Hi
I have an outdoor supplies web site and would appreciate any comments..is there anything I should do to it

Shewchuk Outdoor Supplies
http://www.goodoutdoors.com

Tested in IE6 56k modem 800x600. Loads reasonably fast. Slightly too wide for 800x600. Might be nice if the links changed colour when the mouse is passed over them. Otherwise, a good solid design. Good luck with it.

Nick

-- Excellent selection of products.
-- Looks like quality products and a customer friendly place to shop.
-- Easy to naviagate and not too long to load, even with a dial-up service.
-- Pictures are too small to see well, and a bit foggy.
-- Product pages don't show products first. Also, on some pages you have little add-ons, like counters, search engine links, classified ads, and info about currency exchange, before some of the pictures. Those things are usually on the very bottom of the home page, so I thought the page had no to few photos or products.
-- Why is there a gun with the sportsman's heater?
-- Don't need address and location info on every page, including product description pages. How about putting it once on the blue column to the left of the page?
-- Dark pages are distracting. When I think "outdoors" I think bright sunlght.
-- Ordering takes too long for impatient consumers. We usually want something 10 minutes before we buy it, so e-mailing to find out if you have the product in supply and how much it would cost to ship takes too long. I know it's difficult to pin down how much something cost, and know there is some extra handling needed to mail anything across the border, however, maybe you can figure out a pound per pound, average weight, then figure out the added cost for extra large boxes, include handling, and make a chart that way. True, sometimes you might lose money that way, but, if you include handling, it might also be that you get extra money. If you want the larger audience for more customers, you need a way to make it quick and easy for them.
-- You might want to invest in an ad agency, or a web content specialist. If I were an outdoor kinda gal, your products would make me salavate with desire to own, however your descriptions don't add to the excitement of the desire.
-- You do keep saying that the "add to cart" feature won't work for your website, so why are the little buttons still there?

Overall, if I was into the outdoors and if I could buy without e-mailing first, not only would I buy from your company, but I would come back, because of the friendliness. The site does need some more work, however, I'm impressed with the magnitude of the project you are working on.

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Lynn
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