Furniture Store site redesign - Need ideas

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  1. #1
    We're about to redesign this furniture store site. It will include the Yahoo! store. We'll also give away 5k worth the furniture in an upcoming contest and a logo contest is currently running on the other point.
    If you guys have any ideas on how to build the new site, please shoot me some ideas. It needs to be seo friendly, but most of all appealing to generate more sales.

    Thanks a lot :)



    Mike`
     
    Blogmaster, Nov 26, 2006 IP
  2. Janeth

    Janeth Active Member

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    #2
    You have a nice looking site now.

    Phone number at the top of every page, live support on the pages, nice clean looking site.

    Things I might want to change would be :confused:

    1. I would have a little box that keeps up with the total of everything I've bought so when I get ready to check out there are no suprises with shipping cost or that I've put more items into the cart then I had thought.

    2. When it's time to check out maybe show the shopper a couple items that would go with his purchase at check out.

    Say I brought a bed maybe show me a couple end tables that would go with that bed at the point of check out.

    3. I would change the mouse over effect on the top navigation.

    You already have a nice looking site so there is not a lot that needs to be changed, maybe on the new site add some products into the header.

    How has the current site worked for?
     
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    juniper Well-Known Member

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    if you know howt to code with ajax you may try nowadays popular script.. and add your site more imformations about products. about what they made.
     
    juniper, Nov 26, 2006 IP
  4. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    I still think this site will benefit by promoting and marketing with Travel Sites

    There is a lot of synergy as folks travel see great furniture and design then, they have a problem where to find and buy the furniture

    Integrating with a Travel Site will bring in sales :)
     
    britishguy, Nov 27, 2006 IP
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    forumrating Notable Member

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    #5
    there are few gaps between the boxes
    • top menu and the bedroom image
    • image and the right side box
    • image and bottom boxes

    spacing issue inside the boxes
    • 3 boxes in bottom
    • right side box next to main image
    • there should be use of gradients to little effect

    colors are decent just need more creativity in the design for it to look outstanding.
     
    forumrating, Nov 27, 2006 IP
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    Nice site, make sure you site looks good in firefox and opera
     
    optimusprime, Nov 28, 2006 IP
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    Maybe try to make a place for hot products, special discounts with more parts, although about the look, drop the effects for top menu, try to make a new header and maybe a flash slide show of popular stuff.
     
    thebookish, Nov 28, 2006 IP
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    Check out how this site looks you mean optimusprime with something like this
    http://browsershots.org/

    You will have to queue after you ask for shots but worth the wait:)
     
    britishguy, Nov 28, 2006 IP
  9. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    Great advice everyone! Thank you so much :)

    (Feel free to keep it coming)



    Mike
     
    Blogmaster, Dec 1, 2006 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    your site really looks good . i think there is nothink to improve
     
    trichnosis, Dec 1, 2006 IP
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    Sweet site. I think that you should reduce the number of fonts used. Use one for the titles another for the content and hyperlinks. The most important change should be done for the menu. I think that some sweet beige gradient will really improve it. Don’t use too much bold. Hovering menu links underline them, using italic for that only spoils the good impression. “Free shipping...” I think would look better as a banner to the right
     
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  12. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    It does work well, Yahoo! Stores are not bad. But we want something unique.
     
    Blogmaster, Dec 5, 2006 IP
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    January is a great month for travel bookings, we hope you will join our marketing campaign with your Furniture Site
     
    britishguy, Dec 15, 2006 IP
  14. Blogmaster

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    It's worked, but could work better. Your suggestions were great btw. I am considering choosing another gateway than the Yahoo! Store thing. Btw. a lot of the redesign will have to do with making it search engine friendly. The site has lost a lot of 8 year old links when it was transferred to the Yahoo! Store from its original design.



    - Mike
     
    Blogmaster, Dec 15, 2006 IP
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    ecolatur Well-Known Member

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    need to work with header.stores are not perfect but need to hv some unique.
    overall site looks gud.u can improve very nicely.

    Abhilash.
     
    ecolatur, Dec 26, 2006 IP
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    Other than that to increase targetted search engine traffic, what can be done?
     
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