New Store on Zen Cart
September 28th 2008 12:45 pm
Even though the StoresOnline thing didn’t work for me, I haven’t given up on the idea of selling things on the internet. On to plan B…
I decided to put up a new store using Zen Cart and sell something totally different.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Zen Cart is shopping cart software that is open source. This means it is absolutely free. I like free. And it has an enormous support base.
My webhost (A Small Orange) lets me install it with just a couple of clicks, which is what I did.
I must admit that the setup after install took me a couple of months. Some time I’ll post the specific steps I took.
But now my site is up: Critter Wheels. It’s a site that sells exercise wheels for small pets. Since I have pets rats (Priscilla, Hoot, & Annie), these items are near and dear to my heart.
So, I think it’s a nice little site. It loads quickly; I made it red because I read on a post that red is a color that makes people want to buy.
I’m buying traffic using Google Adwords.
So here’s my numbers:
It has been live for 9 days
I’ve had 21 people click on my ad
I’ve 12 or more people get to my site in other ways
I’m competitively priced with other sites
You know how many sales I’ve had?
0.
D’oh!
Why?
No idea.
But I really want to find out. My next step to try to put up an exit survey which I will post about separately.
I decided to put up a new store using Zen Cart and sell something totally different.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Zen Cart is shopping cart software that is open source. This means it is absolutely free. I like free. And it has an enormous support base.
My webhost (A Small Orange) lets me install it with just a couple of clicks, which is what I did.
I must admit that the setup after install took me a couple of months. Some time I’ll post the specific steps I took.
But now my site is up: Critter Wheels. It’s a site that sells exercise wheels for small pets. Since I have pets rats (Priscilla, Hoot, & Annie), these items are near and dear to my heart.
So, I think it’s a nice little site. It loads quickly; I made it red because I read on a post that red is a color that makes people want to buy.
I’m buying traffic using Google Adwords.
So here’s my numbers:
It has been live for 9 days
I’ve had 21 people click on my ad
I’ve 12 or more people get to my site in other ways
I’m competitively priced with other sites
You know how many sales I’ve had?
0.
D’oh!
Why?
No idea.
But I really want to find out. My next step to try to put up an exit survey which I will post about separately.
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