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The Illustrious Idea / Re: Make trading great ag... err not that one.
« on October 10th, 2017, 08:53 PM »
Well, as someone working in marketing (as a graphic designer) I think reworking the intro page for first time/signed out visitors might be a good idea and could help win over users.

Ugly as it may be, Barter's intro page (that you see when you're not signed in) has all the info to tell you what the site is about right there, "Trade Bundle Leftovers for Wishlist Games" is the biggest information right below the name.
SteamTrades cuts right to the trading bit and lets you start a search of what you have and want before you even sign in.
Whereas for Lestrade's, with the forum layout there's currently a lot of extra information that might be distracting.

What if the first thing someone visiting the site sees is something like this kind of one-page website for example, just real short paragraphs, maybe spruced up with some explanatory illustrations (I would be willing to help with that). Maybe have it set up roughly like this:
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Lestrade's - Trading Steam Games the convenient way

Did you just buy a game bundle that has a game you already own or don't want?

Your friends don't want the games either and/or are all dead anyway?

Lestrades makes trading games easy and convenient, so you can get even more games that you won't have time to play.

Get started now:
(Sign In Button) / Read tutorial / Want/Have button*
*Would it be possible to add a feature similar to SteamTrades, where you could enter a game you have and a game you want and search the userbase's tradables based on that? Without having to sign in? Just as a preview, where then upon wanting to start an offer, it'd ask you to actually sign in. If it's a lot of work, then I don't think it's enough of a pay-off to have it. Just an idea.

Then, if you kept scrolling, you could also get to rest of the site info, as it's set up right now (or maybe even list and show some of Lestrade's advantages first) - I don't think the info is bad, it's just a lot if you don't even know what the site is about yet. Instead, on that initial visit, those first few seconds, very directly communicate with the visitor and get the message across quickly.


What do you think?
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The Noble Talk / Re: What's up at Lestrade's?
« on October 10th, 2017, 07:53 PM »
Had a laugh reading through the descriptions. Why in the world is Lara Croft even a tag? And why is Shadowrun: Dragonfall one of the games tagged with it, but Lara Croft GO isn't?