Appreciate all the comments so far, GCers. Please allow me to address a few of them.
You need to have ALL the NPC sororities available, or at least listed with a "we're working on it" page. Women do not like it when you omit their sorority. Ditto for the NIC chapters, and the NPHC groups should be on there as well.
Excellent input, which we integrated immediately. Thanks!
I think what you are offering is a rip off. They are...way overpriced. I hate to sound so mean about it...
[I]OK, I know I have to take the bad with the good – and several of you have had nothing but positive things to say – but this one really stung! Sure, pricing is a sensitive issue with a lot of people, but $495.00 for an 8-page site is only $61.87 per page. As a business owner I pay $1,200.00 a month for my family's medical coverage alone. To me,
that's a rip off!
They are very generic sites.
[I]Personally I would refer to the designs as clean and classic
, but clearly opinions will vary. Every design template incorporates the input and graphic standards requirements of the (inter)national HQs and has received their approval.
And you don't even host the sites!
That decision was based upon our extensive research, which indicates that most schools offer free hosting to registered student organizations.
...you need to say which GLOs you are licensed by. For instance, you are not a licensed vendor for my sorority, Kappa Delta. This is according to greeklicensing.com, which is very up to date.
We take the licensing process very seriously and do everything stricly by the book. No templates are, or will be, for sale on uGreek.com unless we have licensing agreements in place. To date, we have ten licensing agreements, seven through greeklicensing.com and three we negotiated directly with (inter)national GLOs. And licensing agreements aren't just pieces of paper – they put money ($25.00, to be exact) in the coffers of your national org every time we make a sale.
I keep hearing every year that our HQ is working on a solution to "standardize" our chapter websites.
The HQs who have approved our templates so far are very enthusiastic about what we're doing. We treat their/your trademarks with respect and help chapters put their best foot forward on the web. The HQs definitely see the value of that.
Finally at the risk of sounding defensive, I'd just like to point out that although I'm located in the Houston area I'm not Enron!
I'm not a fast-buck rip-off artist: I'm Greek, still very involved in my fraternity at age 47, pursuing two things I love dearly, Greek life and graphic design.
More comments? Keep 'em coming. I've got broad shoulders!
Barry