You are super excited about a custom eBay storefront design, and it’s very difficult to contain the excitement. There are so many things to put into place when you go for an eBay store front design immaterial of readymade or custom made. The basics remain the same.

Excitement may end up in a mess when you try to put together the resources, plans & lofty ideas into reality.

Lots of incoming advice from many sources like – who should do what, how long it will take, and how much it will cost etc. Finally, you’re lost & not sure where to start from.

Here are the 12 sign that your custom eBay storefront design is not on the right track and what can be done to avoid them.

1) Absence of strategic decisions

Select, design, craft, create or order do anything but an eBay store front design must be based on your business goals. Not like your home interior designing project where everyone advices you on each & everything & you realize that something is wrong till decoration has gone wrong.

Providing strategic direction to the designer, your new design must be firmly rooted in driving your prime business objectives. Your design should be built to play an active role in your sales and marketing efforts rather than just being a fancy brochure.

Ask lot of questions to your designer or service provider. Set a deadline for this task so that your project is not off the track. Don’t forget to make tough calls cut unnecessary things from your wish list & add on some things that offer more value.

2) We Design Fast

Someone who is promising your design to deliver in 24 hours or luring to get it done in the fastest way is very much likely to give a poor result. Fake promises & over eagerness always lends you in tight situation.

The tight situation is on both the hand – the vendor as well as the client. He is dying to sell or make a design that is a complete waste of money & the later one is in dire need of a design.

Then what is the real procedure? An ideal designer will first examine your service or product wants & needs before any commitment. This kind of approach is realistic. Mutual discussions on designs, structure, layout, content, links etc. gives a good outcome. Hence, don’t fall prey to fake promises. If the designer is not interested in listening to you then how will he/she deliver what you want?

3) Lack of knowledge: How eBay designs are crafted?

Typically, there is an entire team of experts involved in engineering an excellent eBay design including web designers, web developers, analysts, programmers etc. job of a designer is to make the design look beautiful & a developer ensures that everything works in the way it is supposed to. Now if you hire a service provider who is good in one & not in the other one you may end up in a real mess.

OK, solution is to consider a team of professionals for the work who has the expertise to provide maximum value from both aspects that is delivery & the project budget.

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