My mom, an avid quilter, was recently persuaded to think seriously about selling her quilts. She proposed the idea of a website, and I jumped on board, eager to help out. After some research, I got Mom set up with a basic merchant PayPal account, and signed up with Yahoo webhosting. I expected that it would take a bit of effort to get a website up and running, but was pretty blown away at how easy the whole process was.
When I signed up with Yahoo, I used their pre-canned site-builder tool. They asked what kind of site I was creating, and basically pre-made a website which we then customized with our own text and images, and played around with the layouts. The coolest part is how easily it integrated in with PayPal automatically. Basically, in about 10 minutes of pointing and clicking, I had a fully functional online store up and running. Awesome.
The pre-canned solution stuff is good for probably 80% of anything anyone needs to get a basic site up and running. They also have a more hands-on SiteBuilder tool which has a bunch more templates which are more customizable. The geek in me wants to redo the site using the more in depth tool, but it might also be more trouble than it’s worth.
For now, check it out: http://www.ElkRidgeQuilts.com
I’ve always been impressed by Yahoo, and this experience only adds to that. I’m always fired up with things Just Work the way they are supposed to. I’m also proud of my mom for starting up her new business. Very exciting for her.
Who’d have thought baby quilts could be so much fun?
1 comment:
Congrats to your mom on her new business. I guess I'll just have to be a little more patient...woe is me! I am truly excited for her.
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