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Great people of the Startup Nation!!!

I need your help!!!

Could you take a look at my website...
http://www.startupstella.com/ and surf through it a little?

Would you let me know what you think? See anything that doesn`t work? Do you like the layout? Do you like the look? The products?

Now, if you can, be blunt. I`m afraid when it comes to technical stuff, I don`t know my apps from a hole in the ground, so, I will take your comments and try to translate them for my web designer. I tend to refer to important web applications as "do thingies" and "whatchamajiggs" and apparently that drives my web designer bonkers. Too bad for him!!!

Thanks in advance,
Startup Stella

Start It Up!

Stella - first of all, you are so funny!!! I printed out one of the "Kitchen Table Commerce" and checked out  your website yesterday.  The only suggestion I would make, and this is a personal preference, is I`d like to see actual products instead of in graphic drawings. 

I wanted to order your daily calendar but would like see perhaps one sample page, just out curiosity I guess.

Other than that, I can`t wait to see more Kitchen Table Commerce!!!!!!!

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Life isn`t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

When I clicked on any of the tabs, I was popped very quickly to some other page, then into the target page. I`m not even sure what that intermediate page is, as it came and went so fast. But very annoying to see that "flicker" for about 20ms. I`m using Firefox on a DSL line.

I like the site, though. :-) Another saying that offers me great comfort is "Time is God`s way of making sure everything doesn`t happen all at once."

Get rid of the pop-up commercials. They didn`t pop up on top, so I didn`t even notice them until I looked down at my taskbar. They suck anyway, and I usually put any domain using popups into my "ignore forevermore" watchlist.

Finally, you might consider also offering Post-It notes with a daily saying or something? :-)

Stella,
I agree with Meitzi I too would like to see actual products
instead of the graphics, other than that I love your website and
Kitchen Table Commerce is so true to my home/business life!!
Keep up the good work
Cheers

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Sarah Founder www.sarahsperfectgift.com Gift giving made easy

I really dig the website.
I`d like to see some more products, too.

The Swaynester

From a graphic designer perspective, I like the graphics. You`re a cartoon so the products should be cartoons, as you have them. Maybe there is a way you can please everyone - like maybe have a link to an actual photo on a separate page or pop-up that won`t cheese up the look of your site. (Which I LOVE by the way!)

Keep up the good work!

Gotta agree with Chris - the drawings of the products go with the cartoon persona (disregarding the fact the products probably haven`t been produced yet ). Everything works, just have`t blown from my nose yet laughing. But there`s hope.

Is Stella the daughter of Pebbles? The granddaughter of Fred and Wilma? Damn, I swear she has Flintstone genes? What year is this anyway?

R@

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Richard Arnold · Key Concept Writers · Business Communication: The "Key" To Success· Law of Attraction Blog · Life Ain`t Brain Surgery Blog

Thanks so much for your insight and feedback guys!
R@: No Flintstone genes that I know of... I do yell out "Yabba-Dabba-Start-It-Up," when I get excited, though...

Startup Stella

I like the site`s general layout and colors and the cartoons are just hilarious :-) I didn`t get any pop-ups. And I`ll chime in with a "me too" on wanting to see the actual products.

It`s clean and simple and should serve you well for your beginnings. For a later development, I could definitely see a more cartoony look and feel to the whole thing. Maybe even some flash or something interactive. Cartoons are so much fun, I can envision a really fun site with loads of cartoon personality :-)


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Stella -

I agree with Chris, I like the drawings of your products, that`s who you are.  I didn`t get any popups, but if I had, I`d tell you to get rid of them as fast as possible.

Not sure if you`re finished with the overall design yet, but I`d add some kind of texture to your dark blue background, something subtle, just enough to break it up a bit and purely for aesthetics...

Love your insights and humor, congrats on getting it Started Up!!

R-


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