Emily Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I was just restocking a little bit for my shop and stumbled across a few pet peeves in some user shops. I hate going to buy an item (especially one that you need quicky for a quest or whatnot) and having to scroll through 18 headers, a custom shop front and various other lines of decorative nonsense. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for a cute backgorund, some mellow tuneage or a custom scrollbar or shop intro. What bugs me is when, in a single shop, I'll find a flashing, neon background, loud techno, 24 500x500 pixel images, 14 colour changing wockys and 42 blinkies, adverts and links, forcing me to scroll for 10 minutes to find the item I want to buy. Maybe the fact that I'm on a laptop with no mouse makes this more annoying, but really? I'm all for self-expression, but I don't want to make myself go blind and waste my life scrolling through your shop. More often than not, unless it's a really, really good deal that I came to the shop for, I'll just exit it and go to the next one on the list. What are your thoughts on (or are you one) excessive shop decorators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritzie Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I feel the same way as you. I hate shops with a ton of stuff where you can never find what you want, or it lags out the computer because there's too many images. In my shop, I have a scroll blog and that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroida Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I agree. Not to mention the banners/images saying "click here for my blahblahblah." Takes up so much space and are useless! All they do is take you to the front of the shop and the stuff you need aren't even on that page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-man-duh Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I am on a laptop as well, and I can't stand that stuff. If I was on a slower connection those shops would take forever to load! Most of the time I don't keep the sound on, on my laptop because I can't stand getting blasted with noise. It scares me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manta Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 lol I agree with you completely. I wish you could turn off shop coding like you can for signature HTML :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 [...]I'm all for self-expression, but I don't want to make myself go blind and waste my life scrolling through your shop. More often than not, unless it's a really, really good deal that I came to the shop for, I'll just exit it and go to the next one on the list. What are your thoughts on (or are you one) excessive shop decorators? I think you got it right. It's extremely annoying and counter productive. And I would exit the shop as well and buy from someone who has better design tastes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Agreed, soooo much. Another thing that sucks is when people put super tiny fonts in really bright colors. Do NOT want. :sad01_anim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbraing Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 lol I agree with you completely. I wish you could turn off shop coding like you can for signature HTML :P That would be great. I wonder if TNT will ever do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I always keep my shop decorations as simple as possible. Really the only thing I do is change the font, remove the ugly bars (hr), and remove the yucky borders around the items themselves. I used to really decorate my shop, but my sales suffered. I think maybe people were worried that my shop would be a scam since it looked radically different from the default. I wish you could turn off shop coding like you can for signature HTML :P That would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secre Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 It tends to irritate me when they have a long list of graphic links saying more or less 'for books click here' etc. Usually I've only hit on their shop as itss the cheapest for the specific item I'm looking for, and that's all I want! If there's too much to get through before I can get to my item I tend to just forget it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I don't mind a little bit of decoration, but shops with a bunch of blinking images or huge banners are really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 It's too much when you try to click on an item in a shop and it keeps moving all over the page because the numerous flashing and blinking images in the shop are still loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugrat0ne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Did some serious shopping the other day and was bombarded with examples of this sort of "decoration". The winner was a long line of jumping rainbow-colored Jubjubs. I'm on dial-up, so it takes extra long for everything to load, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I honestly don't think many people enjoy the crazy graphics xD It's annoying, and usually show the age/maturity of the player at best... I like a nice background, and I don't mind a box or a couple of small graphics, but other than that, BLECH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingeevee Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 *nods in agreement* I'll admit the only think that's sparkling in my shop is my support for Mystery Island for the Altador Cup...that's about it :P I remember going to shop like that that had animations everywhere, neon background, and took a while to go down to get my item...in the end the item was bought by someone else so that was a waste of time >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlybehr Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I like mildly decorated shops. Style is good. I despise shops with weird colors and numerous images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchigiano Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I don't mind users who customize their background or have a small blurb about their shop but I agree with everything that's been said. I don't want to scroll through a bunch of ads or glitter graphics just to get some item I need for an Edna Quest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxi Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 This is why I stay away from "mall" shops. There's always 500+ items to search through, and I'm not in for a scavenger hunt. Then they always have about 10 of the same banners that I'm forced to go through. It's just plain ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Mall shops overprice a lot, but I haven't seen that many overdecorated ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I agree, on my previous account, I had a simply decorated shop and I got a few comments on it as well , but on this account I don't even bother anymore lol. A neomail I got regarding my shop on my old account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiaircraft Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Shops are kinda like the rest of the Internet I suppose, at least in terms of design. There's the good, the bad, and the ugly. :yes: That said, I usually resort to Ctrl + F (or just / if you're in Firefox) when confronted with an excessively long page. Music or other noise on the page is going WAY over the line though. Anyone who thinks that blasting audio at their shop's visitors is a good idea does not deserve Internet access. Heck, we should probably be doing something useful with all these three-strikes type laws instead of engaging in a futile battle with online piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlightlyCautious Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Well, I always have my speakers off while on Neo, so shop music isn't really an issue. I can't stand any kind of background, though, even if it's just a plain color. What I really hate are those big banners that say what they sell. If all your shop sells is album items, and I'm already in your shop, then why do I need to see that your shop has a large collection of album items? Do they think I'll only notice if it's in 18-point font? o.0 All I have is a shopkeeper that you can select from the list. I don't think I even have anything written. I've gotten a couple of neomails that go along the lines of, "Thanks for not having a bunch of graphics in your shop. I have bookmarked it and will return because of this reason." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky_nut Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Me I think it's annoying when a shop have too much decorations... And about music... Since we don't all have the same tastes, it's not a good idea to put some... You're going to make some people run away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoologynerd Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I feel the same way as you. I hate shops with a ton of stuff where you can never find what you want, or it lags out the computer because there's too many images. In my shop, I have a scroll blog and that's about it. i dont have anything in mine. i just keep it simple. i also hate when someone has 30 pages to look through. i understand thats how you make np but really? is it absolutely necessary to have that many things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piticent Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I agree, it gets VERY annoying. In my opinion, maybe one image is fine, but Ive come across shops like that. In fact it's even worse when theres a directory that links to 20 different shops. I mean really. 3 graphics is more than enough. let alone 30 :P This topic has been edited by a member of staff (Spritzie) because of a violation of the forum rules. Please do not bump topics over 21 days old. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this incident, then review our rules. Per the reason above, this topic has been LOCKED. Please contact Spritzie if you have any questions regarding this action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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