www.natural-alternative-solutions.com

2globalsource · #1 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 02:24 PM

The site has been up 3 months and no sales. I would really appreciate ideas and/or suggestions.

GregCSotD · #2 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 03:20 PM

Nothing really wrong with the site. It seemed to drag on load for me and was really slow clicking from page to page, but that could be just my machine. If that is not the case (can anyone else report how the speed was?), and it is slow for everyone, that is your first problem. Fast load time is crucial.

The main logo at top, the beach scene, is fuzzy. Not the greatest quality. If you don't have a better version of it, I would eliminate it.

Navigation is a little confusing due to all the different link colors. For example, on: http://www.natural-alternative-solut...077/page/45031

there is blue, reddish, and what looks like a dark blue. Ditto on the home page. It gets tough to tell what is what. Pick a color scheme and stick to it. Always have the same color for the links, same for vlinks.

Under "Go to products page" on your home page, the natural progesterone cream link goes to http://www.natural-alternative-solut...77/page/145548 which gives "The specified page does not exist." Fix that quick.

Other than those issues, the site is fine. The load time is the only thing that would really impede sales if the marketing is good. Best bet is you need to get the site out there. How does it to do in the search engines? Are you getting traffic but no sales? No traffic?

cynaunltd · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 03:27 PM

FYI. Site loaded quickly for me.

GregCSotD · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 03:30 PM

The issue was more a delay going from page to page. Glad to hear it might be just me though. Well, not glad for me, but glad for 2globalsource!

2globalsource · #5 (**permalink**) 10-28-2003, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GregCSotD

Nothing really wrong with the site. It seemed to drag on load for me and was really slow clicking from page to page, but that could be just my machine. If that is not the case (can anyone else report how the speed was?), and it is slow for everyone, that is your first problem. Fast load time is crucial.

The main logo at top, the beach scene, is fuzzy. Not the greatest quality. If you don't have a better version of it, I would eliminate it.

Navigation is a little confusing due to all the different link colors. For example, on: http://www.natural-alternative-solut...077/page/45031

there is blue, reddish, and what looks like a dark blue. Ditto on the home page. It gets tough to tell what is what. Pick a color scheme and stick to it. Always have the same color for the links, same for vlinks.

Under "Go to products page" on your home page, the natural progesterone cream link goes to http://www.natural-alternative-solut...77/page/145548 which gives "The specified page does not exist." Fix that quick.

Other than those issues, the site is fine. The load time is the only thing that would really impede sales if the marketing is good. Best bet is you need to get the site out there. How does it to do in the search engines? Are you getting traffic but no sales? No traffic?

Thanks for the feedback Greg. I will fix that link asap. The site is showing up on the search engines and is getting some traffic -- about 600 visitors in the past week. Some of them come from search engines and a few from other sites I'm linked to but so far only 2 sales from people I know. I think my prices are about the same as similar sites. I'm in the process of adding more products to the site -- other health related products -- vitamins, herbs, etc. Do you think the home page is too wordy? I'm considering reworking the home page and moving some of the information to other pages. I will fix the colored links though. That was a experiment because they used to be the same color. Where can I get some good information about marketing? I have read so much and keep trying things but guess I need more help with marketing. Thanks!