Comments for Indie design & more by Simone Walsh, handmade jewellery maker http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com handmade jewelry, art objects, indie design, shopping, general ponderings ... and more Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Shiny new website! by Nikki http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/2012/01/25/shiny-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-11471 Nikki Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:34:07 +0000 http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/?p=1438#comment-11471 Congrats on the new site!!Love it! I would love to get my own up and running sometime soon! Breathtaking pieces! Keep up the good work! Cheers! Nikki www.etsy.com/shop/trendzjewelrysupply Congrats on the new site!!Love it! I would love to get my own up and running sometime soon! Breathtaking pieces! Keep up the good work!

Cheers!
Nikki
http://www.etsy.com/shop/trendzjewelrysupply

]]> Comment on Shiny new website! by January Gemorie http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/2012/01/25/shiny-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-11455 January Gemorie Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:47:50 +0000 http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/?p=1438#comment-11455 I've seen it, it looks fantastic, now im thinking of finally reformatting my blog. Ha ha.. Im too busy with day job i cant tend my blog :(. By the way the jewelries are so gorgeous. I found lots of necklace with birthstone jewelry accentuating the pendant. Love it. I’ve seen it, it looks fantastic, now im thinking of finally reformatting my blog. Ha ha.. Im too busy with day job i cant tend my blog :( .

By the way the jewelries are so gorgeous. I found lots of necklace with birthstone jewelry accentuating the pendant. Love it.

]]> Comment on Shiny new website! by Simone http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/2012/01/25/shiny-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-11454 Simone Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:43:14 +0000 http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/?p=1438#comment-11454 Hi Anna! Thanks for the feedback. I've now changed the main font colour to black rather than brown and have darkened the link colours. Hi Anna! Thanks for the feedback. I’ve now changed the main font colour to black rather than brown and have darkened the link colours.

]]> Comment on Shiny new website! by AnnaM http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/2012/01/25/shiny-new-website/comment-page-1/#comment-11452 AnnaM Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:01:15 +0000 http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/?p=1438#comment-11452 Hey Simone- congrats on the new website, looks great! the only thing is the colour of the writing (blue and grey) are quite hard to read, even for my young eyes. the red is good but the writing looks washed out (especially at 7am!) Hey Simone- congrats on the new website, looks great! the only thing is the colour of the writing (blue and grey) are quite hard to read, even for my young eyes. the red is good but the writing looks washed out (especially at 7am!)

]]> Comment on Farewell to the US dollar … by Simone http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/2012/01/08/farewell-to-the-us-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-11422 Simone Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:39:52 +0000 http://www.blog.simonewalsh.com/?p=1427#comment-11422 The USD is more universal, so customers around the world are probably a bit more comfortable with it. However, I think customers outside of the US are generally okay with any stable currency and don't see it as a big deal to buy in something different. But I think customers in the US are so used to being able to buy almost anything in their local currency that many are a lot less comfortable with something different. So I've tried to cater to them over the years - and it definitely made sense when most of my business was to customers in the US. These days it makes a lot less sense to be doubling up on the work and costs given there are a lot less of them now. My ideal would be to have a cart that allows customers to pick from a list of major currencies and do their shopping and make their payment in the currency of their choice. Currently that's not an option with my existing shopping cart, but I keep hassling the developers about sorting this out! Anyway, good luck with your new shop! I think selling in USD is a perfectly sensible option particularly to start with and to see where your customers are coming from, especially given the USD and AUD are currently almost at parity. The USD is more universal, so customers around the world are probably a bit more comfortable with it. However, I think customers outside of the US are generally okay with any stable currency and don’t see it as a big deal to buy in something different.

But I think customers in the US are so used to being able to buy almost anything in their local currency that many are a lot less comfortable with something different. So I’ve tried to cater to them over the years – and it definitely made sense when most of my business was to customers in the US. These days it makes a lot less sense to be doubling up on the work and costs given there are a lot less of them now.

My ideal would be to have a cart that allows customers to pick from a list of major currencies and do their shopping and make their payment in the currency of their choice. Currently that’s not an option with my existing shopping cart, but I keep hassling the developers about sorting this out!

Anyway, good luck with your new shop! I think selling in USD is a perfectly sensible option particularly to start with and to see where your customers are coming from, especially given the USD and AUD are currently almost at parity.

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