Posts from — May 2007

We think we’ve done some impressive ebay store designs and thought we’d write a little about the web design process for ebay store design. We usually make a template, then create the store design. First of all the ebay header in the store will go across all of the entire ebay store. For any template that is 800 wide, that means that in the ebay store it will have to spread 100% or it hangs there not looking so grand. We can adjust design for a 100% store header, and leave a centered 800 pixel wide about me page, but it isn’t always that pretty. In addition in ebay stores you’ll always have a white space between the header and the bottom part of the page. That can be difficult to design around as well. Unless you have an integrated ebay store homepage, it’s not always perfect. But then again, it will look fine to most people.

When you build your ebay store, rememeber that eBay puts some restriction on the amount of code you can use there. You’ll likely have to strip out some styles, and at the very least some spaces in the html code.

As far as the left navigation goes, we’ve done some nice stores with upgraded navigation on the left, but again if you have lots of code you’ll notice the white line separating the middle section of the nav.

Overall eBay store building is fun and a fantastic way to show your wares on ebay. Design your ebay store with these things in mind and all is well.

Take a look at some of our ebay store design here