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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Selling Stock Direct => Topic started by: byman on August 27, 2018, 10:59
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: https://buzzpixelstock.com/
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
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Everything takes an annoyingly long time to load. Apart from that, it looks pretty good. Just wanted to clarify this though...
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients
Are these clients aware you're selling their logo designs?
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Have to agree with SpaceStock, painfully slow load times. Is WP really the right platform do you think? Also, pages are returning with mixed languages. Spanish primarily but I think some Portugese as well. Other than that it looks great with some wonderful work. Lots of luck.
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Everything takes an annoyingly long time to load. Apart from that, it looks pretty good. Just wanted to clarify this though...
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients
Are these clients aware you're selling their logo designs?
Hello,
Thanks for feedback.
The logo design are a non-exclusive license that was sold on 99Designs (also with a non-exclusive license), But I also have the Exclusive License for Logo design (not sold to anyone yet).
I can not afford to resell something that has been sold as exclusive.
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Have to agree with SpaceStock, painfully slow load times. Is WP really the right platform do you think? Also, pages are returning with mixed languages. Spanish primarily but I think some Portugese as well. Other than that it looks great with some wonderful work. Lots of luck.
Hy David,
I chose WordPress because I can customize it as much as it is easier than HTML.
I'll see where the problem is with speed and language.
Thanks.
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To me your site looks good and professional
The only thing is the load time very slow
Good luck Anyway!
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For me it loads fast, not slow.
Also did you purchase theme? Looks good!
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To me your site looks good and professional
The only thing is the load time very slow
Good luck Anyway!
Thanks vectorsforall!
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Also did you purchase theme? Looks good!
Hy MilanStojanovic,
The theme used is from - https://www.cmsaccount.com/ (https://www.cmsaccount.com/)
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: https://buzzpixelstock.com/
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
Just wondering, are they doing well? Is the site visible enough on search engines?
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Terrific platform. Well done! But I look at it and I'm sure my reaction is the same as everyone else's. "Was it worth the effort?" There must have been a massive amount of work putting it together. I also think, while your images/illustrations etc. are very high standard - they're limited in variety in each category. I think your experience will be interesting for all of us. I hope you do well!
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Couple of observations about the site. I get a box at the lower right of my browser window saying "McAfee Secure" and above that another box with two buttons, Decline and Accept. In general, that kind of advertising popup would lead me to close the tab and leave the site alone. I do not want to interact McAfee in any way and there did not appear to be a close window (x in the top corner). I suggest you get rid of things like that.
It may be that the McAfee popup was the cause, but I couldn't type in the search box to try out searches to see how they worked.
I think your prices are low, particularly for vectors and the full size image. Shutterstock's smallest purchase is a 2 image pack for $29 ($14.50 each)
Above all, the big issue with selling from your own site is marketing - how will buyers find you?
The English on your site, both in the FAQ and in the license terms, could use some work. If you are primarily targeting your home market, it's probably not worth spending time on, but if you think there is some potential for attracting buyers who need English, I would. In particular, in the license terms, the paragraph about restrictions (second one in the RF section) is very muddled and doesn't explicitly say that the first sentence is a list of things you cannot do with a standard RF license.
Good luck
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Nice material there but yes very slow page load times. Who is your hosting company and are you on a shared server?
Curious as to why you decided to make your own site...was your material not selling well on the microstock sites you were on?
What microstock site were you on? How long and how many images?
What other platforms or plugins did you research before choosing cmsaccount.com WP plugin?
Definitely suggest all of your focus now be on marketing, no traffic of the correct demographic will mean no sales.
Please keep us posted on progress and good luck;)
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Couple of observations about the site. I get a box at the lower right of my browser window saying "McAfee Secure" and above that another box with two buttons, Decline and Accept. In general, that kind of advertising popup would lead me to close the tab and leave the site alone. I do not want to interact McAfee in any way and there did not appear to be a close window (x in the top corner). I suggest you get rid of things like that.
It may be that the McAfee popup was the cause, but I couldn't type in the search box to try out searches to see how they worked.
I think your prices are low, particularly for vectors and the full size image. Shutterstock's smallest purchase is a 2 image pack for $29 ($14.50 each)
Above all, the big issue with selling from your own site is marketing - how will buyers find you?
The English on your site, both in the FAQ and in the license terms, could use some work. If you are primarily targeting your home market, it's probably not worth spending time on, but if you think there is some potential for attracting buyers who need English, I would. In particular, in the license terms, the paragraph about restrictions (second one in the RF section) is very muddled and doesn't explicitly say that the first sentence is a list of things you cannot do with a standard RF license.
Good luck
Thanks Jo Ann Snover for feedback.
I well try to solve the problems mentioned.
The banner with "Accept - Decline" is for GDPR / cookie which is mandatory from May 25, 2018 if you sell in the EU.
I am in collaboration with a marketing company, I am aware that I have some marketing to go to more clients.
And I will improve English from the description.
Thanks for encouragement. ;)
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Nice material there but yes very slow page load times. Who is your hosting company and are you on a shared server?
Curious as to why you decided to make your own site...was your material not selling well on the microstock sites you were on?
What microstock site were you on? How long and how many images?
What other platforms or plugins did you research before choosing cmsaccount.com WP plugin?
Definitely suggest all of your focus now be on marketing, no traffic of the correct demographic will mean no sales.
Please keep us posted on progress and good luck;)
Hy hooterguy77.
The host is from BlueHost and now is work on the upload speed of the website (I know :( is slow )
I decided to make my own website because we have many logo design and digital files that did not sell at such a real value, and I said to invest in my own site where I sell for Romania and canvas.
I already sell on SS, DR, 123RF, VectorStock for over 5 years , and I have over 2000 vector files and pictures, and now I want to focus only on product / studio pictures.
I chose WP because it's easy to modify but in the moment we grow files and clients I change to another platform.
Thanks for comments, I appreciate.
Regards.
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Good looking website, but indeed far too slow and because of that it's tedious to browse through your collection.
The McAfee box is annoying and frankly unnecessary.
The watermark is too visible, you should lower the opacity.
I once created a personal vector site with CMS Account too, but I didn't do anything about marketing so it wasn't attracting visitors. A nice looking site is not enough, make sure you promote it in any way you can.
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I used bluehost in the past when I had a site selling my images. It was slow then, too, because there are many, many sites crammed onto their server. There are some things you may be able to do to speed it up a little, but if you don’t pay the money for a better hosting plan or dedicated server, you might be stuck. I know I didn’t want to spend the money for a better hosting plan, so I went with the basic plan. It’s a dilemma...you don’t want to spend the money if you aren’t going to make any back, but if you don’t spend the money, the site is difficult for buyers to navigate.
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I used bluehost in the past when I had a site selling my images. It was slow then, too, because there are many, many sites crammed onto their server. There are some things you may be able to do to speed it up a little, but if you don’t pay the money for a better hosting plan or dedicated server, you might be stuck. I know I didn’t want to spend the money for a better hosting plan, so I went with the basic plan. It’s a dilemma...you don’t want to spend the money if you aren’t going to make any back, but if you don’t spend the money, the site is difficult for buyers to navigate.
Better hosting? Like what for example?
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I used bluehost in the past when I had a site selling my images. It was slow then, too, because there are many, many sites crammed onto their server. There are some things you may be able to do to speed it up a little, but if you don’t pay the money for a better hosting plan or dedicated server, you might be stuck. I know I didn’t want to spend the money for a better hosting plan, so I went with the basic plan. It’s a dilemma...you don’t want to spend the money if you aren’t going to make any back, but if you don’t spend the money, the site is difficult for buyers to navigate.
Better hosting? Like what for example?
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https://www.bluehost.com/products (https://www.bluehost.com/products)
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I used bluehost in the past when I had a site selling my images. It was slow then, too, because there are many, many sites crammed onto their server. There are some things you may be able to do to speed it up a little, but if you don’t pay the money for a better hosting plan or dedicated server, you might be stuck. I know I didn’t want to spend the money for a better hosting plan, so I went with the basic plan. It’s a dilemma...you don’t want to spend the money if you aren’t going to make any back, but if you don’t spend the money, the site is difficult for buyers to navigate.
Better hosting? Like what for example?
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https://www.bluehost.com/products (https://www.bluehost.com/products)
Ah updating the blue host plan. I thought you were discrediting them for another company.
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The banner with "Accept - Decline" is for GDPR / cookie which is mandatory from May 25, 2018 if you sell in the EU.
I am familiar with alert boxes about cookies - many sites now have them. But your box from McAfee said nothing about cookies. I just looked today and the McAfee logo is gone, but there's no explanatory text at all! Just a link that says "Learn More" and a Decline/Accept choice.
No one with any wariness about unsafe sites is going to click on a mystery link on the home page. If you preview the URL it's your privacy policy, so say "Read our Privacy Policy" so visitors know what they're clicking on.
You don't want to give people a reason to be wary or to leave before you've shown them your images :)
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Terribly slow and the changing front page is confusing. You should have all three choices on one screen and skip the animation. I tried to look at photos but after a long time closed. Good luck
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Terribly slow and the changing front page is confusing. You should have all three choices on one screen and skip the animation. I tried to look at photos but after a long time closed. Good luck
Hy JAFO ,
Thanks for feedback about slideshow.
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Site looks good! Loads pretty slow for me as well. Are the images compressed and 72ppi?
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: https://buzzpixelstock.com/
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
You did amazing work on your site, very professional!
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: https://buzzpixelstock.com/
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
byman, you are selling well with your web? im trying to do the same, thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
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[ byman, you are selling well with your web? im trying to do the same, thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
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Hy Rosebud7,
At the moment it's hard, I'm not known, the world does not trust, but with good marketing and quality services everything is possible :)
I wish you success if you start.
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[ byman, you are selling well with your web? im trying to do the same, thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
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Hy Rosebud7,
At the moment it's hard, I'm not known, the world does not trust, but with good marketing and quality services everything is possible :)
I wish you success if you start.
thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: [url]https://buzzpixelstock.com/[/url]
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
byman, you are selling well with your web? im trying to do the same, thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
I used Wordpress in the past, have switch to shutterforge, much easier faster. Operated by photographers for photographers. Have a look
http://terrykellyphotography.shutterforge.com/
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I used bluehost in the past when I had a site selling my images. It was slow then, too, because there are many, many sites crammed onto their server. There are some things you may be able to do to speed it up a little, but if you don’t pay the money for a better hosting plan or dedicated server, you might be stuck. I know I didn’t want to spend the money for a better hosting plan, so I went with the basic plan. It’s a dilemma...you don’t want to spend the money if you aren’t going to make any back, but if you don’t spend the money, the site is difficult for buyers to navigate.
Better hosting? Like what for example?
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https://www.bluehost.com/products (https://www.bluehost.com/products)
Ah updating the blue host plan. I thought you were discrediting them for another company.
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Bluehost is like ... premium-budget hosting. lol. Not the best and certainly not the worst.
The site looks good man. I'm glad you answered the question about selling designs though :) Good luck.
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Bluehost is like ... premium-budget hosting. lol. Not the best and certainly not the worst.
The site looks good man. I'm glad you answered the question about selling designs though :) Good luck.
After being a customer for years with multiple sites, Bluehost's parent company tried to sell me on a security package to prevent wordpress hacks. I said no. A couple months later one of my sites went down. Bluehost said it was hacked and they would charge me hundreds of dollars to "fix" it since it would take an engineer a long time to repair. I went in and removed the bad foreign file affecting my site (after a 5 minute google search for that type of attack and a 1 min fix) and it worked just fine after that, but I switched hosts shortly after.
I am not accusing that company of anything, just that it seemed to be a very big coincidence that the exact issue they tried to up-sell me on occurred right after I said no. Plus it was really slow and my sites went down a few times a year. Happy I am done with them.
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Very good design, although a bit slow
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Bluehost is like ... premium-budget hosting. lol. Not the best and certainly not the worst.
The site looks good man. I'm glad you answered the question about selling designs though :) Good luck.
After being a customer for years with multiple sites, Bluehost's parent company tried to sell me on a security package to prevent wordpress hacks. I said no. A couple months later one of my sites went down. Bluehost said it was hacked and they would charge me hundreds of dollars to "fix" it since it would take an engineer a long time to repair. I went in and removed the bad foreign file affecting my site (after a 5 minute google search for that type of attack and a 1 min fix) and it worked just fine after that, but I switched hosts shortly after.
I am not accusing that company of anything, just that it seemed to be a very big coincidence that the exact issue they tried to up-sell me on occurred right after I said no. Plus it was really slow and my sites went down a few times a year. Happy I am done with them.
You switched to which?
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You switched to which?
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I switched to Dallas' new offering (bestwebsiteandhosting dot com). I didn't say because I didn't want to seem biased in the discussion :) Been there 3 months now I think, so far so good. I am very slowly rebuilding my stock site (photominingstock dot com) but I have had little opportunity recently. Only a thousand or so images up and the site needs a tonne of finishing.
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This is who I use, reliable, up most of the time, 24hr support and they have actually resolved any problems including some I created. https://www.gate.com/ (https://www.gate.com/)
I'm running my own sites and a restaurant site I manage with them.
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how will you "work on the speed" of site?
Bluehost speed will only change if you upgrade/pay more for a private server or did they tell you anything they can do to help speed on your shared server hosting?
Of course you can always try to optimize your WP site images, design, plugins etc.
If you build all in WP now and want to move to another platform later that is gonna be just like starting a whole new site all over again with all the same work. Do you have a platform in mind that can convert all your WP work easily?
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how will you "work on the speed" of site?
Bluehost speed will only change if you upgrade/pay more for a private server or did they tell you anything they can do to help speed on your shared server hosting?
Of course you can always try to optimize your WP site images, design, plugins etc.
If you build all in WP now and want to move to another platform later that is gonna be just like starting a whole new site all over again with all the same work. Do you have a platform in mind that can convert all your WP work easily?
Hy shooterguy77,
I'm working with a web site optimization firm, I'm waiting to see the results :) .
I'm not thinking in the future with what platform I'm going to implement, I'm exploring the market with WordPress and when I hit my targets, I'll probably change the platform.
Thanks.
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Thanks for the reply. If you have a good experience with the optimization firm and can share the before and after Speedtest data please share here because it's not easy to find a good firm that delivers good results. I've tried a few with minimal success. Thnx:)
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Hi byman!
Nice work on the site.
Curious to know what your expenses have been setting up the store and running it on a monthly basis. If you are willing to share that.
Very best,
Jacob
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your site looks ok and your photos are ok, congrats and good sales ;)
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Hi byman!
Nice work on the site.
Curious to know what your expenses have been setting up the store and running it on a monthly basis. If you are willing to share that.
Very best,
Jacob
Hy jacoblund,
The estimated cost for the store is over 1000$ and I still have to pay for speed performance and marketing, Is so were small costs because I personally dealt with it (settings, edits, etc) and long time (we better pay a specialized company to handle everything).
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Thanks moravaldes for greetings :)
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Helo,
After several years of freelancer and sales on microstock sites, I said to put all my work on a platform and sell my works. Just my work, no collaborations or affiliates.
The website is: [url]https://buzzpixelstock.com/[/url] ([url]https://buzzpixelstock.com/[/url])
I want to sell some of the design logo I've made for different clients, plus digital files under the Royalty Free license. And for Romania country I can deliver Canvas prints.
The website is made with WordPress plugin from cmsaccount.com
I would like your opinion on the website, I still have some changes, but I think it's 95% ready, what do you say?
Thank you in advance for advice.
Sorry for my english.
byman, you are selling well with your web? im trying to do the same, thanks!
Rosebud with videolove
I used Wordpress in the past, have switch to shutterforge, much easier faster. Operated by photographers for photographers. Have a look
[url]http://terrykellyphotography.shutterforge.com/[/url] ([url]http://terrykellyphotography.shutterforge.com/[/url])
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Nice looking site, loads fast, good straight forward layout, easy to navigate. Since you have an account, how is it from your side for managing and uploading your work?
Am I correct, limited to selling prints/products?
If I see that right, Shutterforge takes a percentage, it's a POD site? I didn't go far enough or didn't find it. How much do they take off the top of each sale?
The estimated cost for the store is over 1000$ and I still have to pay for speed performance and marketing, Is so were small costs because I personally dealt with it (settings, edits, etc) and long time (we better pay a specialized company to handle everything).
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Thanks moravaldes for greetings :)
A month? HOLY COW!
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byman,
Have you sold anything yet?
I used CMSaccount stand-alone script lite version starting in January 2018. I still don't have a single sale yet. I have over 1,000 images and vectors. I spent a bit of Google Ads and Facebook ads, but still no sale.
When I used to use Symbiostock, I've had a few sales even with minimal marketing. I did not use Google ads nor Facebook ads.
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byman,
Have you sold anything yet?
I used CMSaccount stand-alone script lite version starting in January 2018. I still don't have a single sale yet. I have over 1,000 images and vectors. I spent a bit of Google Ads and Facebook ads, but still no sale.
When I used to use Symbiostock, I've had a few sales even with minimal marketing. I did not use Google ads nor Facebook ads.
Hi Jeffrey,
For now there are many who come, look, log on the site, but sell digital files, not yet.
I sold prints. It's hard at first, you have to give that confidence to buy from a new site.... but hope dies last :)
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Nice website, I wish you success in sales.
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hi byman, do you use woocommerce or something?
Rosebud with videolove
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hi byman, do you use woocommerce or something?
Rosebud with videolove
Hi Rosebud7.
Is a script from : https://www.cmsaccount.com/ (https://www.cmsaccount.com/)
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hi byman, do you use woocommerce or something?
Rosebud with videolove
Hi Rosebud7.
Is a script from : https://www.cmsaccount.com/ (https://www.cmsaccount.com/)
and its working fine? thanks byman!
Rosebud with videolove
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hi byman, do you use woocommerce or something?
Rosebud with videolove
Hi Rosebud7.
Is a script from : https://www.cmsaccount.com/ (https://www.cmsaccount.com/)
and its working fine? thanks byman!
Rosebud with videolove
Hi,
Is work fine, is simple to set up, is structured on modules.
They also have the free version with fewer options, so you can make an idea.
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hi byman, do you use woocommerce or something?
Rosebud with videolove
Hi Rosebud7.
Is a script from : https://www.cmsaccount.com/ (https://www.cmsaccount.com/)
and its working fine? thanks byman!
Rosebud with videolove
Hi,
Is work fine, is simple to set up, is structured on modules.
They also have the free version with fewer options, so you can make an idea.
thanks
Rosebud with videolove
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Site looks really great, however I did only one keyword search for dance and I got cinnamon sticks, a guitar fretboard, road signs and a blurry nightclub. The last one likely has someone dancing in it. ;)
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I am too busy read previous content, so up to date feedback:
Site is fast. Nice clean design. But one important thing is missing: what type of licence I should buy?
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I am too busy read previous content, so up to date feedback:
Site is fast. Nice clean design. But one important thing is missing: what type of licence I should buy?
Hi GrayMouse,
Thanks for feedback , I changed the license page to make it more friendly.