#B2CTweet eCommerce for Bloggers Intro--------------- Featuring: --------------- --------------- Your Host --------------- --------------- The Chat: --------------- Welcome to another Chat, at our normal 3pm EDT slot every Wednesday. During our 3p EDT Chat hour we will be introduction to eCommerce for bloggers. RT : Welcome to another Chat, at our normal 3pm EDT slot every Wednesday. RT : Welcome to another Chat, at our normal 3pm EDT slot every Wednesday. Sorry I'm late. My sites were down due to expired CC date. Had to update info. Oops .. rookie mistake. ;) It's ok. I believe there is no such thing as "late." :) So sorry about the CC problems! Q1 Do you collect money (or want to) on your blog/site? (i.e. PayPal buttons) Kind of ironic w/ today's topic of eCommerce for Bloggers. Or perhaps, it's very apropos. ;) A1 I collect money on some of my blogs, but not all. I'm going to change that :) RT : Q1 Do you collect money (or want to) on your blog/site? (i.e. PayPal buttons) //thought about it, but decided not to A1 When I had my CPA firm I was interested in pursuing online payment as an option, but not as much w/ my consulting work. A friend of mine, successfully implemented ecommerce on her blog/art site, showing that the two can go together Q2 What is most important to you in a payment option on your site? Cost? Design? ecommerce, to me, means something different than it does today. I come from the days before PayPal, where you had to do it urself But, then, I am a coder, so I actually worked on the code for my own shopping cart system. Now, we have PayPal and other options Do you find, that with your consulting, it is more of an online advertising, than a site for ordering? That's what it's becoming. Originally, I wanted to create a resource center for clients, but along the way that mission expanded. A2 Cost & Design 4 important, but I think time savings is most important to me. I tire of logging into PayPal to create buttons MT : Originally, I wanted to create a resource center for clients, but along the way that mission expanded. Q3 Do bloggers need robust payment solutions? Why or why not? A2: Security for my clients, then ease of use. Of course, cost is always a concern. It's just a distant 3rd for me. A1 I think it depends on what they are doing. Many that have robust systems, have a blog. Does it go the other way? A3 Depends on the volume & types of transactions. Heavy volume would need a robust solution. Oh definitely! Thnx! I remember the days that owners would have cc on secure site, and then email..not secure I recently threw together a quick PayPal Buy Now button to promote a brand new product I have.. silk scarves..! It was stories like that which made me decide not to accept online payments for my CPA firm 8 years ago. Q4 What payment processing, merchant solutions are there for bloggers? PayPal is example. "Threw together" makes it sound pretty easy. Was it? Are you glad you added the PayPal button to your site? Great to see you! You had a shopping cart system before that. Are you going to still use that one? Yeah. The problem was that I don't believe owners *knew* what they were doing. That's when I became an SSL expert So much has changed in the realm of online payment in 8 years. What solutions do you recommend now? The shopping cart system I have currently no longer supports all my needs, so we are doing a gradual upgrade. What shopping cart system have you decided to use, in your upgrade? In the meantime, I was able to do a quick PayPal Buy Now button with my level of tech expertise lol! I actually prefer PayPal. The costs of the standard merchant account, and the time involved reduce the ROI. PayPal gives a better ROI when you balance, cost, time, resources, and management. May not be for everyone. That is so cool. And, BTW - I'm very impressed that you did it yourself! Haha, I had done it once or twice before, so that helped. It really is laid out step by step on Merchant Services. There are so many cool plugins that help users add PayPal buttons. My favorite is 's CashDonator Also, I just added the PayPal button to a blog post, not to a tab. So it's a temporary resource that comes in handy. Ah, thnx :) You have been a great help to me in getting some Twitter stuff coordinated with Hootsuite & Facebook! lol .. I figured "thrown together" was based on some solid experience behind it. ;) That's an interesting approach. It only shows up where you want it, but not on every page of your blog. I like that. We were using something Google related (I think!), but my web experts have found something that will work better. Join us on a special chat next Thu 3p EDT talking about 's CashDonator plugin. Watch for hashtag. PayPal is a known player now. I've never experienced any issues w/ purchasing from a site with them. Good security. Better than Google? Sorry, , but that just hit my funny bone! ROFL Exactly. I used to worry, but when I see a PayPal, I know the money is going through them... My web team is taking care of that, so I forgot..! The beauty of delegation ;D RT : Better than Google? Sorry, , but that just hit my funny bone! ROFL //playing w/ fire ;) True. Ok, . I apologize. I am at least, 45% sorry :) RT : My web team is taking care of that, so I forgot..! The beauty of delegation ;D Missed the chat? Stay tuned for Tweets letting your know the archive/summary is ready. MT : Join us on a special chat next Thu 3p EDT talking about s CashDonator plugin. //That'll be a good chat Watch the hash tag for announcements of the Social Web Cafe Premium Twitter Chats coming back.. just in time for holiday LOL! I do enjoy a lot of Google products, but in the art gallery world, there may be other needs ;D Yes, I am really excited since I LOVE the plugin (not getting paid to say that, btw). I'll tweet u the Thank you and ! Have a great day! All compliments accepted! But seriously, I was so excited to get my silk scarf offer out there that day..! RT : Thank you and ! Have a great day! // My pleasure. See you next week! RT : Thank you and ! Have a great day! (Great learning experience with Twitter Chat too!) Thank you for joining us for this week's Twitter Chat.
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