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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by scyclow on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:15PM (#25586195)
I made a face mask and t shirt website filled with items I designed. Let's just say that I haven't quite met my quarterly sales goals... https://ronamerch.co
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by mrhackernews on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:43PM (#25586521)
with all due respect (and it's due - ecommerce is hard work), lose the animations...

As soon as I landed on your page, I wasn't thinking "I wanna buy t-shirts and masks!" I was thinking, "Boy, I've got motion sickness and I hope I don't puke."

Let me just say... I'm not a "motion sickness" type. But looking at your page still gave it to me.

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by mguerville on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:06PM (#25587920)
Wow, I clicked because of your comment and I concur, you're not being dramatic, it's pretty overwhelming animation
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by leephillips on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:23PM (#25588046)
I think it’s kind of awesome, in its own weird way.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by austinjp on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:12PM (#25587963)
Oh wow. Okay. Yes, ditch the animations. I genuinely cannot stand to use the site :(
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by rusticpenn on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:29PM (#25586980)
You weren't kidding. I underestimated the effect the site would have on me.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by s279 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:07PM (#25588373)
You weren’t kidding that they weren’t kidding, I almost vomited.

Some less harsh criticism:

- zigzag circle looks like a visual field migraine before the spinning, cut both replace the logo with something slightly more unique.

- moving text is distracting.

- objects moving left to right and right to left (if you’re dead set on having moving things pick one direction).

- what’s the difference between this and redbubble/zazzle etc?

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by whoknew1122 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:39PM (#25587098)
Wow, I just had flashbacks to homestead.com sites.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by hermitcrab on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:58PM (#25586646)
Sorry, but those animations are BAAAAD. Arguably worse than https://www.lingscars.com/ .
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by fzil on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:03PM (#25586694)
that's an amazing website! Thanks for sharing.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by oneil on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:23AM (#25591392)
Have a look at the source code; the warning message is amazing
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by hermitcrab on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:31AM (#25591433)
Wow. I never thought to look at the source.

https://www.lingscars.com/ is so bad that it has gone all the way around the dial back to good (for some value of good).

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by pengaru on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:50PM (#25587214)
Your site looks like a satirical fake, nobody in their right mind is going to actually buy something through that.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by exeldapp on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:49PM (#25586564)
It honestly looks like a low effort scam website.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by the_cat_kittles on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:03PM (#25588749)
the animations and aesthetic are lots of fun, assuming you intend them to be a kind of retro hip nod to an older web era. all these people hating on it have no sense of joy. but i think it might not be right for a site that sells medical gear for a pandemic. also, its hard for me tell based on the masks whether you are extremely online and irony poisoned (very likely) or a right wing grifter (very unlikely but possible)
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by scyclow on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:55PM (#25605626)
Ha, glad you had fun! I'm definitely irony poisoned. I'm not sure if it would have the same punch if not for the inappropriateness of the content matter though.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by hitpointdrew on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:35PM (#25586428)
Having a site that is less busy might be helpful....all the motion on your site makes me want to click away immediately.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by cogman10 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:53PM (#25586597)
This feels like a high class GeoCities throwback... Made me both nostalgic and motion sick :D
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by fapjacks on Thursday December 31, 2020 @02:23AM (#25590404)
I'm honestly wondering if this is top-tier HN trolling. If so, well done.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by manuelisimo on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:32PM (#25586383)
Maybe try fewer animations
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by kawera on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:25PM (#25587557)
Or zero animations, even better.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by geuis on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:44PM (#25586531)
If you want, I can help you get the <blink> tag working again.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by kome on Thursday December 31, 2020 @03:02AM (#25590625)
I love your webpage design, but i dislike your products design.
Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by scyclow on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:51PM (#25605576)
1 for 2. I'll take it!