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Do you have a great suggestion on how to make iCraftGifts.com even better? Or an idea for a feature or function you'd love the site to have? Let us know! Give us a shout at Feedback@iCraftGifts.com - we appreciate your comments!  

[CurlySue]

Hi Admin!

I joined up today and am really excited about the opportunity, the site looks great and I cant wait to see what will happen when it is launched!

I just have a couple of suggestions/queries for you..

1) Seller stats - I saw mention somewhere regarding views, where will we be able to see this information and will we be able to have any other kind of stats available to us? Ie where is traffic coming from to our store, what time is the most traffic coming in etc etc. This would help sellers with the best time to list and what promotional areas are working the best for us


2) Will it ever be possible to put our whole store on hold? I would imagine there are several of us that do craft shows and it would be very time consuming to go through and put each individual item on hold (I plan to have a LOT lol!) when we are at a show so we dont double sell.

3) When replacementing for items, the currency automatically defaults to CAD. If a potential buyer misses this as an option to change (as I did when I went looking for my things) anyone NOT selling in CAD will miss out on opportunites. Is it possible for the default to be 'any currency'??

Thanks, sorry to be such a bossy boots on my first day but just a few things I thought of off the top of my head!

Carla - Curlysue

[iCraft Updates]

Hi Carla!
Thanks for joining! It's great to have you on board. Wonderful questions. Here are some answers that hopefully shed some light on what we're planning.
 
1) Seller Stats
Yes. In the coming months, we plan to have a "dashboard" feature which will allow each Creator to have visibility to their "Exhibit" page statistics. We're looking into which options are available for us, but here some of the stats we plan on investigating having:
- number of members and guests who view your products (we'll show who is online at the moment too)
- products which are most-clicked / viewed
- full site transaction information (sales history, etc.)

The two statistics below may be a little harder to gather, but we're looking into it:
- total time spent on "Exhibit" page(s)
- activity on page(s) per hour (i.e. daily activity)
The only information we can provide at this point on where your "Exhibit" traffic is coming from is within the site. We're investigating if it's possible to get traffic information when it comes externally from iCraftGifts.com. We'll keep everyone posted on this.

 
2) Store Holds
Great suggestion! This is something we're looking into, and plan to develop. We're thinking it would be great to be able to put the store "on hold" but still have your page(s) present with a "be right back" type message that each Creator can customize. That way, if people have your page bookmarked, they can see that you're still active, just away at a show, festival, etc. It would be the responsibility of each Creator to update their "on hold" message. Please note that we don't count "On Hold" products when we charge the subscription fee. And since your Creator Exhibit page will be "on Hold", all your products will be "On Hold" and will be removed from the site ("removed" in the sense people can't see it - you will be the only one who can).
 

3) Currency
Thanks for the catch. Yes, we will change the default currency on the "Browse Products" page to be "Any".

Once again, thanks for the feedback! If you have any other questions or comments, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

[iCraft Updates]

Quick Update - When browsing products, the default currency is now "ANY". Thanks for the great suggestion CurlySue!!  

[Femmedetails]

Hi Admin,

I have placed a banner (done by me) with the logo of icarft.ca and with the link to my virtual shop, in my blog www.femmedetails.com, you can check it.
I suggest to that you could provide this tools (image / code html) so that the creators can advertise.

Emma

[iCraft Updates]

Hi Emma,
Your page looks great, as does the iCraftGifts.com banner you made. This is a fantastic suggestion! Thank you. We will definitely look into it, and keep the community posted as to when it could be ready.
Thanks again!  

[iCraft Updates]

Good News Everyone!

Emma, your suggestion was a great one, and we have now introduced a "Resource Room" with banners / images Creators can use for promotional purposes. We will add more as time goes on. Have a peak, and let us know your thoughts!

https://icraftgifts.com/banners-widgets.php

Thanks everyone, and happy crafting!!

[flower323]

First of all, I'd suggest to provide a link or a button back from an artist's page. Then, it would be better I think to sort artist's list by location considering not a city, but a country, then state/province, and then a city. It would be great to paginate creator's list and provide replacement, at least by media. That's just the first look... Oh, forgot! Signature for posts! :oops:

[iCraft Updates]

Thanks for the suggestions Zoya! We're looking into these.
We'll keep everyone posted...
Thanks again!

[iCraft Updates]

Hi Admin!

I joined up today and am really excited about the opportunity, the site looks great and I cant wait to see what will happen when it is launched!

I just have a couple of suggestions/queries for you..

1) Seller stats - I saw mention somewhere regarding views, where will we be able to see this information and will we be able to have any other kind of stats available to us? Ie where is traffic coming from to our store, what time is the most traffic coming in etc etc. This would help sellers with the best time to list and what promotional areas are working the best for us


2) Will it ever be possible to put our whole store on hold? I would imagine there are several of us that do craft shows and it would be very time consuming to go through and put each individual item on hold (I plan to have a LOT lol!) when we are at a show so we dont double sell.

Hi There!

Quick update to let you know we have added these features you suggested - You can read more about them through the links:

Unique Page Views:
https://icraftgifts.com/forum/51/unique-page-views-and-amp-resource-room/

Creator Exhibit "On Hold" Status:
https://icraftgifts.com/forum/52/and-quoton-hold-and-quot-feature-for-creator-exhibits/

Keep those great ideas coming!
Thanks!

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First of all, I'd suggest to provide a link or a button back from an artist's page. Then, it would be better I think to sort artist's list by location considering not a city, but a country, then state/province, and then a city. It would be great to paginate creator's list and provide replacement, at least by media. That's just the first look... Oh, forgot! Signature for posts! :oops:

Hi Zoya,
Just a quick update to let you know that pagination on the Creator List page (https://icraftgifts.com/profiles.php) has been added. Filters by geographic location, signatures for posts, etc. will be added soon. Thanks for the great ideas, and keep them coming!

[flower323]

Hi Zoya,
Just a quick update to let you know that pagination on the Creator List page (https://icraftgifts.com/profiles.php) has been added. Filters by geographic location, signatures for posts, etc. will be added soon. Thanks for the great ideas, and keep them coming!

Thanks! And some more:
1. Thumbnails are cut off at the bottom (should be fixed);
2. Return Policy - I'd add "Store Credit" option;
3. Payment Methods - I'd add "Credit Cards" (I don't accept PayPal, but accept a lot of credit cards in my store)

Thank you!
Zoya
http://mylovelybeads.com

[iCraft Admin]

1. Thumbnails are cut off at the bottom (should be fixed);
2. Return Policy - I'd add "Store Credit" option;
3. Payment Methods - I'd add "Credit Cards" (I don't accept PayPal, but accept a lot of credit cards in my store)

Hi Zoya,

Thanks for great suggestions! Please see my comments below.

1. Thumbnails
Since product images come in all shapes and sizes, we had to find a way to standardize how we display them on the page. For consistency, all product images are automatically resized and cropped at the bottom for rectangular thumbnails. Unfortunately, there is no way around it, other than cutting them off from the center.

2. "Store Credit" option
Yes, great idea, we'll definitely add that.

3. Payments with Credit Cards
Unfortunately, we can't process credit cards on your behalf. Financial Institutions simply don’t allow that, as it’s considered a high risk transaction.

The only way for your customers to pay you with their credit card is by using PayPal. To accept all payment types, including credit cards through PayPal, you are required to register for a Business PayPal Account. https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run
It is a preferred online payment method and it's free. Your buyers will not be required to register for PayPal in order to pay you with their Credit Card.

As I understand, you don't really like PayPal and you already have your own store where you accept payments with credit cards. In your case, you should probably use our "Buy Direct" feature. In fact, that's the reason why we introduced it on our site - so people like yourself, could list products with us, but collect payments on their own eCommerce sites. Read more about this new feature here #page has been deleted#
Hope this helps.

iCraftGifts.com Admin

[flower323]

1. Thumbnails
Since product images come in all shapes and sizes, we had to find a way to standardize how we display them on the page. For consistency, all product images are automatically resized and cropped at the bottom for rectangular thumbnails. Unfortunately, there is no way around it, other than cutting them off from the center.

My images are 600x600, they are rectangular. If you resize images proportionally, there is no need to crop them. It appears, that you do something wrong with resizing. The width of thumbnails is 165px, so the height should be also 165px, but it is much less! thumbnails are not rectangular! It should be fixed.

3. Payments with Credit Cards
As I understand, you don't really like PayPal and you already have your own store where you accept payments with credit cards. In your case, you should probably use our "Buy Direct" feature. In fact, that's the reason why we introduced it on our site - so people like yourself, could list products with us, but collect payments on their own eCommerce sites. Read more about this new feature here #page has been deleted#
Hope this helps.
iCraftGifts.com Admin

I use "Buy Direct" feature, but what do I have to do with payment options on this site when creating my profile? Leave it blank? That's not right. Before going to my site a customer is supposed to know my payment options. Am I right?

Some more suggestions:

1. Subcategory "Necklaces, chokers" - but chockers are also necklaces,  the shortest ones!

2. The serach result order is random (probably items are ordered by date), that's very strange. And there is no ability to reorder replacement results! Customers have to have this option, I think.

Zoya
http://mylovelybeads.com

[MaddyLane]

Hello all crafters... I'm Maddylane,...I just joined today...what an exciting site, can't wait to start selling my one-of-a-kind creations. Home decorative items that I have made exclusively for my decor columns. I'm a designer and decor columnist. I make and write make-it-yourself decor articles for newspapers across Canada...if you need a few inspirations, please feel free to visit my site www.miycreations.com
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