I've revamped my site to include a $0.50p/serving increase in tiered cake prices. I think my pricing page was too wordy before, as I constantly had customers asking for my prices after they had been to my site! I am a total amateur at anything related to technology, so feedback would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking to make my sight very user friendly

www.mycakedelights.com

Thanks!!

I think your pricing is clear, but don't count on people not calling and asking,"So what are your prices"?

I just checked out your site, and your cakes are beautiful! Here are some things I noticed about the site itself:

1. The background site colors work well I think. They are pretty, cool, and calming. The site is clean and nice to look at.

2. I really like the size you've chosen for the thumbnail images of the cakes. Something that has frustrated me on multiple cake sites is that the thumbnails are so tiny, I can't really tell what the cake looks like. But, I don't want to click on it because it takes forever to load. I like the size of yours because I have a pretty good idea of what the cake is before I click on it for a better view.

3. The "Flavors/Pricing" page feels jumbled/hard to look at. I think it is due to the headings being bolded, underlined, and ending with a colon. It's like font heading overkill. I'd probably get rid of the underlining on everything, but especially on the cake flavors.

Great job on the site! Good luck!

I love your site. Very easy to get around. Colors good. I have no problem with your flavors page. What software did you use to create the website?

I like your font on the pricing/favors page. Which one is that? I was instructed to use a "common" font since if the viewers computer doesn't have that font it will come up as "who knows what". But I view your font clearly and would want to use a similar one on my website.

Thanks for the responses! I use Yahoo SiteBuilder, pretty easy to use. Monotype Corsiva is the font.

I think your site looks and reads great.

Question on your pricing logic.

Let's use this cake as an example: http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=415413

In the photo, it's a wedding cake. But take the bride and groom off and it's a "party" cake for an M&M lover. Let's assume I've figured out how to get a cheaper wedding cake from you and just order this cake ... one 10" and two 12". FOr a "birthday" party. Under your pricing, the "party price is $175.

If I ordered this as a wedding cake, the price would be 38+56+56 servings = 150 servings x $3.50/serving = $525.

What's your logic? ANd how do you balance doing the same work for $350 LESS money?

Ok...since I do some page work myself...let me bring up a few points.

1: Your index.html text is a bit tough to read. I would try for something around an ivory color, maybe try FFFFCC.

2: On the weddings 1 page, the "wedding cakes" bar is to large..and there is a phantom bar behind it. Its a bit distracting. I notice this bar moves around as you go through your picture pages. Try and make them all the same size so you cant see them moving around.

3: I would have your pictures open a new window, so as to keep your visitors on your page. Try this out

<A HREF="http://www.site.com/pic.jpg" target="_blank">
Link</A>

i agree with the other posts, however, when i try to view the flavors/pricing page below "cookies and cream" there is text on top of text for about four lines??? is this happening to anyone else? btw your cakes are all gorgeous!!

I don't see the text on top of text in the "cookies and cream" section or the phantom text in the Weddings 1 page.

Your cakes are very beautiful! I love the first picture on your homepage of the bride and groom with the cake.

I didn't have any issues viewing the site either - very easy to read/navigate, very clean and easy on the eyes. I do agree with removing the underline on the cake flavors....other then that - your cakes are gorgeous!!

Grammar mamma at work.
No ' in lovers in the Cosmopolitan description.

Your cakes are gorgeous! The site is very clean and user friendly. My only constructive criticism would be to change the home page text color. It blends in with the background a bit.

Thanks so much for everyone's replies!! I'm making changes

I don't know if you've already cleaned it up some, but I think it looks great! I would just suggest a little re-wording.

*Add crushed Oreo's or coconut to buttercream filling
I would just list this as cookies and cream and coconut buttercream (maybe you can think of a more creative name for that one)

*Buttercream can also be flavored (key lime, etc.)
endless flavors of buttercream available (key lime, whatever, etc)


now this is just nit-picky:
Double Chocolate Fudge: For the chocolate lovers; rich chocolate cake with mini choc chips

I would shorten it to keep it on one line like most of the others, I think the carrot cake needs the whole description but maybe you could switch it with pumpkin spice, just for a more uniform look.


With that said, you did a much better job than I could!

Beautiful cakes. Nicely done, clean pages on your site. Easy to navigate.
My only suggestion, and this is coming from a personal pet peeve, is to simplify the font on your pricing/flavors page. Slanting, curvy, italicized writing is sometimes hard to read.

Yes your cakes are beautiful and you already know what changes to make but a great start. Wish you the best on biz.