Show Some Creativity Poly-Lumber-Furniture

We offer fully custom Magento theme design. Our designers have been working with Magento since the beginning and we pride ourselves on creating a new and unique look for every client we work with.

So....we hate it when we see a blatant copy of someone else's design work. None of our designs are included here, this is just an example of when a company is too lazy to design something fresh and new.

If you have been working in the e-commerce world for a while, you will have heard of Hayneedle (www.hayneedle.com). They operate over 100 hundred niche stores with some great domain names. They recently changed their name from NetShops and did a great job rebranding and rebuilding all of their websites.

Now here is someone you have never heard of: Premium Poly Patios (www.poly-lumber-furniture.com). Although, with a great brand and domain name like that I have no idea how they aren't a household name yet. [/sarcasm]

Here is a screenshot of Hayneedle's first checkout step (taken 1/27/2011):

This is a very well designed interface that flows well. In my opinion, they have a few too many options on this page, but i'm sure it works great for their purposes.

...and here is the hilarious copycat (also taken 1/27/2011):

Seriously?! An absolute copy paste of a very key element of the checkout process. The colors aren't anywhere close to matching, the fonts are different, the design concept doesn't match anything else on the site....etc..etc..etc. I'm not even going to give these guys a direct link. If you want to see it, visit polywood-furniture.com, add a product to cart and start the checkout process.

It doesn't take long to design something fresh and new. If you need help, contact us. Every time we design a new Magento store, we start with a blank slate.

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