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Hello, everyone! I am new to StartupNation, but I have been reading the forums for a few weeks now, so I decided to try my first post.

 

I would like to get some feedback on my company`s new website, www.LuckYaya.com. We are a women-owned business that markets our own line of unique jewelry and gifts.

 

• Does the website make it clear what LuckYaya does and who we are?
• Are the pictures of our products appealing?
• Do you get the “boutique” feel when you visit our website? We are trying to create a sense that our products and customers are unique and special.
• Do we provide enough info about the photo crystal, our customizable product?

www.LuckYaya.com

 

Any other feedback you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for taking the time to review our website, and we look forward to your comments!!

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LuckYaya LLC
Your source for unique hand-crafted jewelry
www.LuckYaya.com

Hey there :-) Welcome to SuN.
I *really* like that you have the pronunciation of the name right below the name logo itself! Excellent inspiration. (Nit-picking, you could put it in parenteses, if you want.)

One thing that bothered me is that on the home page, you have the three basic ways to get jewelry: Design your own, ready to wear, etc. Those titles are in red, and I just assumed I could click on the words and go to the area of the site. They`re not links. They should be.

I understand I can click the thumbnails, but those aren`t always as obvious as a title or subtitle. You can keep them red, and they don`t have to be underlined, but I think people will expect them to be links.

So I went to the Ready to Wear, and was again surprised to see that at the top of the center was "Design your Own Jewelry." That`s *not* what I wanted....I wanted "ready to wear."

I would keep each of the three basic forms and categories separate, on their own page. When I want ready-to-wear, I want to immediately see ready-to-wear when I click to that page. Not something else.

To that end, the left-side navigation bar should reflect my "location" on the site. Right now, on the Ready-to-Wear "page," I see that "Categories" is the top menu option. Where`s "home?" Yes, you have it in your "tabs" (the little hearts), but I`m not sure that`s the best place. Let`s see what others have to say.

I don`t even see "Ya-ya`s picks" in the categories on the navigation bar.

When I tried Design Your Own, I saw that I had steps. Fine, no problem. So I clicked the image of the daisy. I could enlarge it...so? How do I put that actual picture I clicked on into the line? I don`t want to "browse," since I assume that would upload something from my computer. I don`t mind that, but there aren`t any instructions.

I`d have those instructions---not complicated, just a helpful explanation of Step 1 so I know what to do with the daisy picture I chose.

Overall, I like the site. The colors are a bit grating, and it gives an appearance that this site is targeting pre-adolescent girls. If you`re looking for a wider market, I`d give some thought to the color scheme.

Everything ran smoothly, in terms of the site operations, at least for me (Firefox 1.x, DSL line, 19" LCD @ 1280x1024). It`s more the logical organization of the content that had these minor issure.

Thank you for the great comments! We will definitely work on getting the links to go to more specific pages. And I also want to add a "Yaya`s Picks" category as you suggested.

We are trying to target women of all ages, so I am hoping that the color scheme is not too hindering. When we created the design, logo, and color scheme, we thought it might be too "cute", and may not capture the uniqueness and high quality of our produtcs. But when we told some customers we were considering changing it, they said to keep it as is, so it`s a tough call. Any thoughts from some other website reviewers?

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LuckYaya LLC
Your source for unique hand-crafted jewelry
www.LuckYaya.com

I did get the process from the animation at the bottom.

If you look at the "text" of your site http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:http://www.luckyaya.com/ &hl=en&rls=HPIA,HPIA:2006-34,HPIA:en&strip=1

You`ll see the limited amount of text search engine may index. You might want to consider expanding the text on the home page.

The "title" of your home page "Welcome to our website" should be changed to include your targeted keywords.  Your decription: "What`s New Here? - Hardware Software DVD Movies" should be changed too.

Delete this meta: <meta name="revisit-after" content="30 days">

You also have a critical security issue... I`ll PM you about it.

~Roland

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THANK YOU! I made the changes to the title and description, and I will see what I can do about the text on the home page. I also fixed the security issue, but I`m not sure how to delete the meta?

Thanks again for the great feedback.

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LuckYaya LLC
Your source for unique hand-crafted jewelry
www.LuckYaya.com

The meta might be found in your header.php file.

~Roland

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Thank you, Roland! I removed the meta, and I added some more text to the home page as you suggested.

And thanks to CraigL -- I fixed some of the links and added a "Yaya`s Pick" section. I think those changes really helped, so thanks again for your great feedback.

 

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LuckYaya LLC
Your source for unique hand-crafted jewelry
www.LuckYaya.com

Oh, one more thing. .. watch the files sizes for your product images.

For example on the products page the image files are 60kb to 0ver 100Kb, which will take some time to download on a dial-up.

The way to manage images is to resize them before you upload them to the online store.

~Roland

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