What by chelkeycat |  |
It's happened before to everyone before. You're searching through the shop
wizard for the perfect buy. As soon as the page comes up you can tell that this
definitely is a bargain. The item is thousands below the Shop Wizard Average.
But the shop is slow in loading. There's a flashing background, loud music,
tons of dolls and banners, decorations everywhere. I've seen shops with real
items that are clickable but can't be bought because owners messed up the HTML,
shops where items were up at the top of the screen. I've had shops freeze and
crash my computer. To make a long story short, I have seen tons of HTML mess-ups
that don't even allow you to buy items from the shop. What could have been the
perfect buy, you can't even purchase. What should have made money for the shop
owner didn't. But surely everyone has the right to put HTML in his or her shop
and decorate it. But what's going too far?
The first thing to remember when you are decorating your shop is to remember
what's necessary, and what isn't. For example, dolls. If people wanted to see
girls wearing clothes, they would go to the mall. What about music? If people
wanted to hear music they would turn on their stereo or Walkman. But still its
good to have a nice looking shop. But no one really cares what your shop looks
like. If I want a codestone, I am going to buy the cheapest one, not the one
from the shop that looks nice. So technically, you don't NEED to have a nice
shop to make money. But… okay, I am contradicting myself. The main thing to
keep in mind is you don't NEED a nice shop to make money, although having a
nice looking shop conveys a nicer image.
Now we are going into what is too much. As you can probably tell, I think having
dolls and music in your shop is useless. But no one has a problem with say a
guild banner, a nice background, etc., but that's about as far as decorations
should go. Some people will undoubtedly complain that they think their entire
puff collection, the twenty five different banners with their quiz results,
should belong where people see them, in their shop. I suggest that people set
aside a Neopets pet's page for this purpose. If you want others to see this
page you could make a link of it from your shop. That way you won't clog up
space, and your shop will load faster, and your items will most likely be sold
faster as well.
Why decorate your shop? What's the point? When I asked this question on the
help board, no one could give a strong solid answer. Most people said because
its boring blank, and they think customers are attracted to a colourful shop,
and that they are more likely to buy from that shop if it looks nice. I know
this isn't the case with me, but maybe it is the case with others. Others said
to express themselves. The newbies liked experimenting with HTML, and somehow
were proud when stuff actually showed up. (I've noticed also that its newbies
that mostly have a cluttered shop with tons of decorations, while older Neopians
don't as often. Maybe as they get more experienced with Neopets and HTML, their
adopted pet sea monkeys in their shop or whatever don't impress them anymore.)
Overall they liked having a place where they could convey their personality
to others where people would undoubtedly see it. |
