SITE REVIEW: VIP Bargain City **NEW LAYOUT**

ok, i took some opinions on the original review and changed the site. new layout and everything and just wanted to know what everyone thinks about it again. new reviews welcome.

http://www.vipbargaincity.com

please review! thanks!

Hi,

I'm not totally sure you're there with the finished image. If you're going to advertise yourself as a 'bargin basement' type website you need to do more to convince me your prices are cheap. Currently it looks a bit like a template driven website reselling somebody elses database Sorry

That said the design is crisp and clean. It's just the overall package I think needs work. If you really are cheap can you display comparison prices to prove it

Just thinking out loud.

Good luck.

Cheers, Prime ...

i could.. but it would be ALOT of work. i hate the way cubecart works... but theres no changin now.. atleast for awhile.. but thanks for the review. keep em comin!

I like the simple design, it's clean and easy to navigate.

Don't put your email address on your webpage, you'll get spam easily. Use contact form instead.

i thought of that. thanks for the review! keep em comin.

I need more reviews!

really cool, i like this kind of website!

uppin for reviews

Your servers down right now.

color: try another level of blue/gray palette you use

header: add more graphical work on it, change the font of your slogin (set back...), add some depth to your logo and change it colors

your avator and signature are very good why can't you do same level of graphics for your site

Ok it's back up now. Here goes:

There's just something about the design... At the top it would look better without the white space but then I get to the bottom it would look worse there. Maybe you could make the blue border thing red instead?

The kind of blue 3D effect you used in your logo is good. But I think you should use it for all your titles, or leave it out for the sake of consistancy.

The space between Search and Live Help is small than the spaces between all the others.

Do somethign with the spacing of feature products to make it stretch the area better. width="100%"?

At the bottom of the main content you have paypal, a RapidSSL thing, and googleAds stacked on on top of the other. There's got to be something you can do to conserve page height. It really looks like a waste of it.

At the bottom you have 2 copyright things? Can't you incorporate them into one?

How come there's the big space between partner sites and the very bottom google ad? And I think one google ad is enough. Two in almost the same place is not much of an advantage.

Refreshing the page I notice feature products are random, not really feature at all. You shouldn't be afraid to admit that they are random products, or atleast change the name of it to something a little more truthful.

You need to do a bit more checking in your registration form. I filled in every field with the value 'a' and it let me in!

Wanting to go back to the main page I notice the logo doesn't take me there. Instead there is a tiny link under 'Shop by category' that says 'homepage'. I would be lost except to retype the URL if I hadn't noticed that not particularly well placed link. So, remove the homepage link and make the logo link me there instead.

Ok its not that bad a site actually but just some things you should fix.

BUMP

Instead of just 'BUMP', perhaps you could tell us what you changed so we know what kind of reviews you want.

I don't know if it's my computer or your flash movie but it seems to be flashing white every few seconds as it plays. Very annoying!

When viewed beside that active and full of detail logo, the rest of the site looks unfitting and my eyes are constantly drawn back to the logo before they can click click anywhere.

But I do notice on Firefox you got a tiny overhang on the logo past the edge of the main content. Might want to fix that.

It appears you changed the backgroudn to a darker blue. The title bars do not stand out enough. Perhaps a lighter blue with dark background would be best.


I dont know why but things always look better to me when followed by 3 periods.

Your text should be a tad darker. I dont know why so many sites now think grey text looks good.

Your introduction could use a touchup on the grammar. I woudl assume you are trying to appear professional.

The 'email' field has a blue border around it. It kind of stands out.

Would you like mroe review or is this enough for now?

i fixed the banner. and it shouldnt have an overhang now. ill make the text darker and the title bar lighter. thanks for the input. keep em comin. thanks!