Adrian Danila

Auto Parts Website

By Adrian Danila

   on Sep 14, 2009
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  • Martin Leblanc

    Martin Leblanc

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    Perfect

    Posted on Sep 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM

    Perfect style for this target market - very nice.

  • Ben Parlier

    Ben Parlier

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    Picky, I know, but the tagline in the upper left

    Posted on Sep 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    yeah, aside from a very beautiful and effective design, the tagline "the best parts out there" is barely showing up. Consider white or a very light gray. This will help bring it out more - you could use the yellow-orange color as well. But, man, what an undertaking. I can only imagine how much trouble it was to get all of the different elements in the right spot - and you did it superbly! Be proud.

    • Adrian Danila
      Adrian Danila commented:
      Posted: on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:05 PM

      Thanks Martin and Ben for the feedback. I'm not the designer, I'm just the future owner. You are right regarding the tagline and that would be change. I don't really have a name for the website and the tagline just yet :)

  • Gilles Munten

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    Really great

    Posted on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    That's just my 2 cents, but I would change the images for the content (auto body part & mirrors, Headlights & lighting...) to something more "rectangle", in order to fit the grid. I would increase the width of the button "INFO/BUY", to fit with the price's end. But, that's a really really good job !

  • Scott Smith

    Scott Smith

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    A few style and color tweaks will go a long way

    Posted on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:13 AM

    My family has been in the auto repair and sales industry for a long time (my father and brother both ran collision repair shops and sold cars at auctions) and I'm a usability / user experience designer so I feel like I have a good handle on how your users are likely to experience the site...

    Overall it has a credible and professional look and feel. It's sharp but a little on the cluttered side. There are a few easy steps you can take to fix that.

    Since you've done a good job at consistently using blue text only for links, you don't need to include the underline. The lines are just unnecessary visual noise. Users will have no trouble recognizing those as links without the underlines.

    Also, the newsletter signup form is taking up a considerable amount of prime page real estate. It may be important to you that the people see this form, but most users won't consider it to be very important. Give the products priority. You might be able to move the form into the Free Shipping banner area. It might be a nice tie-in..."Free Shipping!" Oh wait I just realized that the banner is already a giant call to action to sign up for the newsletter. In that case, eliminate the separate form above the product categories. Consider incorporating the form fields into the banner area so users don't need to go to a separate "Sign up now" page.

    Random other observations: - The tag line is virtually invisible because of the dark text over the dark background. - "Go" isn't the best label for the Search button. Searching for a specific part is likely to be a highly utilized function. Make it more prominent by changing the label to "Search" and changing the button's color. The button itself is difficult to see because of poor contrast with the gold background. Consider using either of the Search buttons you use in the Shop by Brand or Shop by Vehicle search modules.
    - Consider grouping the gold, free-form search with the Shop by Brand and Shop by Vehicle searches. Or perhaps move it to the spot where you have the newsletter signup form currently. In it's present location it seems somewhat disconnected from those related functions and content.

    • Adrian Danila
      Adrian Danila commented:
      Posted: on Sep 15, 2009 at 10:26 AM

      Thanks for this great review. I knew about the problem with the newsletter but you opened my eyes about some other problems. I will definitely implement some of the changes you suggested.

    • Scott Smith
      Scott Smith commented:
      Posted: on Sep 18, 2009 at 7:10 AM

      Hey Adrian,

      The updated version looks much better. That parts Search button stands out nicely (as does the tagline).

      You've got the right idea with the Newsletter area, but rather than calling out "Autoparts Newsletter!", consider calling attention to the reason someone should sign up for the newsletter instead.

      • Lead off with the statement "Receive the latest offers and exclusive discounts" (ok so I made up the exclusive discounts part but it sounds more persuasive)... anyway, consider giving that statement the emphasis and visual treatment you're currently giving the "Autoparts Newsletter!" text. Follow that statement with, "Sign up for our newsletter" or similar.
        -Remove the "Open" button/graphic (it doesn't make intuitive sense... it begs the question, "open what?") instead, provide the form fields for the newsletter sign up right there so people will see how easy it is to sign up and won't think they'll have to leave the page to complete an annoying form. If there's space try to include a statement to the effect, "Spam free" or "We do not share or sell your email adress" (or similar).

      I think taking these steps will increase conversion rates for the newsletter signup.

      Other than that, I think you're good to go. Build it out and see how people are using it. Feel free to contact me with questions if there's any area of the site where people are having trouble or bailing out.

    • Scott Smith
      Scott Smith commented:
      Posted: on Sep 18, 2009 at 7:10 AM

      Hey Adrian,

      The updated version looks much better. That parts Search button stands out nicely (as does the tagline).

      You've got the right idea with the Newsletter area, but rather than calling out "Autoparts Newsletter!", consider calling attention to the reason someone should sign up for the newsletter instead.

      • Lead off with the statement "Receive the latest offers and exclusive discounts" (ok so I made up the exclusive discounts part but it sounds more persuasive)... anyway, consider giving that statement the emphasis and visual treatment you're currently giving the "Autoparts Newsletter!" text. Follow that statement with, "Sign up for our newsletter" or similar.
        -Remove the "Open" button/graphic (it doesn't make intuitive sense... it begs the question, "open what?") instead, provide the form fields for the newsletter sign up right there so people will see how easy it is to sign up and won't think they'll have to leave the page to complete an annoying form. If there's space try to include a statement to the effect, "Spam free" or "We do not share or sell your email adress" (or similar).

      I think taking these steps will increase conversion rates for the newsletter signup.

      Other than that, I think you're good to go. Build it out and see how people are using it. Feel free to contact me with questions if there's any area of the site where people are having trouble or bailing out.

  • Ivan Decorte

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    good job!

    Posted on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    Good organization clean and professional

    good job

  • Alan Horne

    Alan Horne

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    The tagline

    Posted on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    As a couple have already said, the tagline could be done better, but other than that, you have a fairly flawless design.

    Good work.

  • Freddy Montes

    Freddy Montes

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    Long of the center column

    Posted on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    Really lie the general design, the colors seems go really well with the target.

    I wil probably try to reorder the whole site in order to try all the column have the same (or close to same) long

  • AZ Design

    AZ Design

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    navigation / header area

    Posted on Sep 15, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    header and navigation area don't fit right.

  • Ivor Padilla

    Ivor Padilla

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    Nothing I like it

    Posted on Sep 16, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    Very good use of colors, the site is calling that market, good job.

  • Nick Brown

    Nick Brown

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    The overall design is too busy

    Posted on Sep 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    The design is very busy, but I don't know if that can be helped given the type of site this is. Overall it looks like Newegg.com for car parts, which is not a bad thing by any means.

    I might also change the link color from that almost-generic blue to a shade of red that you used in the "shop by vehicle" search box.

  • Ethlen Rain

    Ethlen Rain

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    Great!

    Posted on Oct 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    This website works well. Its bold and eye-catching, you've done a really good job!

    I think the red in the 'shop by vehicle' is a bit random, it is the only red element on the website. It should be changed so that it matches your colour scheme better.

  • Shawn Adrian

    Shawn Adrian

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    It's difficult to maintain beauty in large ecommerce stores like this one and you've done a nice job of achieving that.

    My only suggestions are:

    • move the newsletter signup lower in the heirarchy, it seems to be up front and center, like it's the second most important item on the page

    • make the top grey nav buttons lines up better widthwise, there's a small gap to the far right and it looks a bit out of place

    Great work!

    • Adrian Danila
      Adrian Danila commented:
      Posted: on Sep 14, 2009 at 4:00 PM

      thanks for the suggestions. I will defiantly take them into consideration.