Great idea. The gallery could use some work however. Hovering over an entry creates all sorts of nervous animations that left me wondering if its just broken for my browser. Then clicking an image centers the image at the very same resolution, when I was hoping for something bigger. Finally, the blog links seem to be entirely place holders.
Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
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Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#42Design feedback: Your 'buy now' and 'learn more' buttons on the homepage are very hard to see. They need to stand out. Make them bigger and bolder, or change the color (red would stand out much more and still fit into your overall theme), or fade out the background slightly. Or, ideally, do more than one of those things. You really don't want those buttons to be hard to see. Cost and details of what you get should be…
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#43Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#44This feels more like a blog than a quirky site that sells socks. You need a couple of things fixed: 1. Front page needs to be clearer about what you are offering. The socks themselves are not directly described, the cost sort of shows up in the wall of text below, and the call to action buttons are small. The option to actually view the socks is hard to find at the top bar 2. The sock gallery page needs a lot more wo…
Still, I would agree that something cooler should happen when you click on a particular sock -- maybe a funny video?
Keep it up, it looks great!
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#45Design feedback: Your 'buy now' and 'learn more' buttons on the homepage are very hard to see. They need to stand out. Make them bigger and bolder, or change the color (red would stand out much more and still fit into your overall theme), or fade out the background slightly. Or, ideally, do more than one of those things. You really don't want those buttons to be hard to see. Cost and details of what you get should be…
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#46Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#47Personally I like my socks to be white and come in bags with other socks, which probably explains why I think spending $11 a month for a single pair of socks is insane, but I'm obviously not the target market.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#48A way to sign up to get informed by e-mail when shipment outside the US becomes available would be awesome.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#49You're getting lots of feedback it seems and it's the early days yet. The messaging is there, I think. People are motivated by two things: Will it get me laid or get me paid? You've got that down.
Now it is just details.
Re: Show HN: I love weird socks and I'm finally launching my lifestyle business
#50If you can get Robert Griffin III to endorse, you're set! His socks are very weird and very awesome.