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Back to Work September 19th, 2007 Summer, and the easy time that comes with it has passed for another year. We will be getting back into the fall and winter workload, which means listing more items for the Christmas season and beyond. We will be slowly gearing up over the next few weeks, so be sure to visit our website and ebay store for some great deals! Summer DealsJune 27th, 2007 Summer has finally arrived and many people are off to enjoy vacation and time spent with the family. Summer is typically a slow time for internet sales. Everyone is enjoying the outdoors and not spending time in front of their computers. This is the time of year to pick up some great deals on just about anything - especially the off-season items. Once August is in swing, sales increase, and many of the summer bargains are gone. Please visit our store, KML’S Corner, for some great summer deals! Google FeedJune 13th, 2007 I use a software feed to add my inventory to the Froogle listings in Google. In the past I constructed this feed manually, but when I had my webhost add this feature to my store, it made this time consuming task a lot easier. I try to remember to run the feed on a weekly basis so Google has the most up to date items that I have available. This link to my website contains a listing of the newest items we have added during the last week. DirectoriesJune 6th, 2007 I have been spending time these last few days submitting my website to web directories. I have a listing of free directories that I like to add my site to in the shopping or clothing categories. The website that maintains the list puts an update through each month for many of the new directories that he has found. The list includes paid inclusions, link exchange inclusions, and free inclusions. The Google page rank (PR) is also included, and I usually hit the ones that already have some PR. I usually skip the weird ones and the zero PR ones. I use this a way to increase my exposure with the search engines and have been doing it since I started my website. It is time consuming and part of the monotonous behind the scenes website management. Father’s DayMay 25th, 2007 Father’s Day is just around the corner and we have the perfect gift for Dad. Our men’s overnight shaving cases make a great gift for Dads who travel. And if Dad is not a traveler, then one of these cases will keep his shaving and grooming accessories organized and at hand when he needs them. We have quality leather cases made by Dopp, which is the traditional maker of these travel kits. The Dopps have a built in frame that allows them to stay standing open for easy access. We also have cases available that are made of nylon/canvas and some others that are made of synthetic leather for those Dads who do not prefer the leather cases. Our customers in the past have been very happy with their overnight case purchases so be sure to check our inventory today and get Dad a gift that he will use for years to come. Only a CaretakerMay 17th, 2007
He considered himself the caretaker of this item, not the owner. He is taking care of it until he can pass it on to his children, which in turn will be caretakers also. He purchased it from a caretaker who also watched over it for many years. Each collectible has its own history which is preserved with care by the current owner so it can be passed along to the next caretaker to cherish. We offer many modern collectibles along with a few that have been previously owned and cared for by other who appreciated their value. Take a look at what we have available here for treasures to start or add to your collection. Thanks for looking! Shipping CostsMay 16th, 2007 The cost for shipping through the USPS has gone up again this week. The priority shipping rates went up over 15%, which I find to be a substantial increase. Good thing we prefer to use UPS for our shipping - the costs are cheaper for the further zones, and the packages are automatically insured. The change in the international shipping structure has been confusing for many foreign buyers. For many of these customers, English is not their first language, and they are having a hard time understanding the new terms. To make it worse, the less expensive, Surface or Economy shipping, has been done away with. And of course, international rates went up quite a bit also. We have always tried to keep our shipping costs reasonable for our customers. We charge the actual cost plus a very small handling fee to cover the cost of the box and wrapping supplies. I realize this is just part of an online business, but it makes it hard for the sellers and buyers alike. Adding LinksMay 10th, 2007 It is hard to find acceptable links to add to my Links page. I was able to add only a few more this morning as I am very picky in what links I want on the site. I believe the adult, gambling, and credit card/mortgage company links only bring down the sites and I do not want that kind of content on my site, or related to my site through other website links. I do not like encountering them on other sites, so I will certainly not put them on mine just to up the pagerank for the moment. Quality counts now and in the long run. SEO UpgradesMay 6th, 2007 About a month and a half ago I had some SEO upgrades done to the website. My webhost added a couple of new OSCommerce contributions to the site to better utilize my product descriptions for the search engines. Google feeds were also added which makes it a lot easier to update them to Google instead of manually submitting a spreadsheet that I had to build. An RSS feed was also added which I believe is a necessity for a website today. I have seen increased hits which is a good sign. I am giving serious thought to a simple homepage redesign in the next couple of months, as we may be expanding our products and I would need to reflect those changes. Nothing is definite yet, so I will sit tight until things get ironed out. LinksMay 1st, 2007 I have updated the Links page on the website. I will adding some new links over the next few weeks. All of the links that we offer our customers are hand selected for content and quality. If you are interested in link exchanging, please use our contact page and we will get back to you. « Previous Entries |
While watching PBS the other night, I heard a statement made by a collector regarding his collectible items. He was talking about the historical content and sentimental value each item has as he carefully held each treasure.