Metro style design for a new eCommerce Platform: will it survive?

[GosuSell]

Hello,

While developing eCommerce solution for building webstores in WordPress, our team decided to use metro style design for our dashboard. Could you check the Dashboard screenshot please and discuss several questions with me:

How do you think, is it a good idea to use this kind of style? Do you think if there are many people who hate it?:) Should we offer more dashboard designs that can be changed through admin area (may be to offer a standard WP design) or this style will be enough for the start?

Thank you very much!

Yaros, GosuSell

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[OlegKorneitchouk]

I like it. Has a bunch of the KPI metrics a ecommerce owner would want to see on one page. I would put up a feedback form somewhere there are well to see what your users think of the design and any changes they would like to see.

[LesleyPaone]

I think features are the main selling point, not the color / design scheme on the backend. One thing I would make sure of though is that the design can easily be changed with css only. That is how most e-commerce systems theme their backends.

[AWCthreads]

I think the feedback form is a great idea because what folks want in a dashboard is subjective.

I bypass the dashboard and go straight to the order page.

When I want to look at stats and trends I go to those respective pages.

If I could make a styling suggestion, allow the users to decide the default page (go to page upon opening) if possible.