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Yesterday me and my girlfriend were looking for a car related service, and we found a site which supplied that service. It was obvious that it was using some ki
by jacobr 15y ago
Yesterday me and my girlfriend were looking for a car related service, and we found a site which supplied that service. It was obvious that it was using some kind of generic design template, so both of us got a bit suspicious, and not until we had researched the company for quite a while were we OK with doing business with them. It just didn't feel serious.
I feel the same way with a Bootstrap site that isn't customized at all - I would hesitate doing business with them, because if you don't have the resources to put a day on at least _customizing_ your design, are you really trustworthy? Of course you can be, and it's not a completely rational feeling, but I would be surprised if I am the only one with that gut reaction.
For minor tools (such as http://dochub.io http://dochub.io) and other small projects, Twitter Bootstrap is awesome and doesn't even need much customization, but I don't think it's a good idea to use it uncustomized for a business.
- tptacek 15y agoI know several people on HN who have successful software (SaaS) businesses who will tell you that this just isn't really the case; that the overwhelming majority of your customers for something like car buying aren't going to finger you as a "Bootstrap user" and then think less of you for it. It's hard not to wonder whether the fact that you're the kind of person who posts on HN doesn't bias your response to sites like this. One way to get some real data on this would be to ask your friends to ask their nontechnical friends and relatives for a list of sites they actually paid money at, and then take a hard look at how good their designs really are.
- Ecio78 15y agoYesterday me and my girlfriend were looking for a car related service, and we found a site which supplied that service. It was obvious that it was using some kind of generic design template, so both of us got a bit suspicious, and not until we had researched the company for quite a while were we OK with doing business with them. It just didn't feel serious. On the other hand you can find plenty of services/sites that looks graphically really professional and legit and that are instead plain scam (think about fake ecommerce sites)