Recent content by dan pack

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    Must like the pain !

    Been at it again ! so we lost the hero but gained a site any thoughts on what we have done would be fab. getmehacona.co.uk getmepackaging.co.uk getmepaackagingmachinery.co.uk
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    Must like the pain !

    Thank you still an ongoing project so will look at it
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    Must like the pain !

    Cheers for the input Get rid of the hero image. By that do you mean the DM logo ? We have tried to establish a theme to run through machines ie DF (Dan Flow) DS (Dan Shrink) to get continuity through the range and also tie in with the Get Me Packaging site. Get rid of the Contact, Welcome...
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    Must like the pain !

    Any thoughts ! been playing again so if anyone could be so kind or not as the case may be !. dan-packaging-machinery.co.uk
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    Hi UK Many thanks for the reply is this detrimental and could you elaborate if you have time Cheers Steve
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    Thanks both, So we have the 4 industry sectors which contain the machines used in that industry would you de text some of the home page and replace with a carousel or something similar with the machine types ie shrink-flow-sleeve-shredder-etc-etc Cheers Steve
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    Perfect thanks Anon871, will the fact we have links between our 2 sites be doing any harm?. There are a couple not products that are on both Cheers Steve
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    Hi Anon871, Many thanks for that, by links do you mean just to a few pages such as shrink wrap machines, cardboard shredders and flow wrapping etc Speak soon Steve
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    Must like the pain !

    Thank you We looked at the products and the range is diverse in not only application but price and having seen the way others in the industry done we went towards machine by application format. Why shopify well when it comes to websites we have just got sick of being let down and held to...
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    Must like the pain !

    Hi all, Back again with a new site, I think i know some of what is coming but here goes. Being totally peed off with the old web people etc etc we created this dan-packaging-machinery.co.uk. Still some ongoing bits to do but any thoughts most welcome. Cheers Steve
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    Would love some honesty !

    Thanks for that Steven, when we looked at the tapes we thought that the menu and navigation didn't immediately sort of show what tape we did if that makes sense, so the little pictures are of the best selling ones. The idea was for people to recognise these quicker than looking through the...
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    Would love some honesty !

    Back again, so we have made some changes and little tweaks, I have de americanized! as much as possible, changed the cart and checkout as much as possible. Still struggling with the logo though was thinking of putting a box in between the outstretched arms, it is something we have carried...
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    Bounce Rate

    We have had a stand alone site albeit hosted open cart and found initially it was great, what we found was that as we got more adventurous then you start incurring cost through having someone translate what you want into and onto the website. This leads to time and effort not only money being...
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    Would love some honesty !

    Hi Peter, Sorry for the late response been a bit bogged down. We have the dedicated machinery site which was just e commerce with purely machinery on it. What you have said was exactly what we thought about it. So next on the hit list will be that, we had a problem trying to de-eccomerce it (if...
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    Would love some honesty !

    Thanks for that we are working through things as we speak and have adjusted categories etc and spread products about. Our product range is and always will be smaller than what are 65 million turn over businesses (did i spell that right!) which the others are. We differ perhaps in the machinery...