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I want to know how I can make this site http://minibits.weebly.com/ (http://minibits.weebly.com/) better
I will pay .20 BTC to whos ever idea I use on the site.
And I will give .01 BTC to whoever comments with there idea of the site and if they like how it works (please be honest you will be paid either way.)
I will pay up to 20 people for the .01 BTC and any amount of the .20 BTC ONLY if I use the idea.

A serious and more professional revamp to styling and layout would be a great idea. You should follow more or less the same general layout of all e-commerce websites. It's clean, simple and recognized. When people spend money they like to feel secure and visuals are a huge part of this when it comes to e-commerce since there really isn't much interaction between you and your customer.

If you are trying to bring people in from outside the community, Google Analytics is your friend.

Ditch weebly and get a proper domain and hosting to begin with.

I'm not making much money right now I do plan on buying a real domain name soon but I don't really know coding so weebly is my friend.

That's understandable, but you also have lot's of templates you can use available for download for free.

Also, the width of the div id main gives it an horizontal scrollbar even in my screen, and my screen it's not that small with 1366px width. So you might want to fix that. Probably it's not the width itself that causes it but some margin setting.

thanks btc sent

I found the problem.

It's with a padding of 20px you have on that weebly header.
It's an inline style:

Search for that, if it's not injected by weebly, just remove the 20px padding rule and you're good to go.
That div is right after the closing of the wrapper div, at least on the site source that I see in my browser.
If it's weebly who's injecting it, I guess you can't do anything about it

BTW, there was no need for the bitcent, but thank you :)

I've been semi-privately trying to get a PayPal <-> Bitcoin exchange for a while now, and the top priority is speed. Green Addresses only work one way, but you might want to drop minibits into a series of Instawallets or Coinapult, and start emailing those out. I've been trying to get something working with VirWoX now that BitInstant has an in and you wouldn't have to deal with PayPal at all in theory, but the fees would probably eat your margin and then some, and I dunno what to do about that, outside of deposit in bulk?

Also, a mobile friendly website is a happy website.

You should say either on the home page or the FAQ what exactly the site was for. At first I was like "What's a MiniBit? Why should I buy one?"

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Your site is clean and simple which is cool, but you spell out your very flaws in clear text for the user to read in your FAQ.  You should really have an about bitcoin question or link.  You should point out that paypal has a problem with bitcoin, but they don't care about this small of transaction (because they do and will kill your account if issues arise).  Also, its ok to talk about your fixed price, but you would be wiser to not start out by saying why your prices are so 'high'.  Its an immediate turn off from what your trying to accomplish.  Your not trying to slide around that fact, but no need to yell it at them.

Also, if you had some feed back, a way of rating the transaction or at least a link to your ebay rating or something like that, it would inspire confidence in doing business with you.

Selling bitcoin for paypal burned me when I was brand new at this.  Good luck.

You mention a bitcointalk.org post for contact, which would mean that anyone without an account here can't get in touch with you. How about a contact form that sends you an email?

I like the clean and minimal design.

What I still didn't figure out what you actually do. A few words about what the site actually does, and what miniBits are would do wonders!

Everyone thanks for the input! If you would like to get tipped and didn't post your address please do so!

I sent BTC to some people, I am going to write why you should use MiniBits but a few people put that and I said I would give .20 BTC. So please make sure to give me your address if you want to get paid for it.

real domain name! some more changes coming soon!
http://www.minibtc.com/ (http://www.minibtc.com/)

1DnyKLfWBqQr994YeTa8k8j4dox8fHeozt for a tip if you feel so inclined.  thanks.

Me too.  I think that should be almost the first thing you see.  Also, effectively $10 a bitcoin? That's kinda steep I think, but I guess that's all you.  Anyway to adjust so it's not so over-inflated?

It took me a couple clicks to figure out what exactly the site was for.

A simple sentence like "Buy small amounts of Bitcoin with PayPal!" above the main links would probably be enough.

Also, having to wait an unknown amount of time up to 24 hours with a high markup ($10 a coin when it's $5 at an exchange?) is not the greatest.

You will probably get hit with chargebacks like a lot of people who have tried to use paypal.

So far no charge backs or problems. My account is set up the old way..no credit card just a prepaid visa or something with no bank account. What happens if  ihave no money in the account and there's a charge back?

In case you can be bother decoding the firstbits: 1BrendiovuqgHwxTq9QWRGvMHTkp3YSnKF

Hmm. I don't know.  They probably disable the account at the very least.

It can also hit your credit score if you used real information and they can ban you for life.

You would be in the hole with the account, so you would probably get an overdraft at least. I guess you could jettison the account if it's a burner, but I'd personally put it in good standing before I opened another. Consider AlertPay if the first one falls through?

Opinions I got...

The website design looks a little boring to me. The layout is dull and the colors are drab. -1 for website design. HOWEVER it's simple and easy to navigate, everything works and all the important information is there in simple english. No obvious typos or grammar mistakes leaped out at me, so +1 for functionality and ease of use.

I totally get the point of the site. It fills a need in the community where there are few to no sites that will automatically process BTC > PayPal and PayPal > BTC payments. If you have figured out a way to get all this past PayPal then well done. Even if a transaction gets disallowed, very small amounts like this are low risk for both buyer and seller so the risk is likely to be acceptable to almost anyone. I know this sort of thing can be done more efficiently via OTC methods, but for people don't want to mess with OTC, this is a good solution. +1 for fulfilling a need.

While I understand this is a PayPal service, you might consider other funding methods in order to expand your customer base.

Since you are asking for forum links from your customers to establish credibility, you might consider linking your own profile(s) for them to inspect as well (including WOT, OTC rating, etc.). Turn about is fair play after all... Right now all there is is a link showing you made a free pop-up website with a shopping cart, and a link to a free aol email address, things like this can make you look less reliable.

Hope this helps you. My tip address is:

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Your will have a negative balance, and they will e-mail you every 2,3 months to deposit money in your account.

Also, negative balance accounts become limited after a while.

Got my .01 BTC for my comment.
Thanks TheBitMan!

This can be very useful for people who just want to buy something very small or get started with Bitcoin.

My big suggestion is to put the buy form on the front page. It will make it clearer what you want people to do and you'll increase the odds the get to the form from 25% or less to 100%.

This is a good idea.  I think you could even put the sell form on the front page.  No need to make people click around.

Also, I noticed that the site is down right now.

Thanks, I just realized also no idea why, working on it.

Received my (first bitcointalk) tip. Thank you sir.  :)