My eCrater Business

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WhiteOak Art Designs eCrater Business

Just like millions of other people who are trying to utilize the web to promote their on-line business; I wanted to add a few things that have helped me along my way.

I have been on this journey since September 2007. One of the hardest things to do is offer products at reasonable price because shipping is horrible! So the only way to draw attention to your sites is to link it every where you can think of plus more. After a while when your businesss has a good rank in the search engines, you can begin to be a little more picky where you link it.

I have always believed that the Universe is big enough for everyone to have abundance! So it does not matter if there are a million other people selling the same thing as you, it is just a matter of you being found.

I had to learn how to do everything on my own, how to design my web page, how to set up web store fronts, promoting my business, basically everything. I link everywhere I can, I have joined so many groups, that I have lost count. I have listened to other peoples suggestions and made many changes according to those suggestions. But then something very exciting-I found Squidoo and I found eCrater.

Finding Squidoo has enabled me to put my web page and product information out there in a very unique way. Squidoo has also taught me more about the importence of using tags, which I never thought that much about. I am not sure how long I have been a member here on Squidoo, but it has not been that long at all.

When I found eCrater it was the same thing, what a wonderful tool to build an online store front. The link is: WhiteOak eCrater Store.

At eCrater, I am able to list all of the herbs that I sell with photos, my customers can pay using Google or Paypal Checkout and it figures the shipping price and all you have to do is enter the weight.

As much as I love Squidoo, making 73 different individual Lens for my herbs would be a bit much. Did I forget to mention the Best Thing is eCrater is FREE! It has a Great appearance and the tools are easy to use. The only fee you have at eCrater is the fee from Paypal or Google.

How do you know when enough is enough when it comes to storefronts or linking to different search engines, groups, etc, etc? Well, I am not able to answer that question because I am still promoting my businesses.

I am going to list several places that are wonderful tools. If none of these things are new to you, I am sorry, perhaps you can make some more suggestions (smiles), for those of you that are new to this, please take advantage of everything you can to promote your business.

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WhiteOak's Soy Candles 

I have been doing a lot of research lately on eco-friendly candles and wanted to make them. In the process, I decided to open up a new eCrater Storefront totally devoted to these candles. Since I am just opening up this shop, I do not have an abundance amount of different scents, but what I do have I really like. All of the candles come in a traveling 4 oz. tin and are all hand poured.

I hope you get a chance to visit it, the link is: WhiteOak's Soy Candles

What is the difference between soy wax candles, palm wax and parrafin?

Soy wax comes from a vegetable wax made from the oil of soybeans. After harvesting, the beans are cleaned, cracked, de-hulled, and rolled into flakes. The oil is then extracted from the flakes and hydrogenated. The U.S. grows the vast majority of the world's soy beans, primarily in Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. Soy wax is eco-friendly, slow burning and holds scent beautifully.

Palm Wax is grown on trees and picked rather that sown in a field and harvested, requiring much less energy and labor. And the palm kernel has one of the highest oil contents of any plant, so a lot of wax can be grown in a small amount of space. The company I purchase this wax from deals with a company that does not contribute to deforestation.

WhiteOak's Soy Candles 

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Don't Forget.... 

If you have an eCrater storefront, be sure to list it here: eCrater Mall

Gearing up for the Holidays!!

The holidays are approaching very fast. Next month we will kick it off with Halloween! The next big holiday will be Christmas!

I finally finished my first eCrater Newsletter and have posted some sale items and specials I am running. I believe with today's recession, everyone of us are looking for deals and ways to save money.

Stop by and take a look around at my eCrater store, I am always adding new products.

Amazon is a good place to get some information... 

promoting your business takes time...lots of time.

Links of interest during my own journey! 

Storefronts, payments methods, free webpages

My eCrater Storefront
In this storefront, I have all of the herbs listed out with magickal properties and folk-lore properties.
MerchantCircle
This link is great way to generate coupons, connect with local business, build your business.
Free Webpage
I found Webstarts and used them to build my first business web page. I ended up purchasing my domain name, they have pretty reasonable prices.
PayPal
Set up an account with Paypal, and your customers will have a choice of how they want to pay you for your products.
My Squidoo Group
I want to connect with others in this group to promote your online business that is spiritual based.
Google Checkout
Another options for customers who can choose how they want to pay you for your products.
BigCartel
I am not familiar with their terms or anything, but I found it during one of my searches.
Rightcart
I am not familiar with their terms or anything, but I found it during one my searches.
Wosbee
I am not familiar with their terms or anything, but I found it during one of searches.
eCrater
The link I have above is my storefront. This is the link you can go to so you can open your own.
Ebay
Store Front..I have never sold anything from there, but I have may purchases.
Zazzle
A place where I can sell my artwork on different products!
BuyIt SellIt
A storefront similar to eCrater
RedBubble
Similar to Zazzle
Plumdrop
A place to link all of your storefronts

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My favorite quote:

"Life is filled with magick, if we allow our eyes to see it!"

~WhiteOak~

The Most Important Thing-

Through my art I can express myself of things that I would normally keep locked inside. Art seems to be very therapeutic for me and I have found that many artist feel the same way. If I ever wanted to be something other then what I am it would be an Art Teacher working with people to help them express things they keep bottled up by doing art.

Gem Necklaces At My eCrater Store 

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Herbs At My eCrater Store 

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Other Items At My eCrater Store 

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Powdered Herbs At My eCrater 

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Anointing Oils At My eCrater 

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A little More about me 

Lensmaster WhiteOak50 has been a member since February 3 2008, has rated 1,410 lenses, favorited 969, and has created 120 lenses from scratch. WhiteOak Thomas donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund and Humane Society of the United States. This member's top-ranked page is "Letters to Santa Claus". See all my lenses

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