I need your input .

One idea I have..... Notice the date on the front page picture. Don't have your camera date set to on unless you will be changing the main pictures weekly. A friend told his site used to get more comments from customers about "old" pictures only because they had a date stamp. Always keep fresh customer pics up.
On the price page put more detail on what is covered on a basic car wash. Don't let a customer assume what is done. You have a good start. If you are like me you will changes things all the time.
 
- the red ferrari pic has to go , that sun shot on it looks like a mess on the car , put another one with ferrari , but with a clear image
- on first page u use too many fronts and sizes , get`s people eyes tired and can`t focus on your message!
- on about us page u have another front , than home page plus is writen like is on forum , plus u got caps letters........
- rates and services , same 20+ different sizes and fronts ( as a side note , your prices don`t fit /match the cars , i smell cheap!)
- photos page.... lack of quality pictures of your work , 10% are with your van and wash bay.....the others are not focus on the cars finish , where are the before photos??!
- 1 album only? with 51 pictures... lack of options( albums)
- pictures with 2/3 of the car ... u better get the whole vehicle in the picture....
- calendar does not show your availability / i will use colors or something similar , or at least i will fill the blanks with operation hours.
- in order form ... i think is missing something...
- overall , few pages are loaded longer
- contact us = order form....?! sounds like u need to clean up that navigation bar.

u got my input.....
Cosmin
 
I agree with Cosmin. The caps letters on the home page look too gimmicky and something you would see posted on the services board at your local supermarket like "WE HAUL YOUR JUNK FOR FREE"-it looks cheap. You don't want customers associating you to that.

The services page needs better formatting. Use proportionate columns and rows with "Arial" type font or similar. It much more clean looking. You want to present and "High and Tight" look because that is what you sell.

The calendar portrays a "closed" look. Fill in the empty days with something. Even if it is the cars you did last week-put them on the days you did them to fill it up. Definitely the specialty cars.

I am not too fond of the color scheme either. I think it needs to be more bold. Maybe shades of black, red, dark blue, green etc. I think light colors are less impressionable.

Reword the homepage information too. It does seem like a quick post type of a read. They are there and looking-they will read becuase you already have there attention. The line about all tint not being alike-I think that should be more of caption or headline to grab there attention to the area and then state why it so in a paragraph below it.

The events column on the right needs to be filled. It looks empty. Maybe insert a pic or slogan-just something to fill the space. Then maybe it can move with the more events that are inserted. Or just show the previos two or three events and the next two or three at a time rather than an entire column dedicated to it on the homepage.

I hope this helps. I hate picking things apart but in the future i will ask the same from you probably and I hope you will do my site the same. All in all it's a good start. I look forward to seeing the update site.
 
I take back the comment on the colors-maybe not darker, just more. It looks a bit "bland".
 
cosmin thanx for your input some good ideas, when it comes to prices thats just a bsaic wash nothing else if i add a hand wax/polish it starts at $65 which is higher than on your site, plus i have to stay competitive in my market. as for the calender its to offer any special events and show what holidays we are closed, the customers have to see my local ad before they see this one, so they already know that we are open 7 days and each shop has different hours, but again i thank you for your time to write these suggestions.
 
Looks pretty good, but may want to go over it again and fix any grammatical errors. There are a couple little things (like this line...not all film is the same!!!!! if you get a price...). The if should have a capital I.

Other than that I think it looks pretty well.
 
All I saw were the prices for basic wash and tinting but you wrote that your wax/polish goes for $65. Also some 50/50 shots would be tight.

Try to get those In/Out details of the wash into bullet points and make the "In/Out" bold.

Overall I think it's very nice.
 
Since you asked....

The spelling errors reek of amateur. If you're a PRO detailer then present yourself to the public, i.e. your clients, like a PRO. Some will say it doesn't matter, but it's a simple fix and only takes seconds.

Home page: Capitalize 'Rd.', after 'tinting' put 'experience'. (Did you read your site entirely before publishing?) Capitalize 'If' when starting a new sentence.

About Us page: Correct 'experiance' to 'experience'. The 'all caps' is soooo hard to read, plus it's like you're screaming.

Testimonials: You honestly don't have any? You've done some very nice cars, ASK! I used to not ask when I first started. I ask EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have stacks that I'll probably never use because my site would just be testimonials. And who wants that.

When designing a site, put yourself in YOUR CLIENT'S shoes. Why should they use you? 'Well I'm mobile and my prices are fair'. Ok, that's good, but make it almost like a 'bullet point'.

LOSE the side ads. Again it just looks bad. My opinion, but hey, you asked. I did my site using yola.com. It's FREE and is a wysiwyg-type drag and drop. Very easy to use and looks great. People ask me all the time who did my site. I tell them I did, which is the truth. Looks sleek, clean and tight.

Your colors aren't my first choice, but I have my own web site. The blue looks a little odd against the red, silver, white and black vehicles you seem to have showcased.

I did like your calendar. That's a great idea, one I may implement.

Sorry if I came off harsh or curt, but this is absolutely a pet peeve of mine. As professional detailers, don't we need to appear like we have attention to detail?

Good luck and I hope you make $$$$$$$$$$.
 
Looks like you're off to a great start! :xyxthumbs:

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Love the cars. I would recommend the following:

* Never do all CAPS.
* Do a spell check
* Better punctuation
* The site lacks proper meta tags

The prices are comparable for the area. I wouldn't change the prices.
 
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