Need an in depth critique

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by rspenc29, Jan 9, 2007.

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    Please offer opinions and comments on the sales copy and the layout and how I can make this website convert better. The url is http://mydiscountebooks.com

    Sorry if its kinda long but I will really appreciate any comments. Thanks in advance.

    Rob
     
    rspenc29, Jan 9, 2007 IP
  2. Kassi

    Kassi Peon

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    The fonts are too big. The centered content is very hard to read. Try to organize the date into some logical blocks.
     
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    Yeah... the fonts are too large. When I opened your website, I felt like I opened a door and saw a really big guy in front of me. lol;) It's quite "confusing" for your eyes. Remember this when you reformat your text: when you read, your eye moves in Z pattern, try to also follow the Z in your layout. In this way, you direct the eyes of your visitors to the text that you want them to read. The layout is simply too tiring to read. I would also suggest adding some images to soften the heavy text format. I hope I didn't not offend you with my comments. Goodluck;)
     
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    Brrr.. Hard to read it... I agree.. Page is too long and font too large IMO.
     
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  5. rspenc29

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    Kassi: What do you mean by organize the data into some logical blocks? Can you explain this more or give an example?

    deviant: Not offended at all. If you got more keep it coming.

    Thanks for the comments. I will make the fonts smaller. Anyone else?
     
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    Ok the fonts are smaller now. Please tell me what ya think. Any other tips would be great. Dont hold back on me.
     
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    I agree with him. You can use a header to low the hardness of text and also reduce the size of the font and also don't use 100% black in text. Goodluck
     
    ceo2design, Jan 11, 2007 IP
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    definitely eliminate the need to scroll forever.....and add color...I'm not a fan of the text that looks to be highlighted, but that's just my opinion
     
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    good to hear that you were not offended.:D anyway, i want to suggest some adding quick links for easier navigation. the page is loaded with so much information, and it is too overwhelming. a sidebar with the links to the products you offer, or some navigation links will help your visitors find what they are looking for more easily. ;)
     
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    I know the sales page is a bit long but I also know that long sales pages work. The bulk of the page is products descriptions. Some of them are kinda long so I was thinking about making the page shorter by shortening the product descriptions some.

    I have some of the text hi-lited in yellow because of fast scrollers. I know that when i come across a long sales page that I dont feel like reading, I scroll down real fast to the products but the text thats hi-lited in yellow catches my eye and thats about the only part of the page I read.

    I am going to work on the colors some more. I am currently writing my own split testing script so that I can test the changes I make before I start sampling with the colors, headlines, and header images. I know that sometimes one little change can make or break a conversion so I need to test every change. I should have the script done today.

    I also plan to change the listed bonuses. I have way better products I can use here but again I need to test.

    I also noticed that my hover ad is displaying properly in IE6 but not in firefox or IE7. Thats another thing I have to work on.

    Thanks for the comments fellas.
     
    rspenc29, Jan 11, 2007 IP