Thanks Twooten, great idea! I'll try to figure that one out!

I came to my opinions about what I like from meeting with 1000+ brides over the past few years and finding out what they like (I like what they like because if they like it, I make money ) and what they hate. I have designed our site based on what they like (although there are a bunch of things about our site that I am not a huge fan of).


Hate:

Sites with only a handful of pictures: Brides love looking at wedding cakes, if you have 10 pics on your site they are going to move on to someone elses site much faster.

Thumbnails: clicking on a tiny picture only to find out that you hate the cake in the full size pic sucks. We break a huge rule of web site design by having a ton of pics on a single page and making you scroll a mile down the page, but every week we hear a bride or 2 say that our site is "our favorite cake website" so even though I don't like it, I can't change what they love. I always hear that they prefer scrolling to clicking on thumbnails.

Crazy fonts

Music

Bad background colors

No starting prices listed

No address listed


Like:

The opposite of everything above

A little humor.

Is there a "starter kit site"? Some of us need help in just getting started.

oh, and i forgot a HUGE pet peeve regarding websites...not sure if anyone else mentioned it. anyways, i hate when i see *anything* negative about other bakeries OR even grocery store cakes. turns me off completely. i don't see why any website needs to go on and on about how gross/tasteless, etc. these cakes are compared to theirs. i've always said i'd much rather have a grocery store cake then a cake made straight from a box. and along the same lines...websites that go on about their cakes being fresh not frozen...yeah, i know it *sounds* good but actually i refuse to sell a cake that hasn't been frozen, makes them so moist and the crumb tighter : )

Hey everybody. I just came across this thread and was wondering what ya'll thought about my website. I know I don't have any pricing and after reading all of the responds above, I'm really considering adding it. Any other suggestions?

Great web site you did a really nice job with it

If you like you can browse threw my web site for ideas about your pricing guide lines and such as.

I see you live in WNC...what part?
I'm in NC too with the same area code

Thanks frosting 111. I really like the way you've listed your pricing. It's really easy to understand. Your cakes are very pretty too. I live in Granite Falls just past Hickory. How about you?

I'm in Fletcher, pert near in Asheville/Arden by about a couple miles...

If you like you can copy and paste anything you want off my web site to use on yours...I dont mind sharing one bit..help yourself, change what you want anyway that suits you on your site.

Pretty much what everyone else said. No music!!!

I dealt with a business consultant when I started my business, she told me to make sure my website, business cards... were all the same color and theme. So, don't do a green flowery business card with a pink bow website. It'll confuse people and they won't know if they're going to the same place. All aspects of your business should match.

For me, it's about ease. I really don't like those website where you have to do the drop down and the slide over and if you do it wrong, you go back or lose the drop down. Drives me nuts.

Another thing to pay attention to is your navigation page titles. If I click on Cater It Simple's "Cookies!!!" section and go to save it in my favorites, it automatically saves as "Cookies!!!" it would better to say "Cater It Simple's Cookies!!!". Edna's galleries save as "Wedding Gallery" - I know it's a weird thing to pay attention to, but you want people to save it and then come back to it!