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    Why No Sales? Help!

    plenty of fantastic and helpful answers, everybody really makes an effort to help, and I'll try to add my twopence as well. I absolutely love your website design, and I agree with your family, there's nothing wrong with it, it looks better than many other websites. You probably need more time &...
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    E-commerce solution for online vintage store

    I sell one-off items too (vintage home decor) so i can understand your situation. I use shopify, they're pretty straightforward, have got clean product templates, where you just put a text and images (and can also copy products, which is even easier, and then apply required changes instead of...
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    Volusion

    not personally, but before launching my website I have spent weeks reading reviews of various ecommerce platforms and volusion didn't look too rosey. But check online for the reviews or get their free trial to test it
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    Ecommerce options?

    I've been in your position few months back, and went with Shopify, after trying few different platforms. I can honestly recommend these guys, amazing features, customer service, they are created for shop owners. You do not need any great deal of HTML knowledge (and you're never left alone if you...
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    Attracting new visitors / potential customers

    well, so far, I've been focusing on getting more traffic by contacting bloggers in my field (home decor) asking for reviews - mixed results, but managed to get one blogger who reviewed my product, linking back to the site. Contacted journalists on twitter (through followerwonk) - disaster. Asked...
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    Getting your business featured in 'Directory'?

    I mean the UKBFs directory (the link at the top, next to Forums) - how do I go around getting featured in there? I appreciate your help, Maggie
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    The Super Market Sweep Stake

    Aldi id getting better quality and selection of products and brands :) You cannot beat £20 on weekly shopping compared to £40 at Morrisons. I wouldn't buy meat at Aldi, but then I'm suspicious to any meat, and try to be vegetarian. The only one thing that beats Aldi is their bread selection...
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    New Ecommerce Website - Need Help With SEO

    I agree, start with Google adwords to get the website off the ground, but do your research how to do it, as it is easy to lose money that way as well. Focus on few keywords and target traffic based on these keywords. Work on backlinks, get Facebook, Twitter and Instagram presence. Don't get...
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    Starting An Online Bussiness

    hi, when it comes to cheap postage, Royal Mail can be a good option for smaller packages, or online service parcel2go. You can start by researching what people are looking for in your line of business, and what your competitors are doing.
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    Where to report a scam website

    hi, I have no idea how to go around it - alert police about what?... They do not commit crime by having cheap links pointing to their website. They will commit crime, if they take your money and will not supply the goods, after sufficient amount of time you could alert police of their actions...
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    Attracting new visitors / potential customers

    Hi, and welcome! I'm in the same boat, having a shop with Shopify and search for a traffic. At the moment I sell through ebay / Gumtree, but would love to get more traffic to my website and move the sales there permanently. Good luck (and Shopify is the best btw!)
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    How to get the word out

    Google ads are great, if done correctly, but it is easy to make a costly mistake. SEO is very important for website, but start searching for customers online first. Where do they go when looking for advice about the pests? Support forums? Join these forums and give advice, with a link to your...
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    The crossroads: how much have you invested in your startup?

    Hi, yes they always say you need to be a positive force to push the company forward against all odds, of course you have to believe you will be successful. I have recently discovered there is no magic formula to success, just hard work, hard work and hard work. So I try to put as much as I can...
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    How are you working smarter?

    I have just wrote a blog post on effective time management, yet I cannot post links at the moment. Basically it is all about being focused on the main tasks, and not getting distracted in the meantime, for me, the greatest sin is checking the social sites - I try to leave updating Twitter...
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    What realistic Budget is required for new website

    Hi, I am currently using Shopify, and I can recommend these guys as the best providers for anyone thinking of running an online shop. I am pretty sure they can migrate the shop for you, but you might need to speak with them about the details. The back office / the design suite / is very...
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