Web Design Beginner Shares His Case Study on Working with TemplateMonster’s Themes

We use to say that TemplateMonster's themes are intended for the users of all skill levels. Our next interview is a great proof to that. We have reached Ken Choong, a business owner from Malaysia who has never tried his hand at coding. However, he didn't give up his efforts and decided to launch his own eCommerce site based on a ready-made template. Wonder if he managed to launch his first site? Welcome to the interview.

We have already shared a number of interviews with web design agencies and experienced web developers. So, we have decided to find out how a person who is absolutely new to the field can build his first website without extra help. Here is his story.

TemplateMonster: Tell us a couple of words about yourself. How many sites have you already launched? Was this was your first experience of the site creation?

Nicholas Diaz:  My name is Ken. I am a small business owner. We sell shoes, clothes, watches and so on. So running a website is important to us. Currently we have launched 4 sites:

• www.dreamzshoes.com
• www.hopewatches.com
• www.awesometshirts.xyz
• www.animesan.xyz

I still remember the first time I wanted to create a website. I had totally no idea on how to do this. I didn't  know anything about the programming language, but I really wanted to create a website that would look grand and beautiful. That's why I found TemplateMonster, and it helped me a lot.

TemplateMonster: Tell us about your projects? What products/services do you provide? What is your audience? 

Nicholas Diaz:  As I said earlier, we sell t-shirts, watches and shoes. 1 particular type of product is offered on a single website. For example, www.awesometshirts.xyz is only selling t-shirt and so on. Our audience is the 18-34 age group from 2 different countries, which are Malaysia and Singapore.

TemplateMonster: What templates did you purchase? What were the key factors that influenced your decision-making?

Nicholas Diaz:  Recently I brought a theme number 55574, which I liked the most. I used it to launch this website - www.animesan.xyz. The reason I chose this theme is that  it is simple, has a very elegant design and is easy to customize. The most important factor that take place in my decision making was the design because I needed to know whether I can customize to fit my product.

Home Electronics WooCommerce Theme

AnimeSan website

TemplateMonster: What features of the chosen templates do you value the most? What should be changed/enhanced?

Nicholas Diaz:  I think the thing which is of the greatest value to me is the payment gateway system. It helps us a lot to open new markets in different currencies from different countries. PayPal helps us a lot to achieve that.

TemplateMonster: What tools do you use to power up your site's back-end?

Nicholas Diaz:  I use a lot of WordPress plugins. For example, I use AfterShip WordPress plugin to update the shipment status, so the customers can track their shipment on our website. I also use Jetpack plugin to track how many people visit our site. It's great that WordPress has a lot of plugins to help you get the functions that you want.

TemplateMonster: How much time did it take you to create and make your site live? What aspect of the site's creation was the most time-consuming for you (customization of the theme, content editing/creation, etc.)?

Nicholas Diaz:  I still remember when we launched this site - www.animesan.xyz, which is based on the theme #55574. It took us about 3-5 day to bring it live. The most time consuming part was the product hosting. We have about 3000 different products, so it took us pretty a lot of time to upload them all to the site. Content editing and the rest of the theme's adjustment stuff was quite easy.

TemplateMonster: What are your recommendations for other users who are just planning to launch their site?

Nicholas Diaz:  What I really recommend if you launch your site for the first time, choose TemplateMonster cause their customer support is just important to you. They stand by 24/7, which can solve you a lot of problems. This is what I experience.

Do you have your own unique story that you would like to share with the online community? No matter if you are a beginner web developer or a pro, your experience is of great interest us. So, if you are ready for a brief interview, go ahead and email [email protected] and get your questionnaire.