t-shirtlinks.com & AOL

t-shirtlinks.com have sent several visitors my way today. Their site records 37 hits and currently has the link listed second from the top under animal shirts. I expect that will drop as the listing ages? Something to keep an eye on.

Saw the first visitor from aol today. Came from the search term 'dutch rabbits', which is quite general but the description in the listings is good:

Dutch Rabbits Design themes aimed at the dutch rabbit owner (or lover). Do you love dutch rabbits? Let the world know with these cool designs. ...

New Descriptions

I've been adding descriptions to the products, hopefully good for search engines as well as visitors:

Don't be shy, let the world know you love lop rabbits! This lop-eared bunny tee is perfect for rabbit lovers. Give as a gift or get one for yourself.

This lop-eared bunny bag is the perfect gift for any rabbit owner. Just what you need to take shopping with you when your buying your rabbit supplies.

This cute little Netherland Dwarf bunny tshirt is the perfect gift for any rabbit owner. Or maybe you'd like one for yourself?

Mixed in different terms such as rabbit,bunny,breed name, tshirt and gift. These description's go along side the product names which adds a few more keywords.

Still more descriptions to add, particularly custom ones for products that aren't tshirts.

Cre8tasite

Just posted in the hospital at Cre8asite. If you haven't visited them before, do soon. It's an excellent site and I'm sure I'll get some great advice.

New Stats & Google

I just installed the free (invisable) counter from statcounter.com it provides a nice run down of different information. It only logs 100 records but shows search terms, entry pages, visitor paths etc.

It shows google has picked me up with hits from google.com, google.co.uk and google.ca

T-Shirt Directories

Wow, there are actually sites/directorys purely for t-shirt designs! Could be handy... so I've submitted to:

tshirtlinks.com
t-shirt-directory.com
t-shirtcountdown.com

Tam

First Search Visitor

My first visitor from a search engine came today! From MSN and for "rabbit breeds". A quick look shows me 7th. Perhaps my visitors will increase now.

My stats for the weekend show no more than half a dozen visitors per day!

Affiliate

Cafepress' affiliate scheme is a little confusing. I think I've got the hang of it though. I've started with a banner encouraging people to upload their own design/photo for those who find having a picture of their own rabbit appealing.

Adsense

200 odd impressions and no click throughs... hasn't done anything to help my total. Either I'm not getting enough visitors (some of those impressions will be me making changes) or the ads are wrong. Might give it another couple of days whilst I research some other possible options.

Shop Page Header

I've finally got around to adding a custom header to the store. Nothing to fancy, just added a background colour - selected one of the template colours and adjusted it slightly. I've also added two image links:

This one links to my email address and will hopefully encourage some feedback and possibly more sales if people request a design they want and go ont o buy. I'm not sure whether 'suggest a design' or 'request a design' is better... might need to experiment with that.

The other link goes to the shipping information and highlights international shipping - hopefully this will help me gain some customers in the UK.

Setting Prices

I've changed my mark up from $2.00 to $2.50. What was the point in that. I've sold 5 items and only made $10 (£5). That's not bad but it will take an awful lot of sales to make any sort of cash.

It might seem a bit pointless to just add a few cents (pennies) but they can soon add up to pounds when multiplied by a lot of purchases.

I'm stil unsure about prices - dealing in dollars isn't helping... I need to do some research into what prices are considered good in the states and how mine compare.

Current Total: $10

Update

I've been busy with other projects. Time for a quick update though...

2 more items sold bringing my total up to $8 (enough to pay for another month on the premium shop). Both were the lop design - seems popular that one. Maybe I should add some variations.

Adsense... not one click through.

Google... hasn't picked up the cafepress store link yet. Maybe I should set up a page on my domain name and use that as a front page for the store? Maybe I'm just not being patient enough.

Had a brain storming session with my sister and came up with some slogans. Some that might appeal to a more general audience rather than just rabbit lovers.