This is an article aimed, not at the rich or poor Neopians as they usually
are, but one still about shops. With this short article, I hope to bring
to your attention the overuse of HTML in shops. Yes, it is nice to spruce
up your shop with a background, maybe a webring, and a couple little other
adopted things. But anything beyond that is going too far.
I own a cable modem. And my browser is Netscape Communicator. Things
load quickly and easily for me. Most of the time. When I go shopping on
NeoPets, sometimes I take side trips to view items I did not know existed
and that I would like to find out about. Usually, these interesting items
are listed for 99,999 Neopoints. And usually, when things are listed for
99,999 Neopoints, the shop is huge and has images, midis, chat rooms and
everything imaginable scrawled across the page.
I went to look at Wellington boots not ten minutes ago. Listed, yes,
for 99,999 NP. But I'm not complaining about the price. Once the page
finally began to load so I could view it, it said that all the items were
not for sale and were only for viewing, as everything was priced for 99,999
NP. I did not mind. But, the store, holding over 100 items, and a large
amount of text and images at the top of the page crashed my browser.
Some people are just putting too much into their shops these days. Instead
of doing it to your shops, why not put the effort into your pet's page,
so your pet might get a spotlight of the week, and you'll get some Neopoints
and recognition along with it. And maybe you'll get more people to visit
your shop if there isn't so much.
I usually skip over pages with a lot of stuff on them, because that usually
means the items are expensive, too. New shops, size 10 and under usually
belong to beginners at NeoPets, and they don't overload their sites with
all the unnecessary things. And they sell things cheaply because they
need the money. Why not pay them a visit?
When I do my shopping, I see someone's user name on one of the chat boards,
so I type their name into the search engine NeoPets has provided us with.
I can see how long ago they joined, look at their pets, and visit their
shops. And I usually get great deals without a lot of stuff that will
crash my computer.
So next time you go to spruce up your shop, take some time to think whether
or not all the things you're putting on your page will deter or invite
people.
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