o2b Quilting Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Definitely not the experience I have had although I do not sell or take payments through the website. So sorry to hear you are not happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njquiltergirl Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I looked into a few website companies and found the pricing to be the same...and they keep control of all the updates or changes. I decided word of mouth will be my only advertising. Sorry you are having these frustrations. Sorry I have no help for you Connie. You were sooo helpful to me when shop-hopping in Va Beach! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn Heilman Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Connie, call Dan Purcell at Websites for Quilters. He is the owner and he will help you get it straightened out. I have been a customer for 5 years and at times it can be frustrating, but Dan always gets things back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 When I spoke with them last month or the month before, I, too, was under the impression that they would design the layout of the front page and that I could add links and other pages as desired. I'm not surprised you are confused, I am now, too! They call me every once in a while to see if I am ready to build a site but I'm not ready yet. Please let us know how it goes for you with them! I have been tossing around the idea of using http://www.merchantmoms.com/ as a host and using one of their recommended "artists" that make web templates. http://www.merchantmoms.com/preferred-designers/ Merchant moms hosts for $15 a month and it includes a shopping cart. Some of their designers have templates for $15 to $30 (nice, nothing fancy) which is so much more affordable than $1300 so that's why I've been holding off with Websites for Quilters. Plus they (Websites for Quilters) are "related" to Superior Threads and I really like Superior Threads so I didn't want to mix the two business-wise. Not sure if this makes sense but it does to me. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Just a suggestion if you decide to look for another website designer/host http://www.gloderworks.com/portfolio.php No affiliation, but I did manage our guild website for several years, and Gloderworks the web designer was wonderful to work with. You might recognize some to the clients listed in the Portfolio section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yipes! I did my own site and have it hosted on WebHostingPad.com. It's not a real elaborate site, but I have total control and can edit whenever I want, add whatever I want. The only problem I have had is that the last time I edited, I ended up getting a lot of spam in my default email account. Still not sure how to fix that. I pay $15/year for my domain name from NameSecure.com, and $2/month for hosting on the WebHostingPad server. I cannot even imagine incurring that amount of expense and then having no control over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Thanks for listening. Dan emailed me and I have a call waiting for me at home. It looks like they are concerned and want to straighten this out. I'm currently at work so I will call later, there's a 2 hour time difference (can't access my beta site here at work). I went with Website for Quilters because I didn't have time to get my site formated. Lot's of people praised the company so I went with it, plus I looked at a lot of sites they set-up and really liked them. I'm probably not guiltless (understanding the dashboard) in this issue either. However, I am frustrated and you all listen and give me encouragement. I'll let you know how this goes but it looks encourageing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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