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Hi,
You asked in the newsletter to describe our businesses, so: I have 2 webstores hosted by antique associations and am working on my website hosted on Yahoo at the moment. I also have an actual antique shop. English Antiques & Uniques and Collectibles With A British Accent - Tea items, Victoriana, British antiques & collectibles
Am looking forward to learning from the newsletter. I am new at this. Just went online January 2, 2003, and website in process right now!
Thanks,
Ruth Weston
Time Was Antiques
westontimewas@frontiernet.net
http://www.timewasantiques.com
http://www.TIAS.com/stores/teatiques
http://www/GoAntiques.com/members/timewas
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Hi Ruth!
Thanks so much for writing. I looked at your Web site and the items pictured look lovely and elegant. I hope you enjoy and profit from our series on setting up Web sites and our articles in general.
Julia
(Ruth also mentioned that they we began their Web store when her husband retired, as they decided that expanding her antiques business from an actual shop to include the Internet was a good idea for the future. "We assume that in the future we will want to close our actual business and be completely virtual," she says.)
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Hi Julia,
I have an eBay store. I mostly sell Coach items. In addition to Coach, I sell anything I can find at my local outlets at discount prices. Hope this helps.
Mary
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Hi Mary,
Great to hear from you! I personally am a big fan of Coach. Most of my handbags for the past 10 years have been Coach...so I think you picked a great specialty.
Thanks again for writing and I hope you find the newsletter informative!
Julia
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Hi Julia,
I've had my Web site, www.TheasSparklePlenty.com, for just over one year now. I sell my costume jewelry and other beaded items, which I make. While I'm not doing as much business as I'd like, having a Web site is a definite improvement over the strain & anxiety of street fairs & craft shows.
My adventures with my domain name is a good example of what NOT to do. While my business is named "Sparkle Plenty" (after a character in the old "Dick Tracy" comic strip), the matching domain name was already taken. I wanted to keep the business name in the domain name for recognition's sake. A friend suggested I add "Thea's" to the beginning of the domain name, which I thought was a good idea. If only I'd had that most necessary second cup of coffee the morning I reserved the domain name, I would have chosen "theasparkleplenty." Instead, I chose "Theassparkleplenty," which reads like "the ass parkle ..." I joke about it now, but at the time was too busy blushing & stammering to think it funny.
I'm looking forward to future issues of the newsletter. What I don't know about the Internet & ecommerce would fill volumes, and I'm hoping you'll be able to fill in a few of the gaps.
Best regards,
Thea Kolosseos-Kendis
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Hi Thea!
Thanks so much for writing. I went to your Web site and it is very beautiful. I love the way your graphics sparkle, too.
I didn't even notice that word combination in your domain name as an..er, alternative reading! I did get a chuckle out of it when you pointed it out. Thank you for sharing, as it does point out the naming issues we all grapple with! Your jewelry is lovely..I can just see Meg Ryan sporting some of it in InStyle magazine. ;) Thanks again, and I hope you continue to find MyEZsale helpful.
Julia
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