think this has potential, but I'm not clear how this works from what you described.