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title: "What Negative Effects Does a Bad Website Design Have On My Business?"
url: "https://www.edition1.co.uk/website-news-feed/design/what-negative-effects-does-a-bad-website-design-have-on-my-business"
type: "website_news_feed"
published: "2024-04-02T16:42:51+01:00"
modified: "2024-04-02T16:42:51+01:00"
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Consumer expectations for a responsive, immersive, and visually appealing website experience have never been higher. In fact, [72%](https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/ecommerce-website-features/) report that a badly designed website affects their opinion of a business.

If your website is badly designed, you may lose potential customers, waste money, increase bounce rates, decrease conversion rates, and damage your search engine optimization (SEO) rankings.