[mike1w]

Website set up, please critique.

I have a custom domain website that I purchased through microsoft office live. ( 10 usd/year ). On it I am putting images and descriptions of shirts and other products that I have set up through cafepress basic ( free ) services. The retail cost will be 11 usd, including shipping. each image has a link to the cafepress site for that product, where the customers pay and order. my margin: 2 usd each. what do you think of this setup?

 

[mads]

It's a lot easier to give you constructive criticism if you post a link to your website.

Also: Your T-shirts are very cheap, you could probably earn more than $2 on each sale.

 

[mike1w]

http://www.wornadditude.com its not yet complete. Will people pay 15 usd for shirts?

 

[InfraRed]

Depending on your quality and design, yes, very easily. I sell my shirts for $25 shipped in the US and haven't had an issue with them not selling.

 

[mads]

If a shirt is good enough, I'll pay a lot of money for it. I've paid $75 for a T-shirts before, because I really loved the design.

You need to work a lot on your site, right now it just looks like an Office template. There's not even photos of the tees up. You're welcome to PM me when your complete site is up.

 

[mike1w]

I am having trouble with the office live site editor.

 

[pukingdeserthobo]

site is down

 

[TeesForChange]

would love to see your site! you need to warn people, though, that they will have to leave your site and go to cafepress to place their order.

 

[mike1w]

Office live site editor needs to be revamped, I think. I always seem unable to open it. I will work on it.

 

[mads]

If I were you, I would probably use a hosted CMS instead of Office Live –*it's extremely bad.

 

[mike1w]

can you please provide an example of a hosted CMS website. I am not familiar with those types of sites.

 

[mads]

can you please provide an example of a hosted CMS website. I am not familiar with those types of sites.

A very popular e-commerce solution for T-shirt designers is BigCartel. It is simple to use, but may be limited if you want your solution to do a lot of different things at the same time. Judging by your original entry, however, I don't think that is the case.

 

[mike1w]

This is what I will probably do. Set up product images and descriptions,and an order system on whatever website I can finally get to work, where they pay and order from my site. I would then drop ship the products from cafepress directly to the buyer. I would also keep a few around for stock, bought at cost from cafepress. Later, when I have the money, I would set up to make the shirts myself. Does this plan sound reasonable?
Edit: I don't know if this fits in here, but I have a question? Can a website's host be changed, while keeping the same domain name? If so, how much money and work are involved?