Power Sellers Unite

thegrandtoywizard · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Hi all

I want to thank Bill Cobb for giving me the kick in the pants that I needed. I closed my Ebay store right after the announcement, and finally got serious about starting my own online store. I've been live for about 3 weeks now, and I'm already making sales and ranking above Ebay in Google for some terms! Yahhh! Fortunately, my better half is a web marketer, and is using all his little secrets to drive traffic to my site. :wink:

I built the site using an Oscommerce install that came with my hosting package, but it has been very heavily modified on the backend. I have learnt a lot about php in the past month! I would love any thoughts or comments on my site, and I'd be happy to share what I've learned with anyone else out there.

Charmaine

The Grand Toy Wizard Store
www.thegrandtoywizard.com/store
* * Your favorite toys from the 70s, 80s, 90s and now! * *

2BOYSandTOYS · Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 10095 Location: Kansas

Charmaine:

Welcome to PSU - love your site and really like the border at the top!!! One suggestion I have - when I click thru a left-side link, say FP, I couldn't figure out how to see 'more' than what popped first!!! If I were you, I'd make the top sub-links more prominent!!! I did figure it out, but it took me a minute.

I love toys, and you've got a great start here! Adding a little more color here/there would also be nice - even if it's just your links and sub-links!!

I'm glad you're here at PSU and best of sales to you with your site/items!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :mrgreen:

buytime · Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 113

Excellent site you have there.
I love your banner logo up top.
Best of luck to you.

thegrandtoywizard · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Thank you both for your kind words about the site! And in regards to the banner, I do have to give credit to my better half for that; he designed it for me in his spare time :)

Erin - Thanks for your suggestions! We are planning to do a redesign of the colour scheme this weekend, so hopefully that will help a bit. And at the same time, I'm going to figure out how the make those darn subcategory links more visable, I totally agree that they are hard to find for new customers.

I know that I will probably keep tweaking this site forever, so these comments are very helpful to me. I really want to make a site that will feel like an Ebay store for all my former customers, and be welcoming to my new customers that are finding me through Google and Yahoo.

Charmaine

The Grand Toy Wizard Store
www.thegrandtoywizard.com/store
* * Your favorite toys from the 70s, 80s, 90s and now! * *

unichegifts · Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 69

Very nice site. Good luck with your sales! :D