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hemi ram55

hemi ram55

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Hey everyone, just put my new website up for my new business. Starting out location based then moving to mobile once i start building that customer base. Take a look and let me know what you all think. feedback is most appreciated!!! Feed back please

WWW.MotorMouthDetailing.com
 
looks good, just a few thoughts from an SEO guy. Please dont take these as criticism but just an outsiders thoughts :)

- remove the intro splash page, many users looking for a service want the meat and potatoes quickly so they can make a decision faster
- the main paragraph on your index, break it into 2 paragraphs.

just some things to consider once you get traction on steady clients

- add a mailing list where users can enter their email address so you can send "VIP" style only specials. Everyone loves a deal right?

just my $0.02

continued good luck

matt
 
Your prices are way cheap. Engine detailing should be alot more then $10. Same goes for bike ($50)

The menu is confusing to me

Drop that "Full Monty" phrase and just call it a Gold Package or Full Detail
 
well the prices are so cheap because after calling around some of the detail shops in my area, they all have specials going on right now. im about 20 bucks cheaper then avg out of about 5 shops. once the specials go away then ill bump them back up a bit. It was 175 for a full detail and that includes a discount on the full package. Im kinda pricing myself out to what the competition is at the moment.


Flash Gordon said:
Your prices are way cheap. Engine detailing should be alot more then $10. Same goes for bike ($50)

The menu is confusing to me

Drop that "Full Monty" phrase and just call it a Gold Package or Full Detail
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engine detailing is 40. but i agree, the motorcycle should def be a little higher


Flash Gordon said:
Your prices are way cheap. Engine detailing should be alot more then $10. Same goes for bike ($50)

The menu is confusing to me

Drop that "Full Monty" phrase and just call it a Gold Package or Full Detail
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couldnt really find anybody who details bikes. what the normal rate usually?
 
I agree with the previous posts. Way tooooo cheap! A 3 step polishing for us start at $250.00. You don't want to have your prices so low as to where potential customers would be questioning the quality. You may be running your detail out of your home, but you still need to treat it as a fully functional business. Be as professional as you can.

Also, as a side note...... I don't know where you'll be operating but, in many residential areas there are strict laws about water run-off and home base businesses. I would do some checking to see what laws your area has in place before you go "Full Monte!"

Hope you have a very successful business! Keep us all posted on how things are progressing for you..
 
hemi ram55 said:
well the prices are so cheap because after calling around some of the detail shops in my area, they all have specials going on right now. im about 20 bucks cheaper then avg out of about 5 shops. once the specials go away then ill bump them back up a bit. It was 175 for a full detail and that includes a discount on the full package. Im kinda pricing myself out to what the competition is at the moment.
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Doesn't matter what your competition charges as long as your better then them and promote yourself in a way they can't or won't
 
Flash Gordon said:
Your prices are way cheap. Engine detailing should be alot more then $10. Same goes for bike ($50)

The menu is confusing to me

Drop that "Full Monty" phrase and just call it a Gold Package or Full Detail
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I'm with Flash, and the person who said scratch the intro.

Your prices are LOW LOW LOW. Especially when you have a 3 step polish for $65!!!?? It's one thing to be competitive in the beginning, but holy smokes man...you are gonna tire yourself out for just 65 small dollars.

Any 3 step in my shop is absolutely no less than $300, and can go up to $700 depending on the current condition of the paint. I'm not trying to criticize...just trying to give you an idea of what maybe you could be getting instead of $65.

For $65 I wouldn't even do a Wash & Wax. In fact, the only service I have for that cheap is a spruce up, and that's just a quick express clean up. I don't even consider it to be a detail by any means. Just a wam bam thank you mam type of deal.

Maybe check out some other members sites, and see what they charge roughly...then go off of that. It's gonna be tough to cover the overhead with prices like what you have so far. Charge what you're worth buddy. :dblthumb2:
 
hemi ram55 said:
couldnt really find anybody who details bikes. what the normal rate usually?
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Bikes for me are $100 for street bikes, or sport bikes. $125 for Harleys, and $150 for cruisers. Price goes up from there if they require more than one step on the paint. Can get up to $250 with custom bikes that have excessive chrome. But never goes higher than that.
 
ok i adjusted all of my prices, you all are right. after looking at some shops online and such, i was way under. lets hope no one saw the original prices :xyxthumbs: I can not tell you why people in my area are so cheap with the detailing, and the prices i looked at were from actual detailing shops. Let the fun begin! any other suggestions?? I have been doing this for a couple years now, on the side, friends vehicles, family, etc... lets just hope all the hard work and learning has paid off.
 
Nice site very clean cut. Like everyone said prices are low. Don't be afraid to price your services a little above the others, your customers will notice quality over prices eventually. We started cheap too, but now people call us to book because they are looking for quality not cheap prices. At first people will call and haggle prices ( I hate that) if you need to give at first to gain customers fine, but we don't go lower then our package prices, it weeds out the customers you really don't want.
Try also centering the pages, so they center on the browser.
Boxing up the services and prices makes it a little easier to distinguish them.
 
I am with the others, your prices are very low. You do not want to make it look like you will do anything for business, or make it feel that you are not very good.

Also, I noticed in the FAQ that in some places the grammar is incorrect.

Ill give an example: "The solution to this problem is a swirl remover to remove the actually C scratches that are in the painted surfaces, Instead of a polish. (Most polishes are filling in glazes not swirl removers)"

As you can see, the word "actually" does not fit the sentence. I would proof read your paragraphs, or have somebody do it for you.

On the webpage itself, I would axe the counter at the bottom, it feels very "AOL homepage". Also, everything is aligned on the dead left of the page with the content ending in the center. I have a display that is 1920 x 1200, so that could be the issue, but I would try to optimize it for every person looking at the page so it sits in the center.
 
oops, yeah i was never very good with grammar lol. Thanks for the catch, prob should have my wife proof read it for me. yeah the site i bought the domain off of only gives so many options, all the info is centered but i did notice it still looks a little funky. Guess I have a little more tweaking to do. Thanks guys/gals! Im the MAN


reality33 said:
I am with the others, your prices are very low. You do not want to make it look like you will do anything for business, or make it feel that you are not very good.

Also, I noticed in the FAQ that in some places the grammar is incorrect.

Ill give an example: "The solution to this problem is a swirl remover to remove the actually C scratches that are in the painted surfaces, Instead of a polish. (Most polishes are filling in glazes not swirl removers)"

As you can see, the word "actually" does not fit the sentence. I would proof read your paragraphs, or have somebody do it for you.

On the webpage itself, I would axe the counter at the bottom, it feels very "AOL homepage". Also, everything is aligned on the dead left of the page with the content ending in the center. I have a display that is 1920 x 1200, so that could be the issue, but I would try to optimize it for every person looking at the page so it sits in the center.
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You are brave to open up your site to us to advise...hats off to you. The following might help??

Sorry, but I did not catch the significance of KEEPING IT CLEAN FROM "A TO B"...I bet I am missing something here...so forgive me for my stupidity. It seems to be a play on A to Z and that would be a bit cliched by now...sorry if I am not getting something here but I am like a new viewer to your site as it were.

The first sentence works but gramaticaly you may wish to say, "Your vehicle is our highest priority." Then "Vehicle" in second sentence is capped??...it is not elsewhere so might wish to correct that.

Last, not sure how others feel, but the mention [1st para] of the "highest quality detergents" sounds a bit rough especially for anyone who "knows" a little about washing and detailing but does not have the time...they have the money which you want...but not the time. It sounds a bit too like a neighbor lad with a bucket and some Dawn soap. You DO have cleaning supplies as next item and with that, perhaps detergent could be changed, softened a bit or eliminated...as its now redundance with cleaning supolies. Perhaps another word?? --"highest quality washing and cleaning solutions"...as just a suggestion.

I hope these have not been discouraging in any way...my congrats go out to you as I always wished to do this and could or did not. I am a writer, teacher and editor by trade so the above is the result..BESTS of luck to you and your wife in this...again, hats off to you.
 
I completely appreciate the advise. yeah my grammar is horrible lol. tomorrow im going to have the wife look it over, shes much better at it than i. Im glad everyone is being very adult with the comments and i do not mind everyone telling me what i should change and taking suggestions. Hey, if the public can see it, might as well take the suggestions from all of you who know a thing or two about detailing. i dont take any of the suggestions harshly or to heart, i asked for it and its only helping me... unless someone calls me and idiot or stupid or such lol. But my hat off to all of you for the great ideas and suggestions. Love the site and everyone on it has been great so far!! Thanks all!!


zkeeper said:
You are brave to open up your site to us to advise...hats off to you. The following might help??

Sorry, but I did not catch the significance of KEEPING IT CLEAN FROM "A TO B"...I bet I am missing something here...so forgive me for my stupidity. It seems to be a play on A to Z and that would be a bit cliched by now...sorry if I am not getting something here but I am like a new viewer to your site as it were.

The first sentence works but gramaticaly you may wish to say, "Your vehicle is our highest priority." Then "Vehicle" in second sentence is capped??...it is not elsewhere so might wish to correct that.

Last, not sure how others feel, but the mention [1st para] of the "highest quality detergents" sounds a bit rough especially for anyone who "knows" a little about washing and detailing but does not have the time...they have the money which you want...but not the time. It sounds a bit too like a neighbor lad with a bucket and some Dawn soap. You DO have cleaning supplies as next item and with that, perhaps detergent could be changed, softened a bit or eliminated...as its now redundance with cleaning supolies. Perhaps another word?? --"highest quality washing and cleaning solutions"...as just a suggestion.

I hope these have not been discouraging in any way...my congrats go out to you as I always wished to do this and could or did not. I am a writer, teacher and editor by trade so the above is the result..BESTS of luck to you and your wife in this...again, hats off to you.
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oh and the saying "keeping it clean, from a to b" i thought was clever but i have had a lot of people not understand it. i think of it as you know how everyone says "it gets me from a to b". thats kinda the modo i was aiming for. maybe i should think of something different...
 
I agree with most of what has been said so far. Other than that, I'd work on the site colors. Chose a theme and follow that for the entire site.
 
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