A peek into next week
We are now in the testing phase and plan to have this in action within a few days. What you see above has a white background because it is easier for our programer to work with, it will look just like the rest of the site when complete.
It is awesome, shows the color of the actual items you are ordering with a short description and links back to their page. Plus you can see your running total at the bottom, select from our actual live inventory (this will greatly reduce your chances of ordering something we are fresh out of) and pay with Paypal right there without having to write us & wait for a paypal request. Of course you can still pay with your credit card or checking account just like you can now. Unless you are not in the US, in that case we will be requiring you to pay with paypal. I know this will seem like an inconvenience to some, but is much safer for us in the longrun. One cool thing for international orderers who do use Paypal is the shipping will be calculated in the process, no more waiting for us to weigh it and notify you of your actual total.
Gift cards will also be available with this update. more on that later…
There will be many more features added in spring,
don’t worry, we’ve been keeping track of your requests ~:)
October 31st, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Woo hoo! Sounds like a lot of work finally coming together at once!
October 31st, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Yay! Fancy shopping cart and gift certificates! I was *just* wondering about gift certificates today…. Wonderful!
October 31st, 2006 at 8:14 pm
It looks wonderful!! How exciting!! :O)
November 1st, 2006 at 12:14 am
Actually, it says “Unless you are not in the US, in that case we will be requiring you to pay with paypal.” So it sounds like there WILL be a problem. But I’m guessing there will also be a way around it =)
November 1st, 2006 at 8:35 am
oh YAY! My mom will be thrilled that you now have gift cards! & me too as I can buy more socks! teehee! The new cart looks fabulous. I love watching your business grow. :)))) You’re such a very inspiring entrepreneur!
November 1st, 2006 at 9:36 am
Ah, I’m excited about paypal, because I previously decided that all my proceeds from my jewelry sales would go towards my sock-love. I can just spend straight out of my paypal account now! Also, huzzah for giftcards. No more making rediculously long lists of socks for my friends and family to buy me for christmas and birthdays (funny, most people frown on receiving socks as gifts XD.) Now they can just buy a giftcard and I can do my own shopping ^-^;
November 1st, 2006 at 2:48 pm
PayPal is problematic for a lot of people, which is why Google is working on Google Checkout. PayPal doesn’t really have any competition these days so they’re free to suck as much as they please, but that’ll be different soon, I hope.
November 1st, 2006 at 4:08 pm
it looks lovely, ‘kita!!! can’t wait to see it in action! :D well done, livvy et al!
November 1st, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Yes, we are totally going to be adding google check out next year. And, like I said, only international orderers will be required to pay via paypal. The risks of sending orders to other countries is just too great and paypal is one of the ways we can prevent fraudulent orders (we get much better verification on US cardholders).
November 1st, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Gift cards?!?! *Swoons*
November 2nd, 2006 at 8:19 pm
You could take the blue sheer stripes and put them over whites :O)
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:04 am
sierra: white and pale blue? there are white knees that are striped with “sky”.
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:04 pm
The striped over the knees come in white with baby blue, I have them in the baby pink as well as a few other combos with the black and love them. http://www.sock-dreams.com/_shop/pages/socks_detail_ProductID_170.php