[Twiggy]

Gah, this was the hardest thing I've ever done. lol I'm at a loss of words. Anyways I've FINALLY finished my site and would love some feedback, this is my first real site so I'm pretty excited

I used yahoo for my host and iono I kinda regret it, because I was talking to my uncle and he said that if I spent a little time learning php, merchant accounts, ssl cert.,perl, etc. I would have made a great site without spending a lot of money on yahoo, I practically didn't use any of yahoos features except the ssl and shopping cart. lol I plan to learn all that stuff now though.

Anyways heres my site, can't order anything yet since I have to set up a payment and shipping system:

http://www.cgwave.com/


I know the cart link looks weird, I was planning on adding more stuff, but my knowledge was limited.

Can you guys go through it and see if I'm missing something or give me some advice?


edit : lol I noticed the broken links in the printers section
edit II : fixed
edit III: best viewed with IE

[rossco1]

Nice looking site you have there.

However have found a few problems.

• Some of you pages have links to inactive pages. Eg. The 'home' link on your privacy policy page links to an inactive link (home.html)
• The main navigation bar at the top could be a little clearer

Just a few quick things.

[Twiggy]

Thanks for pointing that out. I just fixed it

[rossco1]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

Thanks for pointing that out. I just fixed it

No worries, i'll have a closer look later on and see if i can find anything else you may be able to improve on.

[akula]

good stuff

your site lacks alot of things which are critical for sales

it's not made with customers in mind

to improve, you gotta follow a formula and implement a range of tactics like email lists, promotional offers, and a whole bunch of other stuff

i think you will enjoy to discover the principles of ecommerce and salesmanship

[ramone_johnny]

Sorry but is this a template?

RJ

[kazisdaman]

you should consider adding more safety thumbnails on your site like the ones you have on the bottom. Definintely a live tech support, and a 1800 number to contact you it will increase the likelyness of a person willing to actually buy due to safety matters.

Also I'd associate with some people who do internet sales too. That'll be your biggest help.

[DaveAPN]

I would put up a link that says "New to computer graphics?" or something that led the visitor to a buyers guide. I've bought CG tablets before, and I've had nothing but headaches with them --- yet I KNOW high end designers find them useful and productive.

I think you could get a lot of noobs to buy if you provided some content and some shopping tips. Overall the site is pretty clean, looks like a good start.

Good luck,

[Twiggy]

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

Sorry but is this a template?

RJ

Nope its made completely from scratch, all the way from my paper, photoshop, etc. lol I think I did a pretty good job for a 16 year old

I do computer graphics for a hobby so I think I could do some major advertising like creating a blog about drawing and coloring cgs
site to my works http://eatinghappypills.deviantart.com/ lol disregard the name

Thanks for the feedback guys I'll research all those things

[Malog]

You did a great job kid, I think you have a good future ahead of you, compared to my first site it is something else, your logo looks good too.

Well done wee man and all the best!