Processing the second batch of orders for shipping went much more smoothly than the first batch because I already had a system. I’m starting to feel like I know how I’ll manage it all for the huge pre-order shipment. I have yet to attempt to export information from the store to Quickbooks. That would be a nice feature to have working, but I can maintain the manual system I have right now if need be.
We’re now able to accept credit cards which was a complicated process full of hoops to jump through and verifications to be made. Those credit card companies have to decide they trust us. Apparently they do, because we accepted money from people all day long. Now I need to work my way through the lesser bugs and quirks to make sure the store is streamlined. I have a little more than a week to do all of it before the preorder for Blackness Between begins.
Someday we’ll be selling enough schlock books that we can pay someone else to do all the distributing for us. That will be nice.
For now I’ve turned off the light over my shipping center and closed the window with the storefront. I’m not going to do any more business mucking until after I get kids off to school tomorrow. Then I need to have my very first chiropractic visit to untweak my neck which I tweaked yesterday. Also I have to mail all those packages that are sitting in bins waiting to go out.
Until then, sleep.
Hi Sandra,
The shop looks great, I need to add a shop to goosync.com, I notice your site is .asp, what cart did you use? paid for? free? have your smart hubby write it?
Cheers
Chris.
Hi Sandra,
The shop looks great, I need to add a shop to goosync.com, I notice your site is .asp, what cart did you use? paid for? free? have your smart hubby write it?
Cheers
Chris.
We used a turnkey solution from Volusion.com. Much easier to do than setting up your own, and orders of magnitude easier than writing your own.
–Howard
We used a turnkey solution from Volusion.com. Much easier to do than setting up your own, and orders of magnitude easier than writing your own.
–Howard
Good to know that the store is doing well. Couldn’t you have used Paypal for credit cards? I don’t suppose it matters now but I have always been able to accept them for Ebay purchases.
Good to know that the store is doing well. Couldn’t you have used Paypal for credit cards? I don’t suppose it matters now but I have always been able to accept them for Ebay purchases.
Yes, that is exactly what we did last time. However there is a subset of people who refuse to use Paypal. Also we needed the shopping cart capabilities.
Yes, that is exactly what we did last time. However there is a subset of people who refuse to use Paypal. Also we needed the shopping cart capabilities.
Hum… yes… I’m glad you found a better solution then!
Hum… yes… I’m glad you found a better solution then!