Please review my first ever eCommerce website - automotive prints

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Hi guys,

I've recently launched a website on Shopify that sells premium automotive fine art prints on paper, canvas and aluminium composite, on limited runs.

https://www.limited100.co.uk

Our target market is car enthusiasts who want something exclusive for their home, office, man cave or garage. There is no compromise on quality this is a high end product.

It's early days but just seeing if you have any initial thoughts/feedback.

Thanks in advance,

Simon
 

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My car isn’t listed.

you block my view with a pop up.

It’s not limited to 100. According to your blurb there are 1800 of each print (100 x 3 sizes x 6 frame options).

I don’t actually like any of the pictures. I buy pictures for my wall and search google images. That’s where you need to be listed. Using shopify makes this more difficult.
 
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My car isn’t listed.

you block my view with a pop up.

It’s not limited to 100. According to your blurb there are 1800 of each print (100 x 3 sizes x 6 frame options).

I don’t actually like any of the pictures. I buy pictures for my wall and search google images. That’s where you need to be listed. Using shopify makes this more difficult.

You never fail to come across as very blunt, even if you don't mean to be :)
 
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A niggle really, but I'd try and keep your gallery images consistent, for example:
https://www.limited100.co.uk/collections/automotive-fine-art-photography

I prefer the vintage-style prints like this:
https://www.limited100.co.uk/collec...ipo-4cm-1100-monoposto?variant=32081840078926

Would like to see more of this type, personally.

You have the makings of a decent site and I'm sure you'll keep improving as you go. I don't have the time to go looking for small things to be negative about. I'm not keen on pop-ups and such though.

Best of luck
 
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You never fail to come across as extremely rude and abrasive.
Apologies if you feel that way. I gave you my initial opinion of the site.

I searched to see if my marque was listed - it wasn't. Which would mean I'd go back to Google. But change the working on the site to focus on the style of images rather than the marques and expectations will change. Removing the search function may also help.

The popup was annoying - another reason to leave the site.

I didn't actually like any of the pictures. Surely this is part of a review?

And the point about it not being limited to 100 prints is quite important. It's not 100, it could be 1800.

The key part of the site are the images. You have a hero image which stops me seeing the images and I have to click on a link to see the gallery. Vistors to the site already know what they want so why put barriers in the way?

The product pages need BIG images - full screen width so punters can see the details.

I looked at the gallery and you some appear to be computer generated and not of the actual print. It's a bit offputting.

The costs can get quite high if I want to order a couple of big prints - I'd really like to pay with mt Credit Card but you only offer paypal.

The homepage shows popular products but you haven't sold any yet. Might be a good idea to hide this until you have made some sales.

The studio page says "Looking for photographic car art shot exclusively in the Limited100 studio?" But the images aren't from your studio, for example some are from Prescott.

Hopefully you feel this is less rude and abrasive. If so there is a lot more I could post
 
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A niggle really, but I'd try and keep your gallery images consistent, for example:
https://www.limited100.co.uk/collections/automotive-fine-art-photography

I prefer the vintage-style prints like this:
https://www.limited100.co.uk/collec...ipo-4cm-1100-monoposto?variant=32081840078926

Would like to see more of this type, personally.

You have the makings of a decent site and I'm sure you'll keep improving as you go. I don't have the time to go looking for small things to be negative about. I'm not keen on pop-ups and such though.

Best of luck

Thanks Darren, in what way do you mean keep the images consistent? They are either shot on location or in the studio.

The popup should only appear on exit - you were leaving anyway but I have noticed on mobile it can appear when just scrolling for the first time.

Yes over time the product range will expand. Cheers.
 
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Apologies if you feel that way. I gave you my initial opinion of the site.

I search to see if my marque was listed - it wasn't. Which would mean I'd go back to Google.

The popup was annoying - another reason to leave the site.

I didn't actually like any of the pictures. Surely this is part of a review?

And the point about it not being listed to 100 prints is quite important. It's not 100, it could be 1800.

The key part of the site are the images. You have a hero image which stops me seeing the images and I have to click on a link to see the gallery. Vistors to the site already know what they want so why put barriers in the way?

The product pages need BIG images - full screen width so punters can see the details.

I looked at the gallery and you some appear to be computer generated and not of the actual print. It's a bit offputting.

The costs can get quite high if I want to order a couple of big prints - I'd really like to pay with mt Credit Card but you only offer paypal.

The homepage shows popular products but you haven't sold any yet. Might be a good idea to hide this until you have made some sales.

The studio page says "Looking for photographic car art shot exclusively in the Limited100 studio?" But the images aren't from your studio, for example some are from Prescott.

Hopefully you feel this is less rude and abrasive. If so there is a lot more I could post

You do come across very strong in your first post, but I'm sure it either isn't intentional and you aren't aware of how you come across, or you are and you're just doing it to rub people up the wrong way. Your second post is much more considered. I just thought the role of a forum moderator was to keep the peace, not wind people up. Correct me if I'm wrong?

Anyway, feedback is feedback so appreciate your time. I will address your feedback as follows:
  • I am sorry that your marque wasn't listed, if you don't mind letting me know what you drive I will speak to my photographer and see if we can get more of that marque at the next event we shoot at.
  • The popup should only appear on exit but I will query that with the service provider Klaviyo.
  • You don't like any of the pictures - Fair enough.
  • Limited100 means each print and format variation is limited to 100, e.g. fine art paper A1 or canvas A3 or Aluminium Composite A2. 3 sizes x 3 styles = 9 runs of 100 = 900 available for each picture. Like most players in this game, the limit refers to the print and format variation.
  • Please can you clarify which hero image is stopping you see the images? The purpose of the home page is to clarify who you are and what you do including your value proposition, if someone lands on your site and you just show them products then you haven't built any value. Visitors to the site do not necessarily know what they already want.
  • The product page needs big images for sure, I will try and increase dimensions without compromising load time.
  • Payment methods - there are multiple ways of paying including credit card - yes these prints are not cheap they are very good quality and I am making minimal profit in the early stages because I want the quality to be industry leading from the word go and I am not cutting any corners.
  • Popular products - this is by how many have viewed the page not by how many have sold.
  • Studio page - all of them are in the studio - these should be the products you see: https://i.ibb.co/HdQY3WS/Screenshot-2020-05-16-at-16-05-30.pngon this page? https://www.limited100.co.uk/collections/studio
Feel free to keep the feedback coming thank you.
 
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The website's not bad, you just need to make incremental improvements, like all websites.

If you want to keep the notification popup in place I would recommend reconfiguring the "later" behaviour. Currently sessionStorage is used to store this preference, so any time I revisit the website in future, no matter how much time has passed, or when I open pages in new tabs while browsing, the popup will appear again. If I were browsing your site as a customer then I would probably be opening multiple products each in a new tab, which means the notification popup appears on every tab... despite it not being "later". This should be reconfigured to be less aggressive, reappearing after some time has passed, say 7 days minimum, in my opinion.

I found reaching your products confusing and the pages which seem to list your products ("Location", "Studio") have a wall of text at the top when I just want to reach the goodies. I have no idea whether this text explains what's on the page because there's too much for me to be interested in reading when I just want to see what products are offered. I would suggest a clear 'Buy Prints' or 'Browse Prints' option in the main menu (probably after Home and ideally removing some of the other menu options) to make it clear where your full product list is. Then I know where your products are, I am confident all products available are on that page and I can filter / browse as desired. There is a 'Explore The Collection' call to action on the homepage so I am guessing that page lists all of your products but I really don't know and the same page URL isn't linked in your main menu which seems equally strange.

Not sure about how the prints are presented in the product listing pages showing the shadows, from a browsing distance those shadows almost look like a poorly designed CSS border/shadow has been placed on each print image! Can you not show the prints cropped to the photo or do you feel this wouldn't represent the prints very well?

I'll bookmark this, might want to grab something for my office wall which is currently bare.

I'm curious - did you choose the name 'limited100' on purpose to keep your options open to other types of prints in future?
 
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The 'Join the grid' popup was annoying while I was looking around.
Hadn't decided if I liked the pictures, had only been on the site a minute.

The images don't do anything for me - I like art but not enough to pay more than about £25. Perhaps means more to the petrolheads.

No idea if your prices are competitive, been a while since last sold limited number artwork and was a bigger run than yours.

Perhaps show a sample image of wooden and aluminium? Showing how the other options look is what I would expect - but two options just show an edge of a picture? For the price show what the picture looks like in that option.
 
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The website's not bad, you just need to make incremental improvements, like all websites.

If you want to keep the notification popup in place I would recommend reconfiguring the "later" behaviour. Currently sessionStorage is used to store this preference, so any time I revisit the website in future, no matter how much time has passed, or when I open pages in new tabs while browsing, the popup will appear again. If I were browsing your site as a customer then I would probably be opening multiple products each in a new tab, which means the notification popup appears on every tab... despite it not being "later". This should be reconfigured to be less aggressive, reappearing after some time has passed, say 7 days minimum, in my opinion.

I found reaching your products confusing and the pages which seem to list your products ("Location", "Studio") have a wall of text at the top when I just want to reach the goodies. I have no idea whether this text explains what's on the page because there's too much for me to be interested in reading when I just want to see what products are offered. I would suggest a clear 'Buy Prints' or 'Browse Prints' option in the main menu (probably after Home and ideally removing some of the other menu options) to make it clear where your full product list is. Then I know where your products are, I am confident all products available are on that page and I can filter / browse as desired. There is a 'Explore The Collection' call to action on the homepage so I am guessing that page lists all of your products but I really don't know and the same page URL isn't linked in your main menu which seems equally strange.

Not sure about how the prints are presented in the product listing pages showing the shadows, from a browsing distance those shadows almost look like a poorly designed CSS border/shadow has been placed on each print image! Can you not show the prints cropped to the photo or do you feel this wouldn't represent the prints very well?

I'll bookmark this, might want to grab something for my office wall which is currently bare.

I'm curious - did you choose the name 'limited100' on purpose to keep your options open to other types of prints in future?

Thanks for your feedback arnydnxluk, I've turned off the annoying notifications popup and will investigate why it's behaving like this.

The shadowing is just a graphic design effect, if I could get a real photo of every print it would look amazing but unrealistic. Maybe I can get a hi res pic of each product as it sells.

In terms of you wanting to bookmark it, I guess you've answered that then I guess the point of the notification bar and popups is to save you from having to bookmark it but if I can do it in a less intrusive and annoying way then perhaps that will have striked a good compromise.

Yes 'home' and 'location' I guess could be quite confusing. Cheers again for your valued feedback.
 
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Perhaps show a sample image of wooden and aluminium? Showing how the other options look is what I would expect - but two options just show an edge of a picture? For the price show what the picture looks like in that option.

Some limited run automotive prints are 10 times the cost from competitors, I feel this will help much less affluent car enthusiasts get hold of something really special.

Definitely need to do a mockup of the canvas and aluminium composite for each image especially given the price, really good points thanks.
 
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Needs: now or later date when you get some of these
emotional end benefits you offer audience
share exciting mission that inspires your audience
show experience, and credibility
origin story somewhere on your website
share testimonials
what interviews could you schedule to get featured
mention how many buyers you have, show Facebook likes, Youtube subscribers, Twitter followers images that prove your promise
phone number top right of page
Have an exit pop up to capture email address of prospects
 
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Needs: now or later date when you get some of these
emotional end benefits you offer audience
share exciting mission that inspires your audience
show experience, and credibility
origin story somewhere on your website
share testimonials
what interviews could you schedule to get featured
mention how many buyers you have, show Facebook likes, Youtube subscribers, Twitter followers images that prove your promise
phone number top right of page
Have an exit pop up to capture email address of prospects

Thanks Nick, much appreciated.

What do you mean by "Needs: now or later date"?
 
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What's your marketing plan? I'm assuming you will be advertising or some other sort of promotion that highlights the limited edition aspect of the images.

It follows therefore that people landing on the site already know what you do. They will only be on the site because they want a print to hang on the wall.

The homepage should be the the shop. Not the hero image and not the 'popular this week' just the images.

Each product should have as big an image as you can get on the page. Don't bother with the thumbnails/slider, show me images of the frames and mounts separately as they are standard for all prints.

Add a description of the car next to the image. Put the photographer on an separate page (especially as there is only one).

Don't have the image on the left and everything else on the right - it's a waste of page space. If the image was full size you can fill the page below with all the blurb.

It says from £69 on the homepage but the default on the product page is £117 (A1). This makes it look like you are trying to rip me off.

If I add to cart and want to change the border/frame I can't. I have to remove and start again. Not a good UX.

Remove the studio, location, about from the main menu. They add no value.

The FAQ isn't. It's just information about the prints and frames. A lot of this is already on the product page. Good internal linking will make this a lot more user friendly.

Don't use computer generate imagery. Get some real frames made and good high quality photos.

Consider offering corporate/business sales. Posh XYZ company won't want to use paypal, they will want an invoice.

Put your full contact details on in the footer and telephone number in the header. Put a picture of your with your car/pictures on the site.

You have two different returns policies: 14 days and 30 days.

If I'm not on the homepage there isn't a menu link to the collection. But if you make the homepage the collection this problem goes away.

The filters need fixing. The browse by has things like '4cm' and 'badge'. You need an option to search by marque.

All the products have 'Limited100 by Paul Ward' in the label. You would be better off using line two to describe the picture.

And the limited to 100 has annoyed many of those I've shown the site to. Limited to 100 means there are only 100 copies. Irrespective of size mount or frames. Don;t care how others do it. Your whole USP is limited to 100 not limited to 100 per size and anything else you might want to offer.

You nearly got a sale until my mate (who owns a Bugatti) realised it's not quite as exclusive as he thought. He was also annoyed he couldn't see the close up of the image and also thought the image had been doctored.
 
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emotional end benefits you offer audience
share exciting mission that inspires your audience
show experience, and credibility
origin story somewhere on your website
share testimonials
what interviews could you schedule to get featured
mention how many buyers you have, show Facebook likes, Youtube subscribers, Twitter followers images that prove your promise
phone number top right of page
Have an exit pop up to capture email address of prospects

Have applied your feedback on exciting mission (and experience) to the About page:

https://www.limited100.co.uk/pages/about

Interviews-wise I need to think of a PR angle.

Once I sell some I will get some testimonials for sure.

Thank you.
 
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Thanks again, responses as follows:

What's your marketing plan? I'm assuming you will be advertising or some other sort of promotion that highlights the limited edition aspect of the images.

It follows therefore that people landing on the site already know what you do. They will only be on the site because they want a print to hang on the wall.

The homepage should be the the shop. Not the hero image and not the 'popular this week' just the images. I disagree, the home page is the gateway to help you access other areas of the site including products, product previews don't do any harm to the UX, e.g. https://www.thewhitecompany.com/uk/

Each product should have as big an image as you can get on the page. Don't bother with the thumbnails/slider, show me images of the frames and mounts separately as they are standard for all prints. Aren't thumbnails useful for previewing other images?

Add a description of the car next to the image. Put the photographer on an separate page (especially as there is only one). Might be possible with the theme.

Don't have the image on the left and everything else on the right - it's a waste of page space. If the image was full size you can fill the page below with all the blurb. Good point, this would be easier with a custom theme.

It says from £69 on the homepage but the default on the product page is £117 (A1). This makes it look like you are trying to rip me off. I will try and default to the £69 option.

If I add to cart and want to change the border/frame I can't. I have to remove and start again. Not a good UX. Very good point, will investigate.

Remove the studio, location, about from the main menu. They add no value. Hmm I'll have a think.

The FAQ isn't. It's just information about the prints and frames. A lot of this is already on the product page. Good internal linking will make this a lot more user friendly. Linking from the 'FAQ' page to other areas of the site?

Don't use computer generate imagery. Get some real frames made and good high quality photos.
These are made to order it would be a bit daft getting 9 variations for every single photo ready and framed before they are sold, nowhere to store them and prone to damage. Especially when you consider the costs involved for a startup.

Consider offering corporate/business sales. Posh XYZ company won't want to use paypal, they will want an invoice. Great idea.

Put your full contact details on in the footer and telephone number in the header. Put a picture of your with your car/pictures on the site. Great idea I've revised the About page: https://www.limited100.co.uk/pages/about

You have two different returns policies: 14 days and 30 days. Revised to 14 thanks.

If I'm not on the homepage there isn't a menu link to the collection. But if you make the homepage the collection this problem goes away. True I'll have a think.

The filters need fixing. The browse by has things like '4cm' and 'badge'. You need an option to search by marque. Yes the filters should ideally just be by marque, will tidy these up as they're a right mess.

All the products have 'Limited100 by Paul Ward' in the label. You would be better off using line two to describe the picture. Possibly but an angle of it is to celebrate the artist.

And the limited to 100 has annoyed many of those I've shown the site to. Limited to 100 means there are only 100 copies. Irrespective of size mount or frames. Don;t care how others do it. Your whole USP is limited to 100 not limited to 100 per size and anything else you might want to offer. That's unfortunate, 100 refers to the print and format variation and always will. It wouldn't be a viable business with enough reach if it was that restrictive. I could limit to 100 but would have to significantly increase the price and this is about making something special accessible to petrolheads at a sensible price.

You nearly got a sale until my mate (who owns a Bugatti) realised it's not quite as exclusive as he thought. He was also annoyed he couldn't see the close up of the image and also thought the image had been doctored. That's unfortunate, that Bugatti Chiron product page did need images updating - I have updated it with much higher res images, hope that helps: https://www.limited100.co.uk/products/bugatti-chiron-at-prescott-hill-climb
 
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White is a totally different company. They have a full menu showing different departments. The hero image is a promotion. Below this they have categories of products.

You only have one product: prints. There no other part of the site needs accessing. Put the shop on the homepage. Do not put barriers in the way, to have to click to see the products is a barrier.

I'm not suggesting you get lots of variants printed and framed. But as you must already have some A3 frames ready you only need to bung in a picture and take some pictures. You may be a start up but if you want people to buy you need to invest some cash.

There are so many things you can do to improve the site. The key right now is to put the products in front of the potential customer as soon as they land on the site.

On the product page you don't need to show the frames/mounts in the gallery. You can show these in the description or link to an info page. Doing things link this will negate the need for the FAQ page.

Consider categorizing the images: racing action, studio shots, closeup etc. Much better than the studio and location pages (which add zero value).

Also consider not using Shopify. To really show off and market the products you need something that isn't as restrictive.
 
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Marketing plan is in the works.
Once you have this in place you can them build the site.

The marketing plan will dictate the type, design and focus of the site.

For example, if you plan to market Ferrari images you need a stunning Ferrari landing page. Showing me a standard page with the Ferrari filter enabled won't cut it.
 
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    I like the concept, someone I follow on Twitter does similar with T-Shirts https://weare1of100.co.uk/

    I disagree with fisicx about just having the products/shop on the homepage, if I'm buying something like that I'm buying in to the concept, I want to see your story, your enthusiasm, your photographer, info on the shoots, etc.

    If I just want to buy the prints (limited edition framed prints even) they're loads of sites I can go to buy them from

    This is where your marketing comes in though, do you just want to target people buying prints or people buying in to the concept?

    What I don't like is the size of images, I want to see full screen high resolution (I want to see the certificate at full screen too)

    I want to know if the "about the artist" and "about this commission" information is included (on back of certificate or on separate high quality paper)

    I also don't think your promoting the best concept well enough "Want an amazing image done of your own car?" You only have a contact us link, that's the bit that intrigues me the most

    If you go and photograph someone's car (or they bring car to you), do they then become one of the prints for sale, does the car owner get a % on any sales? looks like a perfect kill 2 birds with one stone opportunity.
     
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    I disagree with fisicx about just having the products/shop on the homepage, if I'm buying something like that I'm buying in to the concept, I want to see your story, your enthusiasm, your photographer, info on the shoots, etc.
    Which is why you need a marketing plan before building the site.

    I do agree about adding backstory - but this comes after showing me the images.
     
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    Which is why you need a marketing plan before building the site.

    I do agree about adding backstory - but this comes after showing me the images.

    Do you have any examples of SME or mid-market ecommerce businesses that in your book have a really good website in terms of UX and layout? Be really interested to hear your thoughts.
     
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    https://www.kingandmcgaw.com/

    https://www.artfinder.com/


    These two make it easy to find artwork. But you shouldn’t be thinking in terms of e-commerce. It’s more about selling the prints, you need to make people want to buy. All you are doing right now is showing me the images. Do some research on AIDA. Learn about the buying process, how a customer journey works. But do this once you have a marketing plan. Until you know how you will find customers and what you offer them you can’t build a website. Everything begins with the marketing plan.

    PS: always look at any site on your phone first. It’s the device of choice for many.
     
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    Ok thanks everyone for your feedback, please keep it coming. Following some lengthy discussions, we have decided to make our prints limited to 100 per image, not per size and style. We guarantee that we will only ever produce 100 of each image, regardless of our customers' selected print size and material.

    Have also tidied up the website tags to just include marque.

    Have made popup much less aggressive and considering removing it completely.

    More development to come but I feel that our offering is now in line with our brand name and not going to confuse people.
     
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    Thanks, did a product photoshoot on Saturday, have uploaded a couple to the homepage so now we have pictures of real products.

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    I do occasionally buy art and I buy what I like, rather than what makes a statement or is a good investment or looks right on a certain wall or any of that nonsense. And I love good-looking cars.

    I would not buy any of the images you have for sale because they are (IMO) not art. The Bugatti 57C is itself a work of art, but the arty and pretentious use of PhotoShop gets in the way of appreciating the beauty of the car. It is the photographer telling me how clever he is. The repeated and insidious use of motion blur, colour enhancement and other effects get in the way of being able to see the car through my own eyes.

    A good photograph captures a moment. That is what made Vivian Maier so special. She showed cars being admired or with kids in them or as a background to a NY street scene. She told little stories. The only story I see in the images you are selling is that someone has a subscription to Adobe CS.
     
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    I do occasionally buy art and I buy what I like, rather than what makes a statement or is a good investment or looks right on a certain wall or any of that nonsense. And I love good-looking cars.

    I would not buy any of the images you have for sale because they are (IMO) not art. The Bugatti 57C is itself a work of art, but the arty and pretentious use of PhotoShop gets in the way of appreciating the beauty of the car. It is the photographer telling me how clever he is. The repeated and insidious use of motion blur, colour enhancement and other effects get in the way of being able to see the car through my own eyes.

    A good photograph captures a moment. That is what made Vivian Maier so special. She showed cars being admired or with kids in them or as a background to a NY street scene. She told little stories. The only story I see in the images you are selling is that someone has a subscription to Adobe CS.

    A good photograph, and in fact good art doesn't have to tell a story.

    A £20m classic supercar ragging it up Prescott Hill Climb, that may never be seen again isn't a moment worth capturing?

    If only you were aware of the amount of work our photographers and editors go into to create each product. Maybe the website could do a better job of clarifying this.

    Some images have blurring effects, some don't, the photographer does their own editing so it is still entirely their creation.

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    I think that’s the problem. It’s not a picture of a car, it’s something that’s been edited.

    I go to Prescott regularly and I’ve got some great images of all sorts or cars hammering up the hill. Didn’t need to do any enhancements with photoshop.

    Maybe your customers like the blur. It’s just not my thing.

    However, you still need to put the shop on the homepage. And then fiddle with everything else. It’s an iterative process. You change something to see if conversions increase, if they do then you change something else. Conversely, if conversions fall you know the change was wrong. It can take months and hundreds of small changes until you find the sweet spot. When you do the money will start rolling in.
     
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    Perhaps a wide choice of photographers would be a wise move. That way you can see who sells and who does not sell. Maybe some people like heavily stylised and enhanced images - I don't! A series of smaller B&W pictures in the style of Vivian Maier could possibly tempt me.

    Another golden thought is - why just cars? Other themes are available! Cows, horses, people and insects are all running around, waiting to become art!

    Fix the product. Fix the marketing. THEN build the website!
     
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    This one almost makes it but you can see it's been enhanced:

    https://www.limited100.co.uk/collec...1-at-bicester-heritage?variant=32091214577742

    This one looks fake:

    https://www.limited100.co.uk/collec...ipo-4cm-1100-monoposto?variant=32081840078926

    Like @The Byre said, everyone will have the sort of image they like and the sort they don't like. Provide a range of styles and have some filters so visitors can see different image styles.

    A thought from a vintage car driver friend of mine (about 10 minutes ago):

    "Are you selling art or are you selling pictures of cars?"
     
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    Perhaps a wide choice of photographers would be a wise move. That way you can see who sells and who does not sell. Maybe some people like heavily stylised and enhanced images - I don't! A series of smaller B&W pictures in the style of Vivian Maier could possibly tempt me.

    Another golden thought is - why just cars? Other themes are available! Cows, horses, people and insects are all running around, waiting to become art!

    Fix the product. Fix the marketing. THEN build the website!

    Yes more choice is good, will look into black and white as an option.

    I did consider other types of artwork but I'm a massive petrolhead and not really into cows/horses/people/insects/the rest of reality. There are millions of car fans out there, plenty big enough market and I wouldn't want to dilute its appeal.

    I like the idead of fixing everything and then launch the website, but I prefer the more proactive approach of building it and getting feedback like this which has helped tremendously so thanks.
     
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