I think that the bags and jewlery you make is just awesome!
I wanted to ask you. I was thinking about starting up a website of my own to sell stuff and was wondering if you had any tips on how to start. I am very new to the merchant community and was hoping for some guidence if you can offer any. It seems like your site is doing well.
thank you so much :) i tried to ask people about this at first too...and i didnt get much help! i advertise in lj communities & in bulletins on my myspace, & im going to make a myspace solely for my site which im hoping will help with sales. go to sites you like & ask to swap links with them! word of mouth is the best advertisement...BUT i got really lazy because i got overwhelmed with custom orders & got frustrated when people wouldnt pay & then id be sitting there with their bag having nothing to do with it. haha. ANYWAYSSSSS sorry i give a lot of details when i tell a story. stay motivated, keep crafting so your site stays active & you always have new stuff, & dont get discouraged. good luck! sorry if i wasnt much help!
Thanks for your advice. When I set up the site I will let you know and maybe we can swap links.
I was wondering about a shopping cart and paypal! I was on paypal the other day but I couldn't understand what it was trying to tell me. Can you offer any insight on that?
i dont use a shopping cart because i only have one of each item, so i just use a "buy now" button (you can use paypals or design your own). paypal gives you a code and thats what i use to sell each item. you just change the info in the code for each diff item. when someone purchases the item...youll need to remove the paypal code so no one else will try to purchase the item (it wouldnt let them if they tried though; if an items already been sold, then the next person who tries to buy it will get an error). im sorry if this is confusing but i cant think of a diff way to explain it :/
okay thanks for that info. Did you ever have a case when two people wanted the same item and what did you do then? Have they requested the item even though it was sold.
Also about a layout...what kind of script did you use? CSS? HTML? Did you design your layout?
I am sorry if I am bugging you with all these questions.
yeah, people request sold items often. i was taking custom orders, and i said on each items page "if an item is sold, go to the custom page to ask for a replica" but i have stopped doing custom orders for a while. i designed my layout, and if youre new to html coding then you might want to get one of those html editors. i just use notepad which almost no one uses anymore. honestly, i just use tutorials i have picked up along the way...like how to do the diff frames on my page, etc...sometimes i use css or javascript...it depends on what im trying to do basically. & dont worry about all the questions! i hope im somewhat helpful.
Okay that sounds good! Thanks for all this info! You're really being very helpful because I am starting from the ground up here. I have no idea what I am doing. I sold scarves locally last winter and that gave me some experience with bookkeeping and keeping an inventory of what's paid for, what's out of stock and suck.
HTML editor! Thank you! That's great advice! Can you recommend any tutorials or anything?
I think that the bags and jewlery you make is just awesome!
I wanted to ask you. I was thinking about starting up a website of my own to sell stuff and was wondering if you had any tips on how to start. I am very new to the merchant community and was hoping for some guidence if you can offer any. It seems like your site is doing well.
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i tried to ask people about this at first too...and i didnt get much help! i advertise in lj communities & in bulletins on my myspace, & im going to make a myspace solely for my site which im hoping will help with sales. go to sites you like & ask to swap links with them! word of mouth is the best advertisement...BUT i got really lazy because i got overwhelmed with custom orders & got frustrated when people wouldnt pay & then id be sitting there with their bag having nothing to do with it. haha. ANYWAYSSSSS sorry i give a lot of details when i tell a story. stay motivated, keep crafting so your site stays active & you always have new stuff, & dont get discouraged. good luck! sorry if i wasnt much help!
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I was wondering about a shopping cart and paypal! I was on paypal the other day but I couldn't understand what it was trying to tell me. Can you offer any insight on that?
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Also about a layout...what kind of script did you use? CSS? HTML? Did you design your layout?
I am sorry if I am bugging you with all these questions.
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i designed my layout, and if youre new to html coding then you might want to get one of those html editors. i just use notepad which almost no one uses anymore. honestly, i just use tutorials i have picked up along the way...like how to do the diff frames on my page, etc...sometimes i use css or javascript...it depends on what im trying to do basically. & dont worry about all the questions! i hope im somewhat helpful.
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HTML editor! Thank you! That's great advice! Can you recommend any tutorials or anything?
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