"mark | r" <mark@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:3f0c0ac8$0$966$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com.. .
Mayve you missed the point. It's not the snazzy website they're buying from
me. It's the product that is listed on the website that is being sold.
Huh?
I'm not selling website designs. I'm selling the stuff that ia listed on
that site.
I'm not going to go spend money on prebuilt stuff, when I can do it myself.
At the moment, I have a lot of time, and a very limited budget. It's a
start-up company.
Like I said clients are not going to be attracted by snazzy unusual artsy
design, they're not the type that appreciates it. As a matter of fact, one
of the predominant sayings in that business is "Keep it simple, Stupid".
That's the mentality I need to cater to.
Trust me, if I launch the webdesign end of the company, which will probably
be under a different company and a .com name, the design would be a lot
different.
Maybe that's why I do so well, compared to many other artists and
designers... It;s a common complaint among my customers that they are pushed
into something they're not comfortable with, so they move on to the next
designer. The universal complaint has been, "We need someone who will do
less cutting edge wild stuff, and more listening to what "WE" the customer
want"
Many designers fail to consider that not all markets are ready for the
cutting edge design, and as a designer of a functional piece, form shouldn't
come to the sacrifice of function, or you'll lose sales.
When you're doing pure art, then you can play all you want.
This website in particular has a function at much higher level rather than
form.
How well do you know my target customers? Have you done much research about
what's visually appealing to engineers and financial people? How much
patience do you think people putting together an annual financial report
will have to be educated about the latest and greatest in design?
Give me a link to a sample that you consider "good looking" ??? I think
"good looking" is rather subjective.
