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	Podcast:		Ecommerce Pulse
	Episode:		EP 017: How to design your own ecommerce site when you’re not a designer
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:52:47
	Publish Date:		2013-11-23 03:00:21
	Description:		If you’re a bootstrapper, you’re not going to spend thousands of dollars on professional web designers and marketers–you’re going to be figuring all of that out on your own. In this episode, we’ll be talking about some basic design principles and easy steps to setting up your own ecommerce store when you’re not a designer. To hear the episode, click play below or download in iTunes. Links referenced during the show: Design tools SubtlePatterns.com – Get free tiled background textures for your site Lipsum.com – Generate lorem ipsum (dummy text) to use as a placeholder on your site ColorSchemeDesigner.com – Use a color wheel tool to generate ideas for color palettes Design-Seeds.com – View color palettes based on photos LogoPond.com – Get inspiration for your logo design Pixlr.com – A free online photo editor (like a basic version of Photoshop) Where to get themes for your website Shopify Theme Store Mobilia Shopify theme by Out of the Sandbox – My favorite Shopify theme to work with Hiring tools Fiverr.com – Get services (like a cheap logo design) done for $5 oDesk – Hire a freelancer Elance – Hire a freelancer 99Designs – Crowdsourced design Crowdspring – More crowdsourced design Helpful Resources How to take gorgeous product photos – Practical tips for taking your own product photos A typography tip mentioned during the show: Use 2 fonts: one serif and one sans-serif. Using too many fonts will make your design start to look cluttered and messy. Quote of the week: If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. ~ Reid Hoffman Subscribe to Ecommerce Pulse in iTunes! • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS The post EP 017: How to design your own ecommerce site when you’re not a designer appeared first on Ecommerce Pulse.
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