Recent content by WendyS

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    Drop Shipping

    We are in the personalised products market. We sell Coats of Arms and Surname Histories in the main with additional add on products. Slightly worried about getting the balance right.
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    Garden Centres

    Check out IMS publications - you can do a fairly cheap ad in this and it gets sent to all Garden Centres on a 3monthly basis.
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    Drop Shipping

    Hi there We are expanding our business in a variety of ways and a number of gift websites are interested in taking orders for us and we will fulfill them on a drop ship basis. Being a newbie in this area, is there a standard discount that is generally applied in this respect? I don't want...
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    Paypal Vs SagePay/Streamline

    Hi All Since my original post we decided to go with SagePay and Paypal. I find this offers the customer an alternative - some often don't have a Paypal account and would be reluctant to open one. Since implementing SagePay we have had an increase in orders and we are probably running at...
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    Drupal Experience Anyone?

    Thanks Kev That's just what i was after. I was worried it was some kind of weird application so I'm relieved that it can be managed elsewhere. :)
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    Drupal Experience Anyone?

    Hi there I currently have a site with Drupal which is managed by the designer that built it. It looks like we may no longer do business together so I am looking for someone to help me manage it. If you have experience in setting up promotion codes, integrating with SagePay, fine tuning our...
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    Is SEO worth it?

    Hi We had a new website built in November and I am really pleased with the results. Do you think it's worth getting this optimised too? Or would it be better to put this budget to other online advertising? We are using Google Adwords with a good conversion rate and I am pleased with the...
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    Paypal Vs SagePay/Streamline

    Thanks Guys Looking at other forums I think the best bet is to offer both Paypal and Streamline/SagePay. From what I can gather Paypal does put some customers off if there is no other payment methods accepted and I think it will instil more confidence in the customer if we can do both.
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    How to market my online store?

    Hi Do you have a database of customers? If not, start collecting their email addresses. Do an E-Shot once a month. I can recommend MailChimp to send out bulk emails. Past customers are more likely to become future customers! Also, include a News section on your site and update it...
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    Paypal Vs SagePay/Streamline

    Hi there We have been using Paypal on our website for a fair while now. My main question is......Do you think Paypal puts off many customers? The main reason I ask is that I have worked out the costs and although Paypal is more expensive per transaction, there is no monthly costs involved...