Thanks CUTE family for you well wishes and prayers. The Farmer's Market was rained out. No sales. I am unsure what the future will bring, but I am attempting it again this weekend. No sales on my website. I am not sure what the trouble with my site seems to be - if you can look at it and tell me what you think - I would appreciate it. Keep praying for me - I surely need it.

Hi Shirlene, I hope sales will pick up for you. With Christmas coming think will get better.
Peggy

Shirlene, You have my prayers !
I too have a small embroidery business. In these Arkansas Ozark mountains we have several county fairs, and small town festivals.
Can you access any of that type of Venue?
Much luck !!
Hopeful Hugs, Bonnie

I am praying for your success in your business.

Thank you all for your comments - I hope that things change and I am able to make some changes - I will use your advice and do what I can with the site - I have one more big event at the Harvest Moon at Farmer's Market on September 21st. This upcoming weekend - I will be having a yard sale, I hope that generates some help. I love and appreciate each of you.

Looking at your page objectively, I can see where it would be very attractive to machine embroiderers, but this is not your audience. You are trying to attract people who need someone to make lace for them. Try to focus on how your product would work for the customer...attractive gifts for the wine lover (for wine glass markers) for example. Show pictures of the items in use, if possible. IE, put the wine glass markers on a wine glass and put that in a prominent spot on your page. Picture a bookmark lying across a page in a book, etc. Most people wouldn't know how to use the items shown in your pictures. Your work is not featured currently, your story is. I love your work (once I found it). Please don't take offense, this is the same advice I would give my students. Good luck always.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you dear - if I had someone that could make changes on my website - I will keep your advice & use it.

Hi Shirlene,
I do wish you better fortune in the future and will keep you in my prayers.
There may be some hiccoughs with your web site's shopping cart - I tried to test it out and repeatedly got an error message (from PayPal sayining there was a problem and to check with the merchant) when attempting to add a lace bookmark to the shopping cart - you might want to look into this as it might be costing you some sales - never got as far as check-out because could not add the item to the cart - doesn't bother me personally as I was not looking to buy just taking your site for a test drive, but you will need to make sure the addition of small value items to the shopping cart works ok because people, especially first-time customers, will often buy something small first time round to see what kind of service they get before they consider buying higher value items.
Good luck!

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank you so very much - I will check it out and see if there is something that can be done with it. I appreciate the test drive.

God takes care of all th elittle creatures and birds and I am sure he will care for his children. Don't dispair.... Suzanne

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank yo so very much Suzanne, dear one.

I wish you success in your sales
Hugs

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you so very much twee dear.

I agree try facebook & also where I live we have something called mommy market on-line & people are selling things all the time maybe you can try that too. Check on facebook for listings of this nature or just ask on your facebook page someone could direct you to what is available, best of luck,Hugs Loralye

Dear Shirlene, I hope sales will improve and this weekend will be a Lucky weekend with sales for you. Your website is very easy to use and looks great. so that cannot be a problem, are you easy to be found in search engines as google? perhaps that will be the problem, people don't know where to look in search for beautiful lace? hope everything will get better for you. Hugs/love Gerry

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Gerry, thank you so very much - I sure appreciate your comments. I don't know how to find out about the search engines - I do believe it was covered when the site was 1 built, though.

Everything looks good on your site, basket fine and it goes straight into Paypal. Good luck !

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank you so very much - that helps to know that you didn't have any trouble.

I've just had a look on your website and found it easy enough to manoeuvre (sorry we use English spelling in Australia). I hope you get some sales soon too.

Let's hope that the markets will be on this weekend and there is no rain to spoil it. Good luck, love and blessings Chris

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you Chris, I have been to market a couple time, but neither time was there alot of money made - I must not have what others are looking for. Unconditional Love!

Hi Shirlene, I have had a quick look, and if i was looking for some thing it seemed simple enough to get to eveything, some sites can be over complicated, You have some lovely things.
Hugs pam.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank you very much Pam, I sure appreciate you taking the time to look.

Rain! How disappointing. I'm sure you were counting on a good day. Hopefully God will solve this another, better way.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank you so very much Grace - I do believe He is teaching me to trust Him. (No sales for a couple markets, since)

The products page doesn't seem to be working at present. It comes up as page not found and some links to seemingly unrelated pages.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

so sorry to hear that.

Nice to see you here again, sorry about the markets, but try again this week perhaps it will be fine and people will be out and about. thinking of you hugs Sally

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Sally, thank you - went to several markets since this post - no luck - so far. Lots of people attending - just must not have what they are looking for.

Prayers are an you way Hugs Maria

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Maria, thank you dear one.

We have had the wettest summer on record and the Farmer's Market vendors are not making the money they normally make. Will hope for a dry weekend so you can try again. You just never know who will show up and want what you have to sell.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Anita, thank you dear one - had a couple markets since this posting - but not many sales - can't break even without them. THANKS!

think Jrob may be on to something with the Facebook connection. Try it Shirlene, you have nothing to loose.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you dear one.

Prayers ongoing.... ;)

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by jrob 01 Aug 2013

P.S. It seems to me that I have heard lots of folks saying that they are having luck on facebook. I don't know if that is so, but might be worth a try?

by jrob 02 Aug 2013

It's free advertising, anyway!

by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

I have had a facebook page for a long while - never sold a thing with it, either. Thanks!

Hope things improve that way and the farmer market does well this weekend.

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you - I have been to several markets since and have not had much luck, yet.

by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you - I have been to several markets since and have not had much luck, yet.

Can you add a comment area so site browsers can leave a message about each design and suggestions of things they would like available. Make site more interactive possibly. Have a monthly or weekly drawing that browsers register for.

SQ

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

Thank you dear - I can't even change anything on my site - the fellow that set it up - left me high & dry - so I can't make changes.

LOTS OF PRAYERS AND HUGS...

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by shirlener88 01 Sep 2013

thank you Deanna.