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• seed

  How many of you have your own E-Commerce Site?

  Aug 28, 08, 11:35 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian2

  launching in the Spring of 2009

  • Whats the focus? Or is it secret for now?– seed1/2

    apparel– utopian22/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 11:36 a.m. – Permalink

• minok

  we do.. why do you ask?
  http://www.boutiquefinn.ca

  • That site and the products are really unique. Great work.– seed

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 12:55 p.m. – Permalink

• trooper

  i run a few, tho theyre all dormant until xmas :)

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 1:02 p.m. – Permalink

• seed

  I am just wondering how many designers here run there own e-commerce site. I just launched one with my wife. I work in e-commerce so I actually design the software that runs it. My conversions were not what I had hoped but after making more adjustments to my paid search accounts they are getting better. If anyone wants to discuss online sales, wants to share adwords tips or has comments on the site please let me know.

  The site offers all natural and organic soap and body care products:
  http://genesisbodycare.com/

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 7:31 p.m. – Permalink

• jevad

  Got any recommendations for good off-the-shelf/open source ecommerce solutions?

  Magento looks about as good as it gets:

  http://www.magentocommerce.com/

  Looking for similar standards...

  • http://substruct.goo…– sublocked

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 7:41 p.m. – Permalink

• seed

  Magento looks good from what I've seen but had usability issues in some areas. It was slick though overall. I found Zen Cart (an offshoot of OSCommerce) to be extremely cumbersome even with PHP experience.

  The software I work on is a fully hosted solution.

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 8:20 p.m. – Permalink

• sublocked

  I created this (Rails):

  http://substruct.subimage.com

  Magento looks cool if you're a fan of PHP. I'd love to build my software to that level. They appear to be doing great things with it.

  • I'd like some enriched uranium, but I'm wondering if you can come down on the price at all.– flashbender1/4

    sorry, nukes are expensive.– sublocked2/4

    wishlist fail : https://substruct.su…– jevad3/4

    @jevad thx, fixed...– sublocked4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 8:28 p.m. – Permalink

• poolio

  magento is awesome - but be prepared to get lost in their deep directory structure, learn how to work their template system and also have a decent host to run it from. magento uses a LOT of mysql queries.. even for a blank page.

  • It's seriously heavy going on your server. Best have a dedicated server for it.– jamble

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 9:05 p.m. – Permalink

• sublocked

  ^^ Oh yeah, that's just the demo site.

  Info here: http://substruct.googlecode.com

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 9:05 p.m. – Permalink

• tparsons

  Yep... working on this one with my wife
  http://www.industrialjoe.com

  She sells gourmet coffee and french presses.

  Been building it on the Magento platform and yes you have to dig through quite a bit. Once you start getting the structure down and the way they've put it together it get's easier. I'm building 3 other clients sites on it now.

  Would love to discuss conversion rates and how to's and tips with anyone interested in helping each other out...

  • wonderful design!– sublocked

  

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  Dog-earAug 28, 08, 10:33 p.m. – Permalink

• seed

  tparsons, that site looks great! Very unique. I think it has a lot of potential. How long has it been up? Are you doing paid search? Also, is that the default product layout in Magneto? It looks really slick.

  

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  Dog-earAug 29, 08, 11:13 a.m. – Permalink

• seed

  I just signed up for MS Ad Center for a 3rd paid search avenue. I'll let you know how it works out. No impressions so far. Are any of you doing Adwords or another paid search?

  

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  Dog-earAug 29, 08, 8:10 p.m. – Permalink