Please look at my website

[dependx]

I try to take a different approach than talking about search engines and html coding techniques, like isn't that just a wonderful to do when your trying to run a business. (build a website in the dark) But if you hire an internet expert, they are looking for a payment.

[TWD-Tony]

Originally Posted by dependx

I try to take a different approach than talking about search engines and html coding techniques, like isn't that just a wonderful to do when your trying to run a business. (build a website in the dark) But if you hire an internet expert, they are looking for a payment.

Is that a dig at anyone inparticular?

What myself and Fisicx are discussing are the initial coding and search engine visibility problems with the website "as is..." - as this is the website review forum and is what the OP asked for - what you are talking about is marketing of the website, which is slightly different.

You do make a good point though, creating a "buzz" about a website is a brilliant way of marketing it - I am sure the OP has taken it onboard

[brunswickheights]

Thank you.
Again some very useful food for thought..............
I always (wrongly) presumed that having a website ,people wouldn't exactly flock to me,but a lot more interest would be shown!
So,in otherwords.....as well as the sureal world of websites,I have to include the real world.........just of the cuff and when I have tweaked my website to be more find friendly......something like a press release offering some sort of ( I don't know what yet) incentive to at least view my site and better yet BUY!

[fisicx]

The biggest problem with any new website is finding a niche not already covered by somebody else. You then need to tell everybody about your website, entice them to take a look, provide a reason to stay and encourage them to convert from a visitor to a customer.

All of this takes time and, at Tony suggests, this is marketing. Like any other business venture you need to work at it. You need to constantly adjust your sales pitch, your product placement, your incentives, the closure process.

This is where we come back to the analytics. You need to track your visitors and look at where they land, what they did and where they left. This will tell you which bits of the website to work on. Until you know why people leave without buying you don't know which bits to change.

It's not easy Patricia, you need to spend your evenings researching and experimenting. Search the internet for marketing blogs, persuasive writing articles, ecommerce forums, SEO websites. I seem to keep coming back to the same theme here, websites do not become successful unless you make them usable and accessible. And to do this you need to research how to do it. It's not something that happens overnight. But the sooner you start your voyage of discovery, the sooner you will begin to make some money.

[brunswickheights]

After some thought and deliberation,I have decided to take some advice from your replies ..................................but not all!

In my defence ,I have to say, if it takes about 10 years to gain knowledge about selling on a website...................why are people bothering at all ???

I'm sorry,but not everyone is technical minded.. .......nor should they have to be!
They just want to sell on the internet. Which most do without all the shanigans I have been told.............and successfuly too!
Just one other thing none of the experts picked up on..............the spelling of my website as opposed to my Ebay site.
Ebay site = Brunswickheights Collectables
My website = Brunswickheights Collectibles????
Not one person asked me why????????

Plus after reading the replies now,it seems more one upmanship than who cares about helping me with my website.That I find absolutely disgusting and extemely childish.
Well ,I care about my website but I am not waiting 10 years to find what is wrong.
I shall look elsewhere,where I am sure there are people who are really truly interested in helping me ,rather than putting me down to score brownie points of off each other,because that is what it seems.
All I wanted to know was basic answers ( normal English not gobbly gook),not stuff only techis can comprehend. As are most website users.
Please feel free to reply to this,however I shall not be back to this site.
I obviously joined the wrong forum................BIG TIME!

[ocpaul20]

After some thought and deliberation,I have decided to take some advice from your replies ..................................but not all!

and no-one would expect you to take all this advice if you dont feel it is useful or appropriate to you.

In my defence ,I have to say, if it takes about 10 years to gain knowledge about selling on a website...................why are people bothering at all ???

Because they enjoy doing it. If you dont enjoy learning and challenges, then I would suggest that you are in the wrong game. Go work for someone else, and get a pay packet each week.

I'm sorry,but not everyone is technical minded.. .......nor should they have to be!
They just want to sell on the internet. Which most do without all the shanigans I have been told.............and successfuly too!
Just one other thing none of the experts picked up on..............the spelling of my website as opposed to my Ebay site.
Ebay site = Brunswickheights Collectables
My website = Brunswickheights Collectibles????
Not one person asked me why????????

Unfortunately, some things require some level of technical knowledge unless you pay someone else who has that knowledge already. This is one of those things. It would be nice wouldn't it to just start up a shop on the internet and people would flock to it, showering you with their hard-earned cash. Whoever told you that it was simple, probably knows nothing about what they are talking about. Who really cares whether the ebay name is different from your website? The help you have had has been relevant but not totally comprehensive because people on the forum have other things to do apart from help you. Strange that.

Plus after reading the replies now,it seems more one upmanship than who cares about helping me with my website.That I find absolutely disgusting and extemely childish.
Well ,I care about my website but I am not waiting 10 years to find what is wrong.

And... after reading your reply why should we care what you think. Your reply shows neither gratefulness nor respect for people who know more than you do and are trying to be of help to you. Of course you dont have to wait 10 years to find our what is wrong, but you did ask, and you have been given pointers to where you need to look to remedy what is wrong.

I am sure you do care about your website, but it does not mean that we have to care as much as you do. We have our own websites and businesses to look after and we help you out of our wish to help others in similar positions to us in the past. If you feel that we are not helpful, please dont start with the insults, but thank us politely and leave. That would be the mature and correct way to behave under these circumstances.

I shall look elsewhere,where I am sure there are people who are really truly interested in helping me ,rather than putting me down to score brownie points of off each other,because that is what it seems.
All I wanted to know was basic answers ( normal English not gobbly gook),not stuff only techis can comprehend. As are most website users.
Please feel free to reply to this,however I shall not be back to this site.
I obviously joined the wrong forum................BIG TIME!

...and I hope you find people are more forgiving of you there, because unless you change your the-world-owes-me attitude you are unlikely to get treated any differently than you have been here.

[fisicx]

Patricia,

I'm sorry that you consider the advice given to be 'oneupmanship'. If you read many of the threads in the website review forum you will see the same advice repeated again and again.

People do make money from their websites with out and of the shanaigans you mention but there any many reasons for this. They could have a niche but popular product, they could have lots of technical help, they could be asking all the right questions on the ecommenrce sites.

Running a successful website requires some technical knowledge. As ocpaul20 suggests, you either do it yourself or you pay someone to do it for you.

Remember that you original question was because the site got visitors but didn't convert. If you want to turn the site around you need to get your hands dirty and experiment. This requires some technical knowledge.

[TWD-Tony]

**Sigh** Why do we bother doing website reviews at all

I for one am not willing to look at anymore website's and give advice if this is the thanks we get (or more to the point DON'T GET)

There are plenty of web designers / developers and SEO / SEM peeps on this forum and we all get on 99% of the time, I don't see why you should think that we partake in "point scoring" off each other.

And as for the spelling of your website, how you spell it is up to you - you asked for a website review not a grammar check,

The more I read what you posted the more angry and upset I get that I wasted MY TIME on you - please don't come back, really.... I mean it, this forum is a happy and great place to be and is no place for freeloaders who want everything done for them... I have a teenage daughter with the exact same attitude as you - it stinks.

[dependx]

"I obviously joined the wrong forum................BIG TIME!"

I would be really surprised if ebay reversed it's recent decision on deleting negative feedback because sellers would cover up their negatives by negociating them away. (BUT feedback removal no more)

It is unfortunate that I am a total looser and my entry is a negative experience, yet I wonder why so many ebay seller's are real lousy with giving some return feedback on our feedback. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY HAVE PEOPLE READING THEIR WORDS AND SAYING -- WHY BUY FROM THAT MENTAL CASE???????

PEACE KIDS!