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I want to thank everyone who helped with me with finding a store for a site, now I need an easy site that I can use for my .com, I do not know HTML, and I use the easy creators... life sucks haha... but if anyone has any ideas let me know...
i dont understand exactly what you're asking, but Dreamweaver is a very easy to use web design program. do you have a site yet? if not, checkout bluehost.com. it's a web hoster pretty good price
i dont understand exactly what you're asking, but Dreamweaver is a very easy to use web design program. do you have a site yet? if not, checkout bluehost.com. it's a web hoster pretty good price
I have not tried that yet, I have a good store with bigcartel.com, but I want a easy site to make, something cheap, im low on funds....
You can not use dreamweaver to create an entire webstore.. well, you can, but it will be more work than ever!!
If you have a store, my suggestion to you is to generate some income from your store and then find a designer to build a store for you. You want a professional presence on the net right?? And you want a unique look right?? You can NOT get that with instant store builders ot templates..
Just my .02 but if you have a brick and mortar store, you aalready have a source of income.. let that ride for a bit and put your first 2-3 months of profits into your website.
You can not use dreamweaver to create an entire webstore.. well, you can, but it will be more work than ever!!
If you have a store, my suggestion to you is to generate some income from your store and then find a designer to build a store for you. You want a professional presence on the net right?? And you want a unique look right?? You can NOT get that with instant store builders ot templates..
Just my .02 but if you have a brick and mortar store, you aalready have a source of income.. let that ride for a bit and put your first 2-3 months of profits into your website.
Thanks for the input. I really do appreciate it. I made the mistake of getting my .com through go daddy.com. It sucks to use that site. I see what your saying. And I have had people tell me to put something basic up and when I get more cash have something custom buillt for me. I am still kinda on the fence ya know! I want everything to be perfect. But Perfection takes time and patiences that is why it is so perfect!
There are a lot of successful shops using bigcartel, so you aren't going in the wrong direction, at least.
To give you recommendations, tell us what you want your site to do that bigcartel can't.
I just want some info about us, and schedule kinda of where we will be! Our Donation Info and links pretty much... I can't think of anything right now besides that!
I just want some info about us, and schedule kinda of where we will be! Our Donation Info and links pretty much... I can't think of anything right now besides that!
You can do that with any site simply because theres no requirement for a DB or more interactive coding.. I personally feel that big cartel is a good starting point, but i think that as you grow, you need your own unique look.
You can do that with any site simply because theres no requirement for a DB or more interactive coding.. I personally feel that big cartel is a good starting point, but i think that as you grow, you need your own unique look.
What kind of donations are you taking?
10% of profit goes too either 1 of 4 charities (we switch every 3 months! American heart, American Diabetes, American cancer and the west memphis 3 fund!
Hmm thats interesting. Do you have certification from them?? I am just curious because saying that you give a certain percentage to charity without confirming it with the chairity can bring up some legal issues. As far as I know. You have to report a lot of your financials.
When i had my pet supply site, i coded a payment module for my website which asked the customer (at checkout) if they wanted to round up their purchase and donate the difference to my charity.. So if the total was $6.50, they can round it up to $7.00 and the .50 would be donated.. but i needed to get verification and report all earning from that "rounding up" and then show that the amount I collected matched the amount i donated..
just a little FYI.. but the donations can definitely be done in many ways..
Hmm thats interesting. Do you have certification from them?? I am just curious because saying that you give a certain percentage to charity without confirming it with the chairity can bring up some legal issues. As far as I know. You have to report a lot of your financials.
When i had my pet supply site, i coded a payment module for my website which asked the customer (at checkout) if they wanted to round up their purchase and donate the difference to my charity.. So if the total was $6.50, they can round it up to $7.00 and the .50 would be donated.. but i needed to get verification and report all earning from that "rounding up" and then show that the amount I collected matched the amount i donated..
just a little FYI.. but the donations can definitely be done in many ways..
I just take each amount from each shirt... take the price of supplies out and use 10% of that
You might have some serious issues if anyone ever questions you. You need to be able to prove that you actually DO donate that 10% to that charity. You need to prove how many people donated that month, to which charity, and how much YOU actually give to the charity.. its a much bigger process than you would think. This is to stop people from using a charity's name in order to boost sales. Companies will say that donate 10% of profits to a charity, and at the end of the month they send a $240 check when they made a profit of $5000.
So, even though YOU might not be doing that, you do have to work up to the standards by keeping a public view of all donations made AND all profits made.. it doesnt have to be public like on the front page of your website, but you have to submit your ACTUAL numbers quartery.
You might have some serious issues if anyone ever questions you. You need to be able to prove that you actually DO donate that 10% to that charity. You need to prove how many people donated that month, to which charity, and how much YOU actually give to the charity.. its a much bigger process than you would think. This is to stop people from using a charity's name in order to boost sales. Companies will say that donate 10% of profits to a charity, and at the end of the month they send a $240 check when they made a profit of $5000.
So, even though YOU might not be doing that, you do have to work up to the standards by keeping a public view of all donations made AND all profits made.. it doesnt have to be public like on the front page of your website, but you have to submit your ACTUAL numbers quartery.
Well yea, but I started this to donate to charities, I really do not care if it boost sales or not, whatever we make in 3 months will go to 1 of the charities in each quarter. I seriously started this to donate as it is... I am acctually going to contact all of them to let them know. I will post it, after first its not gonna be much due to lack of sales.
I got a store, now I need a good site.... 
