The People Have Spoken: FurBuy Changes!
18 years ago
General
Okay, so after all the amazing feedback we've gotten, FurBuy has undergone some transitions and has taken on a new look:
http://www.furbuy.com
Some of the changes we made:
- We made the front page WAY less wordy and crowded, and made it all about the auctions.
- We made the auction categories bigger and more noticeable.
- We added more images to the front page, and retitled the confusing "Hot Items" to a more accurate "Image Gallery".
- We killed the Art Show and nerfed the News.
- We turned the Welcome Page from a braggy list of features into a useful tutorial for starting users.
- We added thumbnails to the auction listings, so now you can preview before you click.
http://www.furbuy.com
Some of the changes we made:
- We made the front page WAY less wordy and crowded, and made it all about the auctions.
- We made the auction categories bigger and more noticeable.
- We added more images to the front page, and retitled the confusing "Hot Items" to a more accurate "Image Gallery".
- We killed the Art Show and nerfed the News.
- We turned the Welcome Page from a braggy list of features into a useful tutorial for starting users.
- We added thumbnails to the auction listings, so now you can preview before you click.
FA+

much easier to navigate
Looks MUCH better. :)
Minor observation:
Thumbnails of adult stuff on the front page accessible to anybody means that search engines will tag you as adult and block you from some results. :/
For the front page blurb, you might want to consider a re-write.
"Welcome to FurBuy, your place for free furry auctions! We have a number of furry art, furry comics, fursuits and more for sale! Visit our Welcome Page to learn how to get started."
For example:
"FurBuy: Your place for free furry auctions!" (Get the necessary terms for search)
"- Always Free - No seller's fees or buyer's fees
- Comics, furry and anthro art, fursuits and more
- Visit our >Welcome Page< to learn how to get started or >Register< and begin selling and buying now!"
It's a bit longer, but it gets some important points across.
You may also want to consider livening up the links on the left a bit. Either with graphics (Can be a pain) or with CSS. Definitely needs to not have underlines. :/
I don't see any underlines on the links. What browser are you using?
1. Come up with a cute female mascot. (Sorry, ladies.)
2. Have her peeking up over the top of the box next to the FurBuy logo.
3. Chibi version of her for the tutorials, illustrating the steps (composing the ad, making the ad, watching auction, packing merchandise, walking off with wad of cash).
Apart from that, looks pretty good! :)
The new Furbuy design looks much better.
I've been checking in regularly, just there seems to have been a lack of the art and stuff that's tempted me to buy so far. I'll keep watching though!
Silver.
(I'm in a weird mood this morning.