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L67James

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Hi guys! I recently started my mobile detailing business here in Aus! I've had 3 customers in the first week, with 9 more (mostly friends, their family and friends) lined up for the rest of the month.

I created a website on Wix, have yet to purchase a domain name, but I was wondering if all you guys could have a look and leave your 2 cents here?

Much appreciated!

AutoStyle Mobile Detailing Geelong

https://www.facebook.com/autostylegeelong
 
I like it! And I'm usually a pretty harsh critic of websites.

My only strong suggestion is to plaster your contact information bigger and more toward the top of each page. You want to make it as easy as possible for potential clients to contact you.
 
You've got a couple errant Facebook icons floating around on the landing page and other pages.

The photography is good.

I like the slideshows for your recent work. You can show a lot of cars without having visitors scoll too much. Text size for the recent work could be bigger and easier to read.
 
My only question would be on your pricing for stuff. Did you figure your prices based on an hourly rate, or just come up with a price you wanted. I am asked because you show time estimates for stuff and it just seems odd that something you say would take less time costs more then something requiring less time. You have your interior starting at $75 and taking 2-3 hours, while you have your signature wash starting at $60 and taking 3-4 hours?

Other then that it looks really good.
 
Very nice! Clean, necessary info, not over-done. Excellent Photography - and that's really important! :-)

Cell phone: It looks different on my Android (Galaxy S4). Everything is in a single narrow line with lots of unused space on either side, whether vertical or horizontal, and some of the text is missing (bullets for your Special), and the Facebook logo appears large and twice under your title. I looked at your page source, so you might look into making it cell phone-friendly. (I loaded it as full site on my cell, same issues.) I visited VP Mark's site, and it loads exactly the same on my cell as it does on my laptop. It uses all the screen real estate whether vertical or horizontal, minus the extraneous gray side areas.

Source code: (Page Source)
<meta name="description" content="Geelong's premier mobile detailing service"/>
You can usually put up to 155 characters here, and this is what your viewers will see
when they find you on Google and other search sites.

Example: Autogeek.net's page description:
<META name="description" content="Autogeek.net is your number one car care source for detailing supplies, the best car wax, car care products, car polishes, auto accessories, polishers, and car detailing tools. Whether you're detailing your car for a show or detailing for fun, you'll find the best car care products to bring out the perfect finish on your car, truck, SUV, or motorcycle. at Autogeek. We Are Car Care!" />

We know right off that even if someone has a motorcycle and no cars,
they have something for them.

Add a link to gather visitors' email addresses so you can offer specials to them AND have a potential customer database. Of course, this comes with a solid promise to never share their info.

Keywords: They really aren't necessary anymore, but they ARE necessary in your text an each page. And search engines cannot search for keywords that are part of a graphic. But, if you use keywords, everything between the commas is a phrase, so if "cut" is by itself, it's not going to direct a specific audience to your site.
Consider the differences: "auto,detailing,supplies" and "auto detailing supplies," (spaces are not necessary between the comma and the next keyword.

Hope I didn't go overboard here... it's helpful to view the page source of sites you like so you can see what's "behind the curtain" that the search engines can see, and see how the html coding works for others.

I agree with VP -- Have your contact info - phone, email, physical location - beneath each page header. Make them "clickable", not part of a graphic, for customers' quick access.

Your site is very attractive - Photography shows up super on black or gray, and you've made it very classy and trustworthy in your presentation. You have well-scripted descriptions of your services and excellent grammar - very important.
:dblthumb2:
 
My only question would be on your pricing for stuff. Did you figure your prices based on an hourly rate, or just come up with a price you wanted. I am asked because you show time estimates for stuff and it just seems odd that something you say would take less time costs more then something requiring less time. You have your interior starting at $75 and taking 2-3 hours, while you have your signature wash starting at $60 and taking 3-4 hours?

Other then that it looks really good.

Good points -- Personally, I'd leave the time element out. Pricing is about products and tools used, not just time, so that will be a factor in the pricing. You *might* want to state that pricing starts at.... and then see the car before giving them a cost/time quote. Some people have extreme issues with their carpet, for example.
 
Wow! thanks heaps for all the replies. AG is the friendliest forum I've ever been on.

I'll take all your feedback on board and tinker with the site later today.

My only question would be on your pricing for stuff. Did you figure your prices based on an hourly rate, or just come up with a price you wanted. I am asked because you show time estimates for stuff and it just seems odd that something you say would take less time costs more then something requiring less time. You have your interior starting at $75 and taking 2-3 hours, while you have your signature wash starting at $60 and taking 3-4 hours?

Other then that it looks really good.

I used the AGO Service Time Chart for estimates on time, then added to that product costs and also factored in how labour intensive the job is :) the signature wash I have been using as a bit of a "hook", hence the lower price per hour.

Very nice! Clean, necessary info, not over-done. Excellent Photography - and that's really important! :-)

Cell phone: It looks different on my Android (Galaxy S4). Everything is in a single narrow line with lots of unused space on either side, whether vertical or horizontal, and some of the text is missing (bullets for your Special), and the Facebook logo appears large and twice under your title. I looked at your page source, so you might look into making it cell phone-friendly. (I loaded it as full site on my cell, same issues.) I visited VP Mark's site, and it loads exactly the same on my cell as it does on my laptop. It uses all the screen real estate whether vertical or horizontal, minus the extraneous gray side areas.

Source code: (Page Source)
<meta name="description" content="Geelong's premier mobile detailing service"/>
You can usually put up to 155 characters here, and this is what your viewers will see
when they find you on Google and other search sites.

Example: Autogeek.net's page description:
<META name="description" content="Autogeek.net is your number one car care source for detailing supplies, the best car wax, car care products, car polishes, auto accessories, polishers, and car detailing tools. Whether you're detailing your car for a show or detailing for fun, you'll find the best car care products to bring out the perfect finish on your car, truck, SUV, or motorcycle. at Autogeek. We Are Car Care!" />

We know right off that even if someone has a motorcycle and no cars,
they have something for them.

Add a link to gather visitors' email addresses so you can offer specials to them AND have a potential customer database. Of course, this comes with a solid promise to never share their info.

Keywords: They really aren't necessary anymore, but they ARE necessary in your text an each page. And search engines cannot search for keywords that are part of a graphic. But, if you use keywords, everything between the commas is a phrase, so if "cut" is by itself, it's not going to direct a specific audience to your site.
Consider the differences: "auto,detailing,supplies" and "auto detailing supplies," (spaces are not necessary between the comma and the next keyword.

Hope I didn't go overboard here... it's helpful to view the page source of sites you like so you can see what's "behind the curtain" that the search engines can see, and see how the html coding works for others.

I agree with VP -- Have your contact info - phone, email, physical location - beneath each page header. Make them "clickable", not part of a graphic, for customers' quick access.

Your site is very attractive - Photography shows up super on black or gray, and you've made it very classy and trustworthy in your presentation. You have well-scripted descriptions of your services and excellent grammar - very important.
:dblthumb2:

Ahh I did forget about mobile optimization. I'll get onto that as well! Luckily I'm pretty handy with a camera, and dad's got all the gear ;)
 
Looks great you can leave the times in I do not a big deal. But your interior price is way to low my complete interior starts at $150. I agree you need to be making at least to $25-35 hour for none paint correction jobs and at least $45hr for paint correction.
 
Looks great you can leave the times in I do not a big deal. But your interior price is way to low my complete interior starts at $150. I agree you need to be making at least to $25-35 hour for none paint correction jobs and at least $45hr for paint correction.

Yes I agree, the only reason I have it low is because I don't have a steam cleaner/extractor yet.

At the moment I vacuum, use Meg's APC with a brush on pretty much all surfaces, carpet stain remover if it needs it, and finish off with a UV protectant.

EDIT: I've also now removed the FB icon that found its way to the middle of my home page, and added contact info under the title :)
 
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