Could use some feedback for my site. Any and all appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Topic summary
A store owner seeks feedback on their website smlvg.com, receiving detailed critiques from multiple reviewers.
Design & Layout Issues:
- White space exists between navigation bar and page top
- Homepage header images don’t cover full page width, making text hard to read
- Banner text appears squished and difficult to parse
- Header contains too many navigation buttons, making it cluttered and space-consuming
- Two moving sections simultaneously create visual chaos
- Background video needs enlarging while text size should decrease
- Chatbot icon overlaps content in responsive mode, blocking product access
Organization & Structure:
- “Shop All Products” section should sort items by category (similar to Bed Bath & Beyond’s approach)
- Menu bar feels overloaded; suggest grouping into categories like Home, Products, Services, Policy, Contact
- First banner should include CTA button redirecting to product catalog
- Call-to-action buttons need consistent styling and dynamic hover colors
SEO & Content:
- Automated software backlinks detected (considered spammy; requires disavow to avoid Google penalties)
- Needs proper niche-focused blog with daily posts to build authority and improve rankings
Status: Owner acknowledges all feedback and commits to implementing suggestions, particularly the disavow work identified last week. Reviewers offer ongoing technical support.
Here’s a coupled things I noticed:
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There is a white space between the navigation bar and top of the page.
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Some of your homepage header images do not cover the whole page, so text is difficult to read.
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Some of your banners have squished text that makes it hard to read the words.
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Not sure if you have a logo for your website, but it would be a good idea to add it to give your website a more professional look.
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Instead of putting all your store’s products under Shop All Products, consider sorting them by category, kind of like what https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/ does.
Hope this was helpful.
I have done quick review, you have done automated software backlinks, which is spammy, disavow all. one day you will get penalize from google. another is you have to write proper blog on you niche product. you have to make authority on you niche, so that you can rank in google. write blog one post every day. that’s it.
Thank you so much for your input! I appreciate all the time you spent to review. I will definitely put these suggestions in place.
Thank you so much for reviewing my site and leaving feedback. It is very helpful to get another perspective other than my own. I will work on your suggestions and see what happens. Especially disavow. I had looked into this just last week and did not get to yet. Thanks again!
Of course! And if you ever have any more questions, need some technical help with your store, or are looking for a custom feature or design, don’t hesitate to reach out to me. My email is zqdo.tech@gmail.com. I’ll be glad to help!
Have a good weekend!
Hi @smallerliving ,
I’m Theodore White from PageFly - Shopify Advanced Page Builder App. From my CRO expertise, I’d love to give you my suggestions as hereby:
1. Reduce the header size
As you can see in the screenshot I captured below, there are a lot of navigation buttons inside the header. This makes your header not only easily overlooked as it’s full of text but also space-consuming when scrolling up and down the page. Please recheck this part as soon as possible.
2. Change the position of the section
Two moving sections at the same time make your page content a little bit chaotic. It’s better, in my opinion, to move the “Shop for Dad now” section down below as it should not be in the “Above the fold” area.
3. Increase the background video and decrease the text size
This video is the first thing customers see when they visit your website so you should increase its size and make sure it’s of high quality to let your visitors know exactly what you’re selling in 5 seconds first.
Also, please decrease the text size to avoid overriding the background.
4. CTA
The CTA should be more dynamic with hover color so as to catch the eyes of the customers.
And please make sure that the styling of all CTA buttons on your page is consistent in order to boost the conversion rate.
5. Image hovering
You should take a look at this! There seems to be an error when hovering over these images that I cannot see clearly, leading to a higher bounce rate.
Last but not least, please make sure all sections are full-width to ensure your professional store outlook.
And that’s my feedback! Hope it helps you enhance the conversion rate.
Cheers!
Theodore | PageFly Team
Hi @smallerliving , this is Ricardo from InventoryHero app.
After some time reviewing your site I have some feedback I would to share:
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Your menu bar looks overloaded, you should try to think a way to group them, maybe by Home, Products (Home, beauty, jewelry,etc), Services (Storage, Organization, etc), Policy, Contact, etc. That way users will not feel overwhelmed with that huge menu bar
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Define which is most important for your business, as far as I could see you sell more products than services you offer so you could consider changing the first banner and include a CTA button to redirect customers to your products catalog.
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In responsive mode the chatbot icon is overlapping the website so users could not be able to easily tap on a product because of it
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Give a try to these UI/UX guidelines, that might help you enhancing your site and taking it to the next level.
That’s all from my side, hope that really helps you.
Best Regards,
Ricardo-InventoryHero
Thank you for your review, it is much appreciated! I will definitely be taking your insights into consideration.
Thank you for your insights on reviewing my site. It is much appreciated! Thanks so much for the reference for user interface guidelines. I think I will be using this information very soon.
My pleasure 
Hope to see the improvements soon!!
Have a good day!