One of the services my clients use and are thrilled with is the online payment processor available through the small business website solution I promote and work within.

For years I promoted PayPal, even though their fees were high, but when I discovered an online payment system that was easy to work with and had low fees I jumped in to investigate.

The thing about PayPal is that it is one of the most trusted and recognized online payment networks for both shipable and digital products. On the other hand, having your own merchant account (and not filtering your customers through a third party) gives your business credibility beyond belief! Read the rest…

You have some great products available for sale but you’re limited to drive by, word of mouth, or random walk in traffic.

You’ve heard about the online shopping craze - now that everyone seems to be ‘over’ the credit card theft scare and credit card companies are more helpful about this issue – but you don’t have a clue, or time, to set up a website that accepts orders for your products.

That’s where we come in. Saving you time and money – at start up and into the future.

How do we do it? I’ll show you…

Here’s How this Story About Home Decor Stores Started

A few years back a friend of mine and I started making products for craft and home decor sales and found a huge interest in our community for country decorating items.

I was more focused on art and business, she had all the talent and interest in home decor so we stayed friends, but persued our own interests in business.

She decided to turn her love of decor into a local shop (probably a lot like yours) and has done very well over the past few years – even though we live in a tourist town and the winter months are relatively quiet here.

Her regular, seasonal customers return every year, but they are always asking her to put more of her merchandise online so they can shop from home. Read the rest…

I love to tell the story of a local shop owner in my community.

A home decor and gift retail store, specializing in primitive and country decor.

The brick and mortar store is owned by two very smart women – a mother/daughter duo who share and work well off each other’s talents. One has a sharp business mind and manages most of the bookwork, while the other has the creative “what’s hot right now” touch.

Neither one knows much about the internet, online business, internet marketing, website hosting or any of the other geek and technical jargon that is so prevalent on business websites today (should you choose to go looking).

They have heard plenty, however, through their association with me and my relentless spewing of online business research and statistics…

Let’s face facts though.

They don’t want to know all that technical jargon. They don’t want to learn new terminology and software programs. Read the rest…