speaking of piles of CU did you see that sugar hill is on sale 75% today only ------------- Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
Well, since you asked, I'll share who I shop with. I am sure I'll get smacked for it, but I don't care. I buy what I like and can afford. I usually look for good value in a kit and won't buy from someone who charges $5 (or more) for 8 papers and 30 elements.
That said, my favorites that I shop from regularly are Kristin CB and Zoe Pearn, Britt-ish Designs, Lyndsay Riches, and Lindsay Jane and Trixie Scraps. I will also occasionally get something from Sugarplum Paperie or JennCK. I used to buy from Stolen Moments, too, but haven't bought anything at SM in a while, now.
So, my list includes some people that some of you seem to dislike. But I shop with them because I think they have good quality, good value kits. I can make four or five pages easily from any kit I buy from most of those designers without the pages looking too much alike and without getting sick of the kit. And I think there is enough variety in theme/colors in their stores to keep me interested in them. I almost never pay full price. So that means shopping during the intro sale for new releases or during big sale weekends like DSD. I do subscribe to a few of their newsletters and will use coupons if they offer them, too. I guess that would make me a cheapskate by some standards. I think it makes me a smart shopper.
I forgot Captivated Visions and Jady Day. I don't shop with them as often, but I do have a fair amount of both their things, too. I haven't shopped with Jady in a while since she is at SM and I stopped shopping there. If they are closing, I'll be interested to see where she goes.
^^^sorry, that was for the last post on the previous page about the Scraps and the City product (I had not realized there were more posts on another page).
That kit description is hilarious. Someone is certainly into the flowery prose! lol
Alyssa is selling there, for sure. Profile Couture. Look on the blog. Welcome back, Happy Tits. Can't wait to see the next drama you create. I'm sure we won't have to wait too long.
I also like Mye deLeon's designs, I like the colors she uses and the lack of themey stuff. That said, I'm not crazy about the piles of CU she uses..
------------- This makes no sense. If you LIKE her kits, why do you care how much or how little CU is used? You like them. So stupid.
I also love and will buy from this weekend: Jady Day Studio Captivated Visions KCB JennCk Trixie Scraps Fee Jardin SuzyQ Sahlin Studio Kate Hadfield Karen Lewis
I saw SuzyQ and JennCk have huge grab bags, so I'm definitely getting those. I need to wait and see what comes out from KCB and Fee tomorrow. Others, I'll just buy some things off my wish lists.
I'm glad Jady Day is going to Scrap Orchard. She's the only reason I've still been shopping at SM. Now I can take them off my list entirely.
Since it was asked, thought I'd add my faves, too. Looking through my stash I listed the designers who I have purchased from 4 or more times in the past year or so and have never had a quality issue. I personally could care less how much CU a designer uses, as long as their kits differ from one another and don't all contain the same stuff over and over again.
Here's my likes: Allison Pennington Anna Aspnes Captivated Visions HGD by Laurie Ann Jenn Barrette Jenn Lindsey Kate Hadfield Kaye Winiecki Kristen Rice Lauren Grier Scrapping with Liz Tiffany Tillman Weeds & Wildflowers Zinnias and Swallowtails
I try to buy kits on sale but if its' something I really like I'll usually buy it anyway. I mix and match in layouts so usually end up using parts of kits more than once anyway.
I don't see a kit preview when I go to the giveaway thread for WLS. And I still get problem loading page every time I go to their site. I wonder why I can't go there?
I don't see a kit preview when I go to the giveaway thread for WLS. And I still get problem loading page every time I go to their site. I wonder why I can't go there?
^^^^^^^ This one? http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290656
speaking of piles of CU did you see that sugar hill is on sale 75% today only ------------- Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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I shopped there twice today and bought some products that came with really large files the first time (80mB each and 10+ files) and it all downloaded immediately and the download speed was super fast. Later when I bought just a small style set, the site crashed. I expect it's on and off today while every designer in the free world shops there.
anyone else completely peeved at mscraps' "blog train"? more like a "facebook like me" train, I hate being forced to like stupid facebook pages. I'm at number 6 and have had to like then unlike each time. Stuff it. Not going to any more of their promotions this weekend. thumbs down mscraps.
I don't mind Facebook trains at all. Why shouldn't the designers get something in return for the freebies they take their time making for us scrappers? If they want an audience to advertise to, more power to them, I say. I enjoy having digi info come up in my newsfeed anyway, I've found some great deals and gotten some nice giveaways this week so far. So why should it bother you so much?
not to revive an old dead topic on purpose, but has anyone else noticed that shabby miss jenn's dsd sale includes all of her scrapbooking/photography related kits and products . . . . and . . . . one random other kit that doesn't fit the theme at all, and happens to be the beach kit from a few months ago that caused so much uproar on this blog b/c of her possible copyright violation using the jolee's stickers? why would that kit be included in this sale, when other non-scrapbook/photography themed kits aren't? seems she's trying to unload it one last time and make one last profit before retiring it or something?
speaking of piles of CU did you see that sugar hill is on sale 75% today only ------------- Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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Not sure what you're talking about but I am downloading something from them right now while I type this and it's at 855KB/s. Even if it wasn't, who cares? 75% off is an amazing deal and their products are great quality.
I downloaded from SHCO earlier after reading about the sale here (thank you) and had no problems at all. Very fast. Besides, it's DSD. If I have to download later, that's cool, too. But, all was OK this afternoon.
Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s. ___________________________________
I downloaded last night and was connected at 800-900 kb/s
DSA's Blog Train...thoughts? Any downloads I should not bother getting?
November 5, 2011 8:11 AM
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Figures there are a bunch of designers whose stuff isn't even up on their blogs yet. Pretty sure it's November 5 everywhere in the world by now, isn't it? How hard is it to schedule a blog post so it posts at the right time?
It usually isn't the site owners that are not prepared. Generally these problems occur with the hosting companies. ------ A site owner can work with their hosting company to help make sure the site will load - even with high traffic.
DSA blog train - i removed the 3 links that apparently have no intention of participating, and I put a note by Kat's since she tweeted me that she has no power and will get it up as soon as she can. The train should be intact other than Kat's link.
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Thank you, Sara. Sucks that people who commit can't follow through (except in some circumstances where it's beyond their control, like the one designer with no power).
I am having the same problem. I purchase some CU for my own personal use, and my downloads are currently running at 5 or 6kb p/s
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Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down.
I also find it funny that someone on here is complaining about Sugar Hill being slow (which it wasn't, at least for me, and I made 3 different purchases there) when other sites like TLP and After5 can't even keep their sites from crashing. I agree w/ the poster a few above me who said that site owners can work w/ their hosts ahead to make sure things run well. You can always tell which stores are willing to put the extra $$ into making sure big events run well for the customers. TLP and After5 this weekend = fail.
I agree - A5 & TLP - major fail this weekend. But, they're extending their sale -- for after everyone's spent their budget $. November 5, 2011 2:05 PM
So much for them being "top shops."
It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend. If Facebook can stay up with MILLIONS of people playing Farmville at one time, I would think TLP and A5 could manage.
"It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend."
That's pretty funny and not entirely accurate. Sometimes all of this can be done and a site will STILL crash.
And comparing FB to sites like A5 and TLP? Really? I think you're comparing the land masses of Manhattan to that of Asia. Just a teeny tiny bit of size and money difference.
"It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend."
That's pretty funny and not entirely accurate. Sometimes all of this can be done and a site will STILL crash.
And comparing FB to sites like A5 and TLP? Really? I think you're comparing the land masses of Manhattan to that of Asia. Just a teeny tiny bit of size and money difference. November 5, 2011 2:47 PM
It doesn't cost nearly as much to keep a scrap site up and running as it does FB, sure - but I see what the point was.
It's really not difficult to keep a site up during heavy traffic as long as you plan ahead and are willing to pay extra for any support/bandwidth you may need for a short period of time.
Miki's got a 30% coupon code for this weekend up on Facebook. The code was also in the SBG newsletter that went out last night.
It seems a lot of the designers there who don't have a sale, do have coupon codes.
---- This is stupid. Why would people have sales ONLY with coupon codes? What if I don't get newsletters or waste time looking through 100s of designers on Facebook? What if I happened to see something in a gallery and wanted the kit? I'd go to their store, be disappointed, and leave.
Never to come back.
After all, when you're asking people to pay $8+ for kits (which most of those designers are), you'd expect a little bit better customer service.
I speak with my wallet, and my money goes to designers who know WTH they're doing.
How many times has Captivated Visions used the same color palette as on her DST feature kit? http://www.digishoptalk.com/index.php And before you say I'm lazy for not figuring it out myself I don't really care how many times I'm being sarcastic.
Miki Ferkul issued a coupon for 30% off all over DST, SBG, FB and Twitter. It was ALL over all week. Got tired of seeing it. Here. http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290868
Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down. ----
Uh no, it's a problem with the server and their internet connection. It doesn't matter if I have a super speed connection if the other end doesn't have the same or can't cope with high traffic.
I had some extremely fast connections downloading from SugarHillCo. I suspect the slow part was early on in the sale.
I did not buy one thing from the top 4 "top-tier" stores because other places were clamoring for my attention. I did go back to look at my wishlists from those 4, and I decided I didn't need any of it.
I am not interested in coupon codes, but I wondered why they didn't go into the ___cart software for their store and make a change that way? Isn't it pretty easy to do? I'm just curious as to why they bother with the coupons.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :((
I am not interested in coupon codes, but I wondered why they didn't go into the ___cart software for their store and make a change that way? Isn't it pretty easy to do? I'm just curious as to why they bother with the coupons. ------ Because not everyone will know about a coupon, but will buy anyway. The designer will make more $$.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again.
Making a coupon takes pretty much the same amount of time as going in and setting a sale. It's completely stupid to do a coupon and hope people see it - even if you post to what you think of as 'all over digiland' there are still going to be people who don't see it ... and won't buy from you. Set the store on sale and those people do buy. I can't think of a single benefit of making the coupon ... other than that you really hope some people don't find it and buy your things at full price.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again. --- Just wondering, do you get pissed at and refuse to buy Stovetop stuffing ever again if you didn't look for or forgot to take a coupon with you to the store when you're buying groceries?
Making a coupon takes pretty much the same amount of time as going in and setting a sale. It's completely stupid to do a coupon and hope people see it - even if you post to what you think of as 'all over digiland' there are still going to be people who don't see it ... and won't buy from you. Set the store on sale and those people do buy. I can't think of a single benefit of making the coupon ... other than that you really hope some people don't find it and buy your things at full price.
November 5, 2011 6:49 PM
Not necessarily true. It's much easier to set a sale in Zencart than Xcart. Zencart it's as quick as a coupon. Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
That being said, I can't imagine doing the coupon rather than the sale prices, but maybe she's done her research and it works out better for her for whatever reason.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again. --- Just wondering, do you get pissed at and refuse to buy Stovetop stuffing ever again if you didn't look for or forgot to take a coupon with you to the store when you're buying groceries?
^^^ If I found out that the checkout girl knew there was a coupon code she could have entered and she didn't because I didn't ask .. I'd be pissed off yes.
Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
^^^ If that's the issue, then making an image that goes along the top of your store with the coupon code on it is a good solve - I've seen many designers do that.
I really think she just didn't want everyone to have access to the code ... she was hoping people would add things to her cart, realize they weren't on sale, but want them enough to buy them full price.
Just to clarify, the idea of the coupon on the top of the page is a good one, but you immediately followed that thought by one of such idiocy, I can't believe you thought of the first idea.
If I found out that the checkout girl knew there was a coupon code she could have entered and she didn't because I didn't ask .. I'd be pissed off yes. --
Why? It's not her responsibility, it's yours as a customer.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :(( -----
And that is exactly why some designers are choosing to have coupons or no sales at all, because having two big sales in one month is not good for business.
WTH is up with people at SBG not having sales? I went to buy stuff from Miki and nothing is coming up on sale.
Sales loss and I wont be back.
Talk about a fail. November 5, 2011 2:13 PM
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What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something!
What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something! --------
Woah there. While I thought the OP was being a bit dramatic, you are being a bit of a jerk.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :(( -----
And that is exactly why some designers are choosing to have coupons or no sales at all, because having two big sales in one month is not good for business.
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Now THAT is the most idiotic thing said here today. Why would you ever wait until the 2nd sale opportunity to have a sale? Just in case customers still have money left? No, you either have a sale the first weekend and skip the 2nd, or you have a sale both times. The only thing that's bad for business is taking yourself out of the mix for the weekend that's billed as the "biggest event" in your industry. OMG, idiotic.
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever).
I have one more little thing, and that's a shout out to Scrap Orchard because of what a great job they've been doing with their DSD games and stuff. I know there is a rabid CT element on this blog, and I honestly have never gone there before, much less shopped there before, but they all look like they are having a great time and are offering some great giveaways for people -- not just the person who wins a single drawing, but anybody who accomplishes a task - a game hunt, a Lo, whatever. It really *does* look like a decent and happening place. Well done!
Now THAT is the most idiotic thing said here today. Why would you ever wait until the 2nd sale opportunity to have a sale? Just in case customers still have money left? ----
Just because you spent all your money, doesn't mean everyone else has. I'm waiting for Black Friday and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever). ----
The only thing that's bad for business is taking yourself out of the mix for the weekend that's billed as the "biggest event" in your industry. OMG, idiotic. ---
Who billed it as the biggest event in the industry? I really want to know.
What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something! --------
Woah there. While I thought the OP was being a bit dramatic, you are being a bit of a jerk.
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever). ^^^^^^^
so....open your notepad or a post it...and type out the code..then copy and paste from your own note. simple.
Not necessarily true. It's much easier to set a sale in Zencart than Xcart. Zencart it's as quick as a coupon. Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
That being said, I can't imagine doing the coupon rather than the sale prices, but maybe she's done her research and it works out better for her for whatever reason.
November 5, 2011 6:56 PM
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X-Cart has the Inventory Pricing mod. 3 clicks and your sale is set up. What's hard about that?
My take on the DSD Blog Train and it's just my opinion, I suggest making your own decisions but since someone asked: http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21521 In the designers defense, I'm not too keen on the palette.
Luv Ewe - Looks like catsup, mustard & relish. No Thanks Jen C - Template, I don't use them so not relevant to me. Penny Springmann - Cute wordart. Downloaded. My Little Scraps - Alpha, not my style BZB Designs - Only liked one element. Did Not Download Simply Kat Designs - Not my style, but ok. Liked the striped paper but did not download. Laura Banasiak - Downloaded. Keeping some tossing others. Amy Stoffel - Debating on downloading. Brine Design - Cute & Downloaded. Jen Yurko - Did Not Download which is more a statement about the palette than the work she did. Farynar - Not my style. Elise's Pieces - Cute & Downloaded Paper Capers - Alpha It's ok, but I don't know if it goes with anything else in the train. Did not download. Meghan Mullens - Alpha, not sure about but downloaded. Lindsay Riches - Downloaded, tossing some, keeping others MScraps - Expansively full kit But for a store front, they should've gone with a direct download! Cheap. Worth downloading if you want to wait for four separate and large files on a file sharing server. WMSquared - Word Art, Downloaded Find Your Bliss - Why she chose to focus on the yellow in the palette I'll never know. Did not download. Chelle's Creations - Alpha, Downloaded Miss Tiina - Was expecting more (like something I couldn't find in her shop), but ok for what it is. Did not download. Truman Studio - Not my style. I did like one or two papers but not enough to download. Sus Designs - Hideous, imo, but it also isn't my style either. Wild BlueBerry Ink - Well done, but too much of the yellow for my taste. Sugar Kissed Designs - Cute, downloaded.
It felt there were more alphas than necessary with a small group of designers like this. But some things are out of control of the organizer. The palette was questionable, but most of us here don't like any palette for a blog train. So for what it's worth, that's my anonymous opinion.
Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down.
I also find it funny that someone on here is complaining about Sugar Hill being slow (which it wasn't, at least for me, and I made 3 different purchases there) when other sites like TLP and After5 can't even keep their sites from crashing. I agree w/ the poster a few above me who said that site owners can work w/ their hosts ahead to make sure things run well. You can always tell which stores are willing to put the extra $$ into making sure big events run well for the customers. TLP and After5 this weekend = fail.
November 5, 2011 1:40 PM
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Well for starters, I didn't shop at A5 or TLP so wasn't aware of their sites crashing.
And the download speed is nothing to do with my internet connection. I did a speed test, and was able to download from other sites at speeds over 500kbs
Thanks. I checked them all out and agree with most of what you have said. However, I didn't download any of them. The palette really was awful and a little two dimensional, KWIM?
Run, don't walk it is t.h.e call of the year! http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290976 You could work with Happy Tits! --------- HURRY!! Go grab kits and pu 'em on that baby gaga site.
Nope. Like I said, other designers can manage to do the C&P, so why should I bother with the ones who don't? Yeah, it is that simple. In a competitive market, I go with the ones who make it easy for me.
She forgot to say formerly Paper Plane Designs, or whatever it was. What does she mean by stores coming soon, when she's already at With Love? ---- Didn't someone say she was going to digiscrap cafe?
I'm the OP, and although I pretty much agree with the previous poster about it being too hard, all I'm willing to really say is that my point actually was I wish you guys would quit using jpgs for your coupons because C&P is so much easier. In lieu of that, quit using little abbreviations and underscores and hyphens and anything that isn't straight forward words. Use HappyDSD or DSDcouponforyou. Not DSDcoupon_4u.
So I will review blog train too, but like my opinion counts anyways but here it is.
Luv Ewe-Not bad basic fillers, kept them Jen C-not a bad template but not for me Penny Springmann-cute wordart Shawna Clingerman-the alpha is a little too worn out for me BZB-liked the papers but not the elements Simply Kat-like the elements over the papers Laura Banasiak-not really my thing Amy Stoffel-Nice papers but don't really care for elements Brine Design-a couple of the papers are ok Jen Yurko-I liked it all Farynar-nope Elise's Pieces-cute liked it all Paper Capers-nah not into it Meghan Mullens-not too bad of an alpha Lyndsay riches-like the leaf paper, it's all cute MScraps-not really into the elements. Well they are ok but just not my style, wouldn't use them WM[squared]-word art is cute Find Your Bliss-kinda like the leaves but that is about it Chelle's Creations-thought the alpha was cute Miss Tiina-maybe would use the flowers but that is about it Truman Studio-really didn't care for it Sus-uh no, weird tree Wild Blueberry Ink-really didn't care for it Sugar Kissed-it's cute
I'm the OP, and although I pretty much agree with the previous poster about it being too hard, all I'm willing to really say is that my point actually was I wish you guys would quit using jpgs for your coupons because C&P is so much easier. In lieu of that, quit using little abbreviations and underscores and hyphens and anything that isn't straight forward words. Use HappyDSD or DSDcouponforyou. Not DSDcoupon_4u.
^^ Sometimes we have no choice - for example, our stores require us to start our coupons with a certain code (that may involve the underscore)... also, many of us put symbols in so the code can't be guessed by people who never saw the coupon ... otherwise people could go putting 'happyDSD' in everywhere and hit up some coupons.
As for the JPEGS ... not really much choice when you are advertising in magazines and newsletters ... they require the JPEGS.
If you don't want to type the code - chances are, you don't really want the product anyway.
If you don't want to type the code - chances are, you don't really want the product anyway.
November 6, 2011 1:09 AM
Bingo.
I use .jpgs a lot of the time because they are more eye catching than simple text. I will definitely consider typing out the code after the image when possible, though after seeing that some people are peeved by it.
I cannot believe some of you people are so damn fussy. If a designer is willing to offer you a deal, and all you have to do is toggle back and forth between two browser windows in order to see a code in one window and re-type it in the other... that's too hard? I guess we designers will just stop offering deals and coupons, then. Honestly. Unbelievable.
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise.
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise.
November 6, 2011 9:22 AM ---------------- Wow! Someone forgot to take her Prozac this morning?
I mean, I agree that bitching about not having the ability to copy&paste is crazy, but you are JUST as imbalanced with this unbelievable rant.
Do you feel better now? I sure hope so. Go check your pill box, I sincerely think you forgot one.
Anonymous said... X-Cart has the Inventory Pricing mod. 3 clicks and your sale is set up. What's hard about that?
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Anonymous said... Not every store has this mod installed, ever think of that?
November 6, 2011 8:51 AM ^^^^
Every store should. I have that in my store and it makes life SO much easier for everyone.
November 6, 2011 9:23 AM
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Couldn't agree more! If your store doesn't have it, you need to tell your owner to get it. It's not THAT expensive, and I'm sure they made enough money this weekend that they can afford it!
Couldn't agree more! If your store doesn't have it, you need to tell your owner to get it. It's not THAT expensive, and I'm sure they made enough money this weekend that they can afford it! ---------- Of course! Because, hosting is free, so is advertising.
If you can't afford a simple mod to improve the sales experience in your store for designers and customers, you may want to consider going out of business.
It's one thing to not know it exists. It's quite another to say your store is too broke to buy it.
God, I wish you SM people would just shut the fuck up already. I'm so tired of your spin, trying to act as if the store itself is not closing. If you aren't closing, then why are all your designers leaving?
It's about time you tell the truth. Completely ridiculous.
And if SM wasn't planning to close before (at least that is the story they were trying to sell) they will have to now because they don't have any designers left.
God, I wish you SM people would just shut the fuck up already. I'm so tired of your spin, trying to act as if the store itself is not closing. If you aren't closing, then why are all your designers leaving?
It's about time you tell the truth. Completely ridiculous. ----
I posted the post above you (about her shop closing tomorrow). I was not saying that SM was NOT closing, it's just not closing tomorrow.
Happy & WM2 are still there until 11/11. I wish Andilynn would just own up and say when they are closing rather than have people guess. I'm hoping that most members are so pissed that she will not get anything out of a 'goodbye' sale.
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise. --------
Way to over react. Why don't you follow your own advice, get a life and get off the computer. You have far too limited a view of the world around you. Go and see it some time.
Since when is complaining different than bitching? Now we're going to argue semantics?
She was absolutely bitching and went so far as to say she wouldn't bother to shop from someone if they didn't make their code copy&paste-easy.
If nothing else, it is irrational behavior. And yes, I agree with earlier posters, it is VERY lazy. I also don't understand why it's only a "complaint" when a customer voices it, but "bitching" when the designers point out how ridiculous she was being? (who is to say it was even designers pointing out how ridiculous it was? could have been other customers - you don't know!)
That's okay, you don't make any sense to me. So I guess we are even.
I already admitted I was being lazy about the C&P, do we have to keep pointing that out? It's not like I didn't say it already. Jeez.
So I don't shop with some designers, why do some of you care so much? Are you the ones I'm not shopping with? It's the only reason I can think of, if not, why go on? It's not effecting you directly.
Difference between bitching and complaining - bitching is being nasty, complaining is not. Sorry if you don't understand that.
^^^^^^^ I agree. My CT gigs keep me stocked with products, so my shopping is very casual. I'm not going to jump through hoops to get a discount on a product that will likely end up sitting on my hard drive for months before I get around to using it. If the sale price is low enough, I'll be tempted to buy. But chances are I'm not going to be interested enough to go searching for a coupon code. It's not laziness for me, I'm just not much of a shopper anymore.
It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. ---------
I ate my children for breakfast, they were sleeping in the take out boxes and I mistook them for leftovers.
It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. ---------
I ate my children for breakfast, they were sleeping in the take out boxes and I mistook them for leftovers.
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THANK YOU!! That was about as ridiculous as the rest of the shit on here. buyers complaining because they have to copy and paste. Designers complaining about the buyers and their boo hooing. SHUT UP!! Buyers get good deals. Designers get sales (if you are half way decent) Why bitch about it? Seriously there has to be something else to talk about!?!? Hell, to bitch about.
and another thing. This is business. No one around the digi world is really your friend. They are here to make money. So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF. If none-digi companies worried about every single little bitch complaint, they would never stay in business. They DONT want the cashier to put in the coupon for you. That is YOUR job. So, that most of the digi-designers are doing it for you, is a nice thing. If you miss their coupon, sucks for you. Be more vigilant next time. IT IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU. NOT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Get over it!
I'm a 'no name' designer at a small-mid sized store and I did better than I thought I would. Of course, that is all relative and I'm sure most people aren't going to give specific numbers. I made more this weekend than a 'normal' month for me.
So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF. --------
I don't care about it, I just said I prefer to shop with designers who do a C&P coupon, instead of ones that have don't. I'm really not sure why that stirred up so much controversy for some.
I'm not asking for anyone to be my BFF. I'm not even sure what the heck you are talking about actually.
I'm fully aware it's a business, which is why I do my business with people who make it easy for me to shop. Yes, it is that simple.
So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF. --------
I don't care about it, I just said I prefer to shop with designers who do a C&P coupon, instead of ones that have don't. I'm really not sure why that stirred up so much controversy for some.
I'm not asking for anyone to be my BFF. I'm not even sure what the heck you are talking about actually.
I'm fully aware it's a business, which is why I do my business with people who make it easy for me to shop. Yes, it is that simple.
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Finish reading the entire thing and not just take something out and....copy and paste it....to fit your argument. Then you might...might...understand it. And there was far more than one person complaining about the coupon and copying and pasting. That you felt like the comment was directed towards you...says something. Did it strike a nerve honey? I think it might have! ;)
Finish reading the entire thing and not just take something out and....copy and paste it....to fit your argument. Then you might...might...understand it. ----
Honey, I did read it, all of it. It was a rambling mess. I didn't C&P anything to fit my argument. It was right in there and I C&P the part I was responding to. See, I told you I read it all, even though it was nonsensical.
^^^^^ No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
^^^^^ No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves. ----
I knew what she was talking about. Maybe you only have half a brain because you had no clue what I was meaning when I said it was lacking. So that would make you, what, partially stupid?
No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves. ----
I knew what she was talking about. Maybe you only have half a brain because you had no clue what I was meaning when I said it was lacking. So that would make you, what, partially stupid?
------ Wow you really are lacking aren't you. Why ask her what the hell she was talking about you git if you knew? You just want to argue. Yes, you got a bit smacked for complaining about having to c&p. Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly.
IT IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU. NOT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Get over it! ------
Get over what?
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Really? I think it is pretty obvious by your scattered responses and editing that you didnt read her entire post until she called you out on it. You truly dont get what she is telling you to get over? You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not?
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not?
_____ I was going to. It was on my list and as I was trimming it down, it got trimmed. This is totally my OPINION and smack away if you like. I liked each on individually. But I didn't feel like Chelle's really went with the rest of the shabby look. Gina's border line didn't. And although I liked them individually, I usually just use grab bags as one huge kit. So, that is why i didn't get it. Again, my opinion. ;)
Wow you really are lacking aren't you. Why ask her what the hell she was talking about you git if you knew? You just want to argue. Yes, you got a bit smacked for complaining about having to c&p. Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly. -----
Really? I think it is pretty obvious by your scattered responses and editing that you didnt read her entire post until she called you out on it. You truly dont get what she is telling you to get over? You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too? -------
I did read her entire post. Jeez. It was rhetorical question. The assumptions you make. Do you always make these kind of rash judgments and assumptions or is it just me?
I never once bitched about having to C&P a coupon, not once, not ever. If you had kept up with the conversation, Little I Know So Much and You Don't, you would know I was talking about C&P something else entirely. Learn to read before calling someone else out on it, okay?
As for coupons out of the paper, I don't bother with those, they ain't worth the time.
Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly. ---
It takes more than one person to argue and the fact that you all engaged me and continued to argue with me, when you thought I was being stupid and moronic, well, what does that say about you? I guess it says the same about you, doesn't it? Yep, it sure does.
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not? _____________________________
Got it, already used it, and completely love the result. I admit I didn't use a whole lot of the theme-y (for lack of a better word) elements from Chelle or Gina, but their basic stuff like leaves and flowers fit well with the theme-y stuff I really liked from CV and LR. I really liked everyone's papers too.
Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly. ---
It takes more than one person to argue and the fact that you all engaged me and continued to argue with me, when you thought I was being stupid and moronic, well, what does that say about you? I guess it says the same about you, doesn't it? Yep, it sure does.
______ You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying.
I do agree with you though. To say one is silly b/c of arguing with no bases is the pot calling the kettle black. Arguing, especially on this blog, is just plain silly. I do know what I just said. That I just lumped myself in with you ladies and gents. We all have our silly moments.
Do you think that there will be another massive sale by most designers on Black Friday, or you do think that only some of them will have a sale?
I think only a few will, because the two days are so close together and customers will also expect a New Year's sale.
That's my view, for what it's worth.
________________ I think they will. Seems like most have in the past. A few do have the new year sales but they are nothing major and I think most everyone is just plain bought out by the time new years rolls around. Not just scrapping wise.
You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying. ---
I am reading before replying and to say my responses don't make sense, well, that's a matter of opinion.
I like to ramble, it's good exercise.
For the record, I happen to be a very good listener, or so I've been told.
You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying. ---
I am reading before replying and to say my responses don't make sense, well, that's a matter of opinion.
I like to ramble, it's good exercise.
For the record, I happen to be a very good listener, or so I've been told.
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I think that is the first some what intelligent response you have given these people since the start of this nonsense. A word of advise. If you care or not. Since it is coming from this blog and all. If that many people are telling you that your response are not making sense, I would think on that. It is those people opinions. However, it is the way you are presenting it. I kind of like people to understand what I am saying. Defeats the whole purpose of debating, arguing, or even having a conversation if one isn't being understood. Again, take it for what it is worth coming from here.
You know, I wasn't aware that two or three, at the most four, people constituted 'that many'. That seems like very few to me. ----
You know how many people are commenting? Pray tell...how is that? Let's say (pure conjecture, here) that there were 7,8, or 10 at the most were commenting. To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'.
You know how many people are commenting? Pray tell...how is that? Let's say (pure conjecture, here) that there were 7,8, or 10 at the most were commenting. To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'. ----------
Right, because you are so clear right now. Wow. Could you be any more convoluted?
To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'. -----------
“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”
That about sums it up for the people I had the so called conversation with.
If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
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Because not all mods are compatible with customized Xcarts.
November 6, 2011 5:10 PM
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The store i sell at is a customized X-Cart store, AND it has inventory pricing
November 7, 2011 5:18 AM
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That means nothing because they are *customized* In other words, what is compatible with your store is not necessarily compatible with another customized Xcart. All depends on what is *customized*
It's not fair to say a store owner doesn't care about their store or designers or that they are cheap when you don't know that that particular modification is indeed compatible with their version of Xcart. It's not an excuse if it's a fact. All you are trying to do is stir up trouble between designers and their store owners if they don't have that add-on. The designers need to understand that it is indeed possible that that mod is not compatible.
OMG I just popped in this morning to catch up on anything that happened over the weekend, and cannot believe that the cut-and-paste argument went on for so long. I'm not even going to stir the pot on that one, except to mention how FRICKIN' HILARIOUS it is to see the OP responding to everyone else's arguments by CUTTING AND PASTING their comments when she makes her replies. It's not too much bother to cut and paste here on this worthless time-sucker of a blog, but to save herself actual money in real-life buying products she actually wants and will use? Nah, too much bother. OMG OMG OMG, I am falling out of my chair laughing at the hypocrisy and idiocy of that one!
SOmeone already asked this, but didn't get replies. How were everyone's DSD sales this weekend? It seemed to me like more people were buying (and willing to spend more in general) than 6 months ago during the NSD sales weekend. Does this ring true to anyone else? Wondering if the market is improving a bit, or if it was just me.
I'm a 'no name' designer at a small-mid sized store and I did better than I thought I would. Of course, that is all relative and I'm sure most people aren't going to give specific numbers. I made more this weekend than a 'normal' month for me.
November 6, 2011 9:56 PM ----------- Congrats on a good weekend! Making more than you usually pull in for a whole month has to be a good feeling :)
I don't have all my numbers calculated just yet, but I am content with how my sales went this weekend. I won't give a specific number because I haven't actually totaled everything yet, but I estimated I sold somewhere between $1000-$1200 from Friday thru Sunday. I sell in a 'mid-size' store and also have my own store, too. My sales between the two were about equal.
I do plan to have a Black Friday sale, but only because the store I'm in is having one. November is usually my best month of the year. I'm glad it's off to a decent start.
The ones this blog calls 'mid-sized.' So stores like TDC, GP, PBP, SBB, DSB, SM. I don't know if I agree with this blog's labels all the time, but since that's the popular notion, I went with it.
I don't want to say where I sell because it would probably make it easy to guess who I am.
HILARIOUS it is to see the OP responding to everyone else's arguments by CUTTING AND PASTING their comments when she makes her replies.
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whoa, Nellie. I am the C&P OP and besides the 2 posts close together yesterday, I haven't been part of the conversation until now.
It was just a comment. It was civil. It was even humorous if you read the first part, which was something like, speaking of idiotic, you know what I hate? I hate to type those coupon codes. I don't like to have to TYPE the crazy code from the picture. If there is a way around it, it would be good. If there isn't, we will both go on as before, i.e. if it's important to me I'll type it in, and if it isn't, I won't and you'll make more money. I didn't demand designers have sales, I didn't demand someone redesign their software, and I wasn't rude to anyone. I merely suggested that codes should be in normal English that I could remember long enough to type. I am inundated with 100s of emails every day and for DSD the number easily triples, and I read each and every one of them to the bottom. Okay, maybe I scan some, but I still open and read everything that comes across my desk.
And now I have one more thing to put before the collective you. Quick Pages. Yes, they are free, but I had to throw out so many this weekend because of poor and inconsistent shadowing (some after waiting 520 seconds on 4-shared, which I am NOT bitching about, well, not exactly, but that's another post. :) The shadows were all over the place on most of the QPs I downloaded that were made from a collab.
If you add up all the designers who prefer different shadow angles, and you add CU items in there, there are actually many, many shadow angles in the elements of a collab. Every flower with a button has a shadow within the element, and likewise all other dimensional objects.
When those shadows are not noticed by a QP LO artist, the LO is ruined from the beginning. Before they ever add the first shadow on an element.
I'm posting this because it makes me sad that so many beautiful QPs are in the trash and because I know there are a lot of new CT members at so many stores, and because I think if the word gets out they will be more likely to look closely at any dimensional element and think before placing it on their LO without rotating it.
My new thought is that designers should have the degrees of shadow they used in a kit in the file names or kit name.
Congrats on a good weekend! Making more than you usually pull in for a whole month has to be a good feeling :)
I don't have all my numbers calculated just yet, but I am content with how my sales went this weekend. I won't give a specific number because I haven't actually totaled everything yet, but I estimated I sold somewhere between $1000-$1200 from Friday thru Sunday. I sell in a 'mid-size' store and also have my own store, too. My sales between the two were about equal.
I do plan to have a Black Friday sale, but only because the store I'm in is having one. November is usually my best month of the year. I'm glad it's off to a decent start. ---- $1000-$1200, I think I'd fall over from shock. I'm the OP and made about $350. But, like I said, I'm a 'no name' in a small to mid store. But I wasn't in your examples of mid sized store. But, I like what I do and I'm starting to build a nice sized fan base that look forward to (and buy) my new releases. I hope to grow more as a designer and then move up to a larger store towards the end of 2012.
what?! you mean, the new kit I'm releasing is called "oh happy day 120 degrees"? that's wacky. in the kit description, whatever. fine. but I think you're reaching a bit.
My new thought is that designers should have the degrees of shadow they used in a kit in the file names or kit name. November 7, 2011 11:21 AM
Perhaps you should open your thought process to the fact that people all over the world scrap with different software programs. Not all have shadow capability, not all have the same terms to describe shadows, and none of the same interface to apply and customize shadows.
Since you're such an expert on shadows and how they should be, it should be no problem for you to look at a LO and be able to closely, if not exactly, match it simply through trial and error.
$1000-$1200, I think I'd fall over from shock. I'm the OP and made about $350. But, like I said, I'm a 'no name' in a small to mid store. But I wasn't in your examples of mid sized store. But, I like what I do and I'm starting to build a nice sized fan base that look forward to (and buy) my new releases. I hope to grow more as a designer and then move up to a larger store towards the end of 2012.
November 7, 2011 11:44 AM ------ I think that is really good for someone who describes herself as a 'no-name.' I was lucky to make $100 in a month when I started out, so I think you're off to a great start.
Since you're such an expert on shadows and how they should be, it should be no problem for you to look at a LO and be able to closely, if not exactly, match it simply through trial and error.
November 7, 2011 11:53 AM ^^^^ I'm not saying I agree with her point about what designers "should" do. But, her complaint does not stem from having to figure out shadow angles. She was saying she was sad to have to throw out many of the QPs she collected (ahem, for free) this weekend because the CTs who made them did not observe the shadow angle on dimensional elements, making sure they placed those elements so that the shadows all ran the same direction on their QPs. And since a QP is a flattened PNG, you can't fix it.
I live by the personal philosophy that beggars can't be choosers. If I keep even a 1/3 of the things I download for free, I consider it a win. When you are downloading QPs from scrappers, you are going to get a range of experience levels. Not everyone will think to rotate elements from different designers so that the shadow angles match. Should they? I guess. But most freebie hunters probably don't even look for that kind of quality, either.
Oh, yes, I am an expert, but by consciously adding the degrees to the Tou, file name, or kit name, an inept designer would be made more conscious of her shadowing before she releases the kit. It is a big problem in digital and it truly wrecks a printed LO.
The things within a kit should at least match each other, don't you agree? The more CU they use, the less likely all elements in a kit have the same shadowing. Maybe CU designers should be the ones to add that to their file names, tous or kit names. (Ok, so the whole idea won't fly, but it would be nice to have a uniform code - maybe the face of a clock instead of degrees since, as you already mentioned, not all software is alike.)
I downloaded the qp's from Design House Digital, they were really cute, the problems with them was, a lot of them used the exact same word art from the kit.
Please, don't use words on your qp's. And yes, I realize they were free but you put a lot of work into them, but I put a lot of time into blog hopping and downloading too.
Yes, you're right. It was the *waste* that I objected to on the Qps. So many of those girls worked so hard on all the layers, cut outs and detailing. Time consuming tasks and I just have a feeling that no one told them to watch for different shadowing between designers.
My other idea about the filenames was pretty much tongue in cheek, and it was something that just crossed my mind when I was typing, because I bought a lot of kits this weekend and am amazed at the different shadowing the designers put out in one kit, until I realized it was a lot of CU. These are all no name or new designers.
I shouldn't have put both things in one post to confuse the issue.
For the DHD Blog Hop, delete the QP that is laid out on a 45 degree angle and is on dark gray paper. At 100% it is blurry as hell and will ruin any book you make. I also personally deleted any QP with that awful ric rac in it. And one of the best Los has a very bad shadow on the bow at the bottom of a polaroid style frame and I'm positive you'd notice it if you printed it. It's on speech bubble paper. I kept it because I might want to replicate it, and I'd tell you the Ct girl's name, but she is probably new and why single her out on this blog?
I used to be on the admin team of a site that did a QP pack with the monthly collab. The QPs were done mostly by site CT and a couple by designers. I did QC, and I would always QC the shadows and you would be amazed at how many scrappers got offended and/or defensive and flat out refused to fix their QPs. Some refused to reply, and one even left the site entirely. I couldn't keep fighting with people over QPs like that and I couldn't stand putting out a pack with messed up shadows so we stopped doing them.
I used to be on the admin team of a site that did a QP pack with the monthly collab. The QPs were done mostly by site CT and a couple by designers. I did QC, and I would always QC the shadows and you would be amazed at how many scrappers got offended and/or defensive and flat out refused to fix their QPs. Some refused to reply, and one even left the site entirely. I couldn't keep fighting with people over QPs like that and I couldn't stand putting out a pack with messed up shadows so we stopped doing them. November 7, 2011 2:54 PM
If that is the case, than the shadow presets should be provided or at least the settings used. It's unfair to go back to people AFTER the fact and tell them their shadows are wrong. Not every program saves shadows on a new layer and programs that do are usually optional to do that.
You could have saved yourself a lot of time and headache by making such presets a requirement to participate - and a lot of hurt for CTMs who are gladly doing this extra work FOR FREE.
You could have saved yourself a lot of time and headache by making such presets a requirement to participate - and a lot of hurt for CTMs who are gladly doing this extra work FOR FREE.
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I did do that - told them what angle to use and what direction the light should be coming from - I didn't do presets because as you said, many programs don't use them and I knew some of our CT were using non-photoshop programs. But I did say ahead of time what angle the shadows should be at, and why.
For the most part, the defensive comments I got were along the lines of 'I don't believe shadows look good that way' ... not 'I didn't know you wanted them that way.'
My point was - I think there really is no way to get a cohesive QP pack with shadowing that appeals to everyone. People all have different ideas of what looks good for shadowing. As much as I've read Flergs and others say many times that shadows should all go the same way, I've also had a really interesting discussion with a CT who invited me to get up and look around my house and see there shadows really don't go all the same way because in real life there are multiple light-sources ... what looks like stunning shadowing to one person looks all over the place to another.
I'm in a mid to top tier store and made right around $300 over DSD weekend. Nothing I would consider crazy, but I'll take it. I don't consider myself the most popular designer in my store so I'd assume that some of the others in my store did better and some worse.
Over the years, I've decided not to wrestle women for DSD sales. It isn't worth the hassle or stress to me, I'd prefer to hang out in the forums instead of pimping myself all over the place and ordering my CT to do the same.
Some questions for 9:07. Was your top tier store having a sale? Did the store have a "buy ___ get this collab for free?" Did you have a personal sale or coupon? Do you have a secondary store or a personal store you run yourself? Are you (somewhat) waiting for Black Friday?
To answer the PP, we did have a storewide sale, and I did offer some coupons to my subscribers and fans. To be honest, it is just a very busy time of year and I put the effort in that I could spare, kwim? So the designers that had more time and energy to pimp themselves likely made more sales.
I'm in a mid-top level store and I thought I did quite well with my $200. Considering that every designer and her dog was having sales. For the next 3 weeks I "should" bring in another $200-600. That's not too bad, if I do say so myself. At least by selling digi, I get to stay at home with my kid and make sure that he's getting the love, safety, and personal education that he needs before he heads of to Kindergarten next year. I design because I love it! I design because I can make money from it! I design so I can pay some of the family household bills, or put food on my table. If I didn't design, things wouldn't be as good for my family. I am so thankful to be able to do this for my family.
I am just an average scrapper, not a designer. I am not active on any CT's, although I have been in the past. I am not active in any "scrapbook community", I don't post on the message boards, and I don't post my layouts online anymore. I read the Digi boards for entertainment, and am constantly amazed at what people share on the internet. I freely admit to reading the scrapbook smack blogs, it is a guilty pleasure.
You can email me at: DSTHallofFame@gmail.com
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Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
Well, since you asked, I'll share who I shop with. I am sure I'll get smacked for it, but I don't care. I buy what I like and can afford. I usually look for good value in a kit and won't buy from someone who charges $5 (or more) for 8 papers and 30 elements.
That said, my favorites that I shop from regularly are Kristin CB and Zoe Pearn, Britt-ish Designs, Lyndsay Riches, and Lindsay Jane and Trixie Scraps. I will also occasionally get something from Sugarplum Paperie or JennCK. I used to buy from Stolen Moments, too, but haven't bought anything at SM in a while, now.
So, my list includes some people that some of you seem to dislike. But I shop with them because I think they have good quality, good value kits. I can make four or five pages easily from any kit I buy from most of those designers without the pages looking too much alike and without getting sick of the kit. And I think there is enough variety in theme/colors in their stores to keep me interested in them. I almost never pay full price. So that means shopping during the intro sale for new releases or during big sale weekends like DSD. I do subscribe to a few of their newsletters and will use coupons if they offer them, too. I guess that would make me a cheapskate by some standards. I think it makes me a smart shopper.
I forgot Captivated Visions and Jady Day. I don't shop with them as often, but I do have a fair amount of both their things, too. I haven't shopped with Jady in a while since she is at SM and I stopped shopping there. If they are closing, I'll be interested to see where she goes.
She's going to Scrap Orchard.
Maybe not for a "scrap" project, but for a "city" one?
^^^sorry, that was for the last post on the previous page about the Scraps and the City product (I had not realized there were more posts on another page).
She's going to Scrap Orchard.
November 4, 2011 12:39 PM
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I know she is guesting there, now. But how do you know she is staying there permanently?
I'm glad, if she is. I'll have to start shopping with her again.
What's your favorite Store? Why?
She is staying there permanently.
WLS opened today...
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And already has a RAK for their collab kit in the Happy Place. the kit description is pretty entertaining, I have to admit!
That kit description is hilarious. Someone is certainly into the flowery prose! lol
Alyssa is selling there, for sure. Profile Couture. Look on the blog. Welcome back, Happy Tits. Can't wait to see the next drama you create. I'm sure we won't have to wait too long.
WLS claims to have "high quality", yet they have a typo in that very same statement on the front page of the shop.
Way to go!!
I was kinda "disappointed" when I saw that Craft-tastrophic is selling at WLS. Does she not know who she's working with?
Of course, Profile Couture is Happy Tits. One of the her new kits is DeMo -- Studio Demo.
I make my purchases from SO. I love all of their designers, but don't have much from Irene A, Faith True, Design by Kat, Anna Bv or Mle Card.
I also like Mye deLeon's designs, I like the colors she uses and the lack of themey stuff. That said, I'm not crazy about the piles of CU she uses..
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This makes no sense. If you LIKE her kits, why do you care how much or how little CU is used? You like them. So stupid.
I also love and will buy from this weekend:
Jady Day Studio
Captivated Visions
KCB
JennCk
Trixie Scraps
Fee Jardin
SuzyQ
Sahlin Studio
Kate Hadfield
Karen Lewis
I saw SuzyQ and JennCk have huge grab bags, so I'm definitely getting those. I need to wait and see what comes out from KCB and Fee tomorrow. Others, I'll just buy some things off my wish lists.
I'm glad Jady Day is going to Scrap Orchard. She's the only reason I've still been shopping at SM. Now I can take them off my list entirely.
My favorite designers are:
Captivated Visions
Kristen Rice
Faith True
and for templates
Queen of Hearts
Zinnias and Swallowtails
I havent bought much from Jady Day. Is her quality good? It looks iffy from the previews.
Since it was asked, thought I'd add my faves, too. Looking through my stash I listed the designers who I have purchased from 4 or more times in the past year or so and have never had a quality issue. I personally could care less how much CU a designer uses, as long as their kits differ from one another and don't all contain the same stuff over and over again.
Here's my likes:
Allison Pennington
Anna Aspnes
Captivated Visions
HGD by Laurie Ann
Jenn Barrette
Jenn Lindsey
Kate Hadfield
Kaye Winiecki
Kristen Rice
Lauren Grier
Scrapping with Liz
Tiffany Tillman
Weeds & Wildflowers
Zinnias and Swallowtails
I try to buy kits on sale but if its' something I really like I'll usually buy it anyway. I mix and match in layouts so usually end up using parts of kits more than once anyway.
I don't see a kit preview when I go to the giveaway thread for WLS. And I still get problem loading page every time I go to their site. I wonder why I can't go there?
People I spend money on regularly:
Crisdam Designs
Kristen Aagard
Dawn Inskip
Lliella Designs
Connie Prince
I have small kids so the fun and whimsical style of these artists fit what I'm looking for at this stage in life.
Happy Scrap Girl just announced she's leaving Scrap Matters.
At this point would it be easier to compile a list of who hasn't announced they are leaving SM?
Yeah right they're not closing...
lol, right not closing. and Jady Day has something "really big" happening......
I don't see a kit preview when I go to the giveaway thread for WLS. And I still get problem loading page every time I go to their site. I wonder why I can't go there?
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This one?
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290656
I'm glad Jady Day is going to Scrap Orchard. She's the only reason I've still been shopping at SM. Now I can take them off my list entirely.
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Um, yes... you can... because they will be gone soon. Duh.
speaking of piles of CU did you see that sugar hill is on sale 75% today only
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Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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I shopped there twice today and bought some products that came with really large files the first time (80mB each and 10+ files) and it all downloaded immediately and the download speed was super fast. Later when I bought just a small style set, the site crashed. I expect it's on and off today while every designer in the free world shops there.
Not that no one believes it but more proof it is Alyssa.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=272812
http://withlovestudio.net/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=27_55&products_id=150
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Boy that girl is dumber than a box of rocks isn't she???
anyone else completely peeved at mscraps' "blog train"? more like a "facebook like me" train, I hate being forced to like stupid facebook pages. I'm at number 6 and have had to like then unlike each time. Stuff it. Not going to any more of their promotions this weekend. thumbs down mscraps.
I don't mind Facebook trains at all. Why shouldn't the designers get something in return for the freebies they take their time making for us scrappers? If they want an audience to advertise to, more power to them, I say. I enjoy having digi info come up in my newsfeed anyway, I've found some great deals and gotten some nice giveaways this week so far. So why should it bother you so much?
not to revive an old dead topic on purpose, but has anyone else noticed that shabby miss jenn's dsd sale includes all of her scrapbooking/photography related kits and products . . . . and . . . . one random other kit that doesn't fit the theme at all, and happens to be the beach kit from a few months ago that caused so much uproar on this blog b/c of her possible copyright violation using the jolee's stickers? why would that kit be included in this sale, when other non-scrapbook/photography themed kits aren't? seems she's trying to unload it one last time and make one last profit before retiring it or something?
speaking of piles of CU did you see that sugar hill is on sale 75% today only
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Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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Not sure what you're talking about but I am downloading something from them right now while I type this and it's at 855KB/s. Even if it wasn't, who cares? 75% off is an amazing deal and their products are great quality.
I downloaded from SHCO earlier after reading about the sale here (thank you) and had no problems at all. Very fast. Besides, it's DSD. If I have to download later, that's cool, too. But, all was OK this afternoon.
Oh great, Sugar Hill are having a sale so over the next few months, we are now going to see a bunch of kits that are almost identical. Sigh.
Oh great, Sugar Hill are having a sale so over the next few months, we are now going to see a bunch of kits that are almost identical. Sigh.
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Not if you have a good designer who thinks out of the box.
Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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I am having the same problem. I purchase some CU for my own personal use, and my downloads are currently running at 5 or 6kb p/s
fee jardine is 'semi-retiring' - only going to sell from her blog, effective the end of next week.
Good luck downloading anything though. I bought a style set and am trying to download it at 8.4 kB/s where other stores are 400-500 kB/s.
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I downloaded last night and was connected at 800-900 kb/s
What happened to the owner of WLS not designing and focusing solely on running the store? *snicker*
DSA's Blog Train...thoughts? Any downloads I should not bother getting?
What happened to the owner of WLS not designing and focusing solely on running the store? *snicker*
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She got greedy, and the others probably don't know that it's the owner designing.
DSA's Blog Train...thoughts? Any downloads I should not bother getting?
November 5, 2011 8:11 AM
A lot of them aren't even posted yet, so I would wait until you check it out.
Best deals today? Anything I can't pass up?
DSA's Blog Train...thoughts? Any downloads I should not bother getting?
November 5, 2011 8:11 AM
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Figures there are a bunch of designers whose stuff isn't even up on their blogs yet. Pretty sure it's November 5 everywhere in the world by now, isn't it? How hard is it to schedule a blog post so it posts at the right time?
The lily pad is down, SDD was down yesterday. This weekend happens every year. You'd think site owners would be better prepared!
It usually isn't the site owners that are not prepared. Generally these problems occur with the hosting companies.
It usually isn't the site owners that are not prepared. Generally these problems occur with the hosting companies.
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A site owner can work with their hosting company to help make sure the site will load - even with high traffic.
DSA blog train - i removed the 3 links that apparently have no intention of participating, and I put a note by Kat's since she tweeted me that she has no power and will get it up as soon as she can. The train should be intact other than Kat's link.
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Thank you, Sara. Sucks that people who commit can't follow through (except in some circumstances where it's beyond their control, like the one designer with no power).
I am having the same problem. I purchase some CU for my own personal use, and my downloads are currently running at 5 or 6kb p/s
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Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down.
I also find it funny that someone on here is complaining about Sugar Hill being slow (which it wasn't, at least for me, and I made 3 different purchases there) when other sites like TLP and After5 can't even keep their sites from crashing. I agree w/ the poster a few above me who said that site owners can work w/ their hosts ahead to make sure things run well. You can always tell which stores are willing to put the extra $$ into making sure big events run well for the customers. TLP and After5 this weekend = fail.
Funny thing is - I am the OP about Sugar Hill being slow. It was hit and miss. Some of the time, it was 8-9 kb/S, others it was 300.
I'm also the poster about the sites working with hosts.
I agree - A5 & TLP - major fail this weekend. But, they're extending their sale -- for after everyone's spent their budget $.
WTH is up with people at SBG not having sales? I went to buy stuff from Miki and nothing is coming up on sale.
Sales loss and I wont be back.
Talk about a fail.
I agree - A5 & TLP - major fail this weekend. But, they're extending their sale -- for after everyone's spent their budget $.
November 5, 2011 2:05 PM
So much for them being "top shops."
It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend. If Facebook can stay up with MILLIONS of people playing Farmville at one time, I would think TLP and A5 could manage.
I agree about SBG. I also wanted to buy from a certain designer but she has nothing on sale.
WTH is up with people at SBG not having sales? I went to buy stuff from Miki and nothing is coming up on sale.
Sales loss and I wont be back.
Talk about a fail.
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Miki's got a 30% coupon code for this weekend up on Facebook. The code was also in the SBG newsletter that went out last night.
It seems a lot of the designers there who don't have a sale, do have coupon codes.
"It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend."
That's pretty funny and not entirely accurate. Sometimes all of this can be done and a site will STILL crash.
And comparing FB to sites like A5 and TLP? Really? I think you're comparing the land masses of Manhattan to that of Asia. Just a teeny tiny bit of size and money difference.
"It's only a problem with hosting companies if you don't ante up for the extra support through the weekend."
That's pretty funny and not entirely accurate. Sometimes all of this can be done and a site will STILL crash.
And comparing FB to sites like A5 and TLP? Really? I think you're comparing the land masses of Manhattan to that of Asia. Just a teeny tiny bit of size and money difference.
November 5, 2011 2:47 PM
It doesn't cost nearly as much to keep a scrap site up and running as it does FB, sure - but I see what the point was.
It's really not difficult to keep a site up during heavy traffic as long as you plan ahead and are willing to pay extra for any support/bandwidth you may need for a short period of time.
Miki's got a 30% coupon code for this weekend up on Facebook. The code was also in the SBG newsletter that went out last night.
It seems a lot of the designers there who don't have a sale, do have coupon codes.
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This is stupid. Why would people have sales ONLY with coupon codes? What if I don't get newsletters or waste time looking through 100s of designers on Facebook? What if I happened to see something in a gallery and wanted the kit? I'd go to their store, be disappointed, and leave.
Never to come back.
After all, when you're asking people to pay $8+ for kits (which most of those designers are), you'd expect a little bit better customer service.
I speak with my wallet, and my money goes to designers who know WTH they're doing.
How many times has Captivated Visions used the same color palette as on her DST feature kit? http://www.digishoptalk.com/index.php
And before you say I'm lazy for not figuring it out myself I don't really care how many times I'm being sarcastic.
Well, it matches her My Project Mega's LOL I would have liked to see a different pallette used.
Miki Ferkul issued a coupon for 30% off all over DST, SBG, FB and Twitter. It was ALL over all week. Got tired of seeing it. Here. http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290868
After all, when you're asking people to pay $8+ for kits (which most of those designers are), you'd expect a little bit better customer service.
I speak with my wallet, and my money goes to designers who know WTH they're doing.
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They know what they are doing, it's a pity you don't seem to.
A bunch of SBG designers posted about their sales on the SBG blog:
http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/2011/11/idsd-sales/
No one was hiding. Store blogs are the first place I check during sale time because it's the easiest way to find information.
Seems like decent customer service to me.
Not affiliated with the store. Although I am reminded of why I dislike dealing with customers IRL.
Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down.
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Uh no, it's a problem with the server and their internet connection. It doesn't matter if I have a super speed connection if the other end doesn't have the same or can't cope with high traffic.
I had some extremely fast connections downloading from SugarHillCo. I suspect the slow part was early on in the sale.
I did not buy one thing from the top 4 "top-tier" stores because other places were clamoring for my attention. I did go back to look at my wishlists from those 4, and I decided I didn't need any of it.
I am not interested in coupon codes, but I wondered why they didn't go into the ___cart software for their store and make a change that way? Isn't it pretty easy to do? I'm just curious as to why they bother with the coupons.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :((
I'm curious which 4 top tier stores you are referring to?
Why THE Top tier stores, of course! (said with a snicker) After5, The Lilypad, Catscrap and Scrapbookgraphics.
I am not interested in coupon codes, but I wondered why they didn't go into the ___cart software for their store and make a change that way? Isn't it pretty easy to do? I'm just curious as to why they bother with the coupons.
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Because not everyone will know about a coupon, but will buy anyway. The designer will make more $$.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again.
Making a coupon takes pretty much the same amount of time as going in and setting a sale. It's completely stupid to do a coupon and hope people see it - even if you post to what you think of as 'all over digiland' there are still going to be people who don't see it ... and won't buy from you. Set the store on sale and those people do buy. I can't think of a single benefit of making the coupon ... other than that you really hope some people don't find it and buy your things at full price.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again.
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Just wondering, do you get pissed at and refuse to buy Stovetop stuffing ever again if you didn't look for or forgot to take a coupon with you to the store when you're buying groceries?
Making a coupon takes pretty much the same amount of time as going in and setting a sale. It's completely stupid to do a coupon and hope people see it - even if you post to what you think of as 'all over digiland' there are still going to be people who don't see it ... and won't buy from you. Set the store on sale and those people do buy. I can't think of a single benefit of making the coupon ... other than that you really hope some people don't find it and buy your things at full price.
November 5, 2011 6:49 PM
Not necessarily true. It's much easier to set a sale in Zencart than Xcart. Zencart it's as quick as a coupon. Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
That being said, I can't imagine doing the coupon rather than the sale prices, but maybe she's done her research and it works out better for her for whatever reason.
However, if I was that customer who bought without a code - even if it was my 'fault', I'd be pissed and would more than likely not shop that designer again.
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Just wondering, do you get pissed at and refuse to buy Stovetop stuffing ever again if you didn't look for or forgot to take a coupon with you to the store when you're buying groceries?
^^^ If I found out that the checkout girl knew there was a coupon code she could have entered and she didn't because I didn't ask .. I'd be pissed off yes.
Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
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If that's the issue, then making an image that goes along the top of your store with the coupon code on it is a good solve - I've seen many designers do that.
I really think she just didn't want everyone to have access to the code ... she was hoping people would add things to her cart, realize they weren't on sale, but want them enough to buy them full price.
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That is the most idiotic thing I have read here in a while and there's been a bunch of idiotic things said here lately.
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Just to clarify, the idea of the coupon on the top of the page is a good one, but you immediately followed that thought by one of such idiocy, I can't believe you thought of the first idea.
If I found out that the checkout girl knew there was a coupon code she could have entered and she didn't because I didn't ask .. I'd be pissed off yes.
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Why? It's not her responsibility, it's yours as a customer.
even if you post to what you think of as 'all over digiland' there are still going to be people who don't see it ... and won't buy from you.
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Big whoop-de-doo, so the designer loses a couple of sales. If it's in a place where most people see it, then they have most of the market.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :((
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And that is exactly why some designers are choosing to have coupons or no sales at all, because having two big sales in one month is not good for business.
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WTH is up with people at SBG not having sales? I went to buy stuff from Miki and nothing is coming up on sale.
Sales loss and I wont be back.
Talk about a fail.
November 5, 2011 2:13 PM
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What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something!
Um it is Digital Scrapbooking Day. It's pretty common for designers and stores to have sales on this day.
What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something!
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Woah there. While I thought the OP was being a bit dramatic, you are being a bit of a jerk.
All is good, but I am out of money. I suppose Black Friday will be another blow out sale day. :((
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And that is exactly why some designers are choosing to have coupons or no sales at all, because having two big sales in one month is not good for business.
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Now THAT is the most idiotic thing said here today. Why would you ever wait until the 2nd sale opportunity to have a sale? Just in case customers still have money left? No, you either have a sale the first weekend and skip the 2nd, or you have a sale both times. The only thing that's bad for business is taking yourself out of the mix for the weekend that's billed as the "biggest event" in your industry. OMG, idiotic.
Ok, here's something even MORE idiotic:
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever).
I have one more little thing, and that's a shout out to Scrap Orchard because of what a great job they've been doing with their DSD games and stuff. I know there is a rabid CT element on this blog, and I honestly have never gone there before, much less shopped there before, but they all look like they are having a great time and are offering some great giveaways for people -- not just the person who wins a single drawing, but anybody who accomplishes a task - a game hunt, a Lo, whatever. It really *does* look like a decent and happening place. Well done!
Now THAT is the most idiotic thing said here today. Why would you ever wait until the 2nd sale opportunity to have a sale? Just in case customers still have money left?
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Just because you spent all your money, doesn't mean everyone else has. I'm waiting for Black Friday and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever).
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I absolutely agree with this.
The only thing that's bad for business is taking yourself out of the mix for the weekend that's billed as the "biggest event" in your industry. OMG, idiotic.
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Who billed it as the biggest event in the industry? I really want to know.
What the hell is up with YOU demanding designers have sales just to suit YOU? Who the hell do you think you are? I know, why not email a designer and demand they have a sale just because YOU want to buy something!
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Woah there. While I thought the OP was being a bit dramatic, you are being a bit of a jerk.
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Sounds like something Flergs would say.
I object to not being able to copy and paste a coupon code. I *hate* when they are embedded into an image and I have to try to remember if it was a hyphen or an underscore (or whatever).
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so....open your notepad or a post it...and type out the code..then copy and paste from your own note. simple.
Sounds like something Flergs would say.
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No, it doesn't and I'm not a fan, but neither of those statements sound like her.
so....open your notepad or a post it...and type out the code..then copy and paste from your own note. simple.
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Nope, too many steps. Yes, sometimes I am that lazy. Other designers give you the code so you can C&P, why waste the time with those who don't?
Not necessarily true. It's much easier to set a sale in Zencart than Xcart. Zencart it's as quick as a coupon. Xcart if you want the sale to show on the product pages and not only in the cart, you have to change each and every price. Even with the quick change area on the right, it's a pain because you have to figure out the new prices and manually enter each one.
That being said, I can't imagine doing the coupon rather than the sale prices, but maybe she's done her research and it works out better for her for whatever reason.
November 5, 2011 6:56 PM
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X-Cart has the Inventory Pricing mod. 3 clicks and your sale is set up. What's hard about that?
My take on the DSD Blog Train and it's just my opinion, I suggest making your own decisions but since someone asked:
http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21521
In the designers defense, I'm not too keen on the palette.
Luv Ewe - Looks like catsup, mustard & relish. No Thanks
Jen C - Template, I don't use them so not relevant to me.
Penny Springmann - Cute wordart. Downloaded.
My Little Scraps - Alpha, not my style
BZB Designs - Only liked one element. Did Not Download
Simply Kat Designs - Not my style, but ok. Liked the striped paper but did not download.
Laura Banasiak - Downloaded. Keeping some tossing others.
Amy Stoffel - Debating on downloading.
Brine Design - Cute & Downloaded.
Jen Yurko - Did Not Download which is more a statement about the palette than the work she did.
Farynar - Not my style.
Elise's Pieces - Cute & Downloaded
Paper Capers - Alpha It's ok, but I don't know if it goes with anything else in the train. Did not download.
Meghan Mullens - Alpha, not sure about but downloaded.
Lindsay Riches - Downloaded, tossing some, keeping others
MScraps - Expansively full kit But for a store front, they should've gone with a direct download! Cheap. Worth downloading if you want to wait for four separate and large files on a file sharing server.
WMSquared - Word Art, Downloaded
Find Your Bliss - Why she chose to focus on the yellow in the palette I'll never know. Did not download.
Chelle's Creations - Alpha, Downloaded
Miss Tiina - Was expecting more (like something I couldn't find in her shop), but ok for what it is. Did not download.
Truman Studio - Not my style. I did like one or two papers but not enough to download.
Sus Designs - Hideous, imo, but it also isn't my style either.
Wild BlueBerry Ink - Well done, but too much of the yellow for my taste.
Sugar Kissed Designs - Cute, downloaded.
It felt there were more alphas than necessary with a small group of designers like this. But some things are out of control of the organizer. The palette was questionable, but most of us here don't like any palette for a blog train. So for what it's worth, that's my anonymous opinion.
Uh yeah, that's a problem w/ your own internet connection. I don't know any store in digiland who runs that slow, even when bogged down.
I also find it funny that someone on here is complaining about Sugar Hill being slow (which it wasn't, at least for me, and I made 3 different purchases there) when other sites like TLP and After5 can't even keep their sites from crashing. I agree w/ the poster a few above me who said that site owners can work w/ their hosts ahead to make sure things run well. You can always tell which stores are willing to put the extra $$ into making sure big events run well for the customers. TLP and After5 this weekend = fail.
November 5, 2011 1:40 PM
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Well for starters, I didn't shop at A5 or TLP so wasn't aware of their sites crashing.
And the download speed is nothing to do with my internet connection. I did a speed test, and was able to download from other sites at speeds over 500kbs
Run, don't walk it is t.h.e call of the year!
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290976
You could work with Happy Tits!
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Thanks. I checked them all out and agree with most of what you have said. However, I didn't download any of them. The palette really was awful and a little two dimensional, KWIM?
so....open your notepad or a post it...and type out the code..then copy and paste from your own note. simple.
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Nope, too many steps. Yes, sometimes I am that lazy. Other designers give you the code so you can C&P, why waste the time with those who don't?
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Are you honestly effing kidding me????
The palette really was awful and a little two dimensional, KWIM?
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It's digital art, it's all two dimensional. KWIM? *snicker*
Run, don't walk it is t.h.e call of the year!
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290976
You could work with Happy Tits!
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She forgot to say formerly Paper Plane Designs, or whatever it was. What does she mean by stores coming soon, when she's already at With Love?
Run, don't walk it is t.h.e call of the year!
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290976
You could work with Happy Tits!
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HURRY!! Go grab kits and pu 'em on that baby gaga site.
Are you honestly effing kidding me????
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Nope. Like I said, other designers can manage to do the C&P, so why should I bother with the ones who don't? Yeah, it is that simple. In a competitive market, I go with the ones who make it easy for me.
It's digital art, it's all two dimensional. KWIM? *snicker*
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Sigh.
She forgot to say formerly Paper Plane Designs, or whatever it was. What does she mean by stores coming soon, when she's already at With Love?
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Didn't someone say she was going to digiscrap cafe?
Are you honestly effing kidding me????
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I'm the OP, and although I pretty much agree with the previous poster about it being too hard, all I'm willing to really say is that my point actually was I wish you guys would quit using jpgs for your coupons because C&P is so much easier. In lieu of that, quit using little abbreviations and underscores and hyphens and anything that isn't straight forward words. Use HappyDSD or DSDcouponforyou. Not DSDcoupon_4u.
Run, don't walk it is t.h.e call of the year!
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=290976
You could work with Happy Tits!
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Funny she says she would be happy to have her old CT members back yet she used to fire half of them not long after she'd have a CT call.
So I will review blog train too, but like my opinion counts anyways but here it is.
Luv Ewe-Not bad basic fillers, kept them
Jen C-not a bad template but not for me
Penny Springmann-cute wordart
Shawna Clingerman-the alpha is a little too worn out for me
BZB-liked the papers but not the elements
Simply Kat-like the elements over the papers
Laura Banasiak-not really my thing
Amy Stoffel-Nice papers but don't really care for elements
Brine Design-a couple of the papers are ok
Jen Yurko-I liked it all
Farynar-nope
Elise's Pieces-cute liked it all
Paper Capers-nah not into it
Meghan Mullens-not too bad of an alpha
Lyndsay riches-like the leaf paper, it's all cute
MScraps-not really into the elements. Well they are ok but just not my style, wouldn't use them
WM[squared]-word art is cute
Find Your Bliss-kinda like the leaves but that is about it
Chelle's Creations-thought the alpha was cute
Miss Tiina-maybe would use the flowers but that is about it
Truman Studio-really didn't care for it
Sus-uh no, weird tree
Wild Blueberry Ink-really didn't care for it
Sugar Kissed-it's cute
I liked the look of the word art but it was useless to me as it was a little too Thanksgiving for me, and I don't celebrate it.
I'm the OP, and although I pretty much agree with the previous poster about it being too hard, all I'm willing to really say is that my point actually was I wish you guys would quit using jpgs for your coupons because C&P is so much easier. In lieu of that, quit using little abbreviations and underscores and hyphens and anything that isn't straight forward words. Use HappyDSD or DSDcouponforyou. Not DSDcoupon_4u.
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Sometimes we have no choice - for example, our stores require us to start our coupons with a certain code (that may involve the underscore)... also, many of us put symbols in so the code can't be guessed by people who never saw the coupon ... otherwise people could go putting 'happyDSD' in everywhere and hit up some coupons.
As for the JPEGS ... not really much choice when you are advertising in magazines and newsletters ... they require the JPEGS.
If you don't want to type the code - chances are, you don't really want the product anyway.
Sounds like something Flergs would say.
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No, it doesn't and I'm not a fan, but neither of those statements sound like her.
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Wasn't Flergs. It was me and I'm definitely not Flergs.
If you don't want to type the code - chances are, you don't really want the product anyway.
November 6, 2011 1:09 AM
Bingo.
I use .jpgs a lot of the time because they are more eye catching than simple text. I will definitely consider typing out the code after the image when possible, though after seeing that some people are peeved by it.
I cannot believe some of you people are so damn fussy. If a designer is willing to offer you a deal, and all you have to do is toggle back and forth between two browser windows in order to see a code in one window and re-type it in the other... that's too hard? I guess we designers will just stop offering deals and coupons, then. Honestly. Unbelievable.
X-Cart has the Inventory Pricing mod. 3 clicks and your sale is set up. What's hard about that?
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Not every store has this mod installed, ever think of that?
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise.
Not every store has this mod installed, ever think of that?
November 6, 2011 8:51 AM
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Every store should. I have that in my store and it makes life SO much easier for everyone.
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise.
November 6, 2011 9:22 AM
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Wow! Someone forgot to take her Prozac this morning?
I mean, I agree that bitching about not having the ability to copy&paste is crazy, but you are JUST as imbalanced with this unbelievable rant.
Do you feel better now? I sure hope so. Go check your pill box, I sincerely think you forgot one.
Anonymous said...
X-Cart has the Inventory Pricing mod. 3 clicks and your sale is set up. What's hard about that?
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Anonymous said...
Not every store has this mod installed, ever think of that?
November 6, 2011 8:51 AM
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Every store should. I have that in my store and it makes life SO much easier for everyone.
November 6, 2011 9:23 AM
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Couldn't agree more! If your store doesn't have it, you need to tell your owner to get it. It's not THAT expensive, and I'm sure they made enough money this weekend that they can afford it!
Couldn't agree more! If your store doesn't have it, you need to tell your owner to get it. It's not THAT expensive, and I'm sure they made enough money this weekend that they can afford it!
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Of course! Because, hosting is free, so is advertising.
If you can't afford a simple mod to improve the sales experience in your store for designers and customers, you may want to consider going out of business.
It's one thing to not know it exists. It's quite another to say your store is too broke to buy it.
http://www.bcsengineering.com/store/inventory_pricing-x-cart-modification.html
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If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
http://www.bcsengineering.com/store/inventory_pricing-x-cart-modification.html
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If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
November 6, 2011 10:30 AM
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Amen, Amen, Amen.
I can't stand greedy store owners who do nothing to improve the store interface over time.
Based on a post on Sugary Fancy's Facebook page, it looks like SM is closing on Monday, November 7.
No, it just says HER store is closing tomorrow.
"I came here to remember you that my Store at ScrapMatters will be closed tomorrow and I made a special coupon for you!"
God, I wish you SM people would just shut the fuck up already. I'm so tired of your spin, trying to act as if the store itself is not closing. If you aren't closing, then why are all your designers leaving?
It's about time you tell the truth. Completely ridiculous.
And if SM wasn't planning to close before (at least that is the story they were trying to sell) they will have to now because they don't have any designers left.
God, I wish you SM people would just shut the fuck up already. I'm so tired of your spin, trying to act as if the store itself is not closing. If you aren't closing, then why are all your designers leaving?
It's about time you tell the truth. Completely ridiculous.
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I posted the post above you (about her shop closing tomorrow). I was not saying that SM was NOT closing, it's just not closing tomorrow.
Happy & WM2 are still there until 11/11. I wish Andilynn would just own up and say when they are closing rather than have people guess. I'm hoping that most members are so pissed that she will not get anything out of a 'goodbye' sale.
who will even be around still designer wise for a good bye sale? the exodus is already taking place
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Very true.
I guess we designers will just stop offering deals and coupons, then. Honestly. Unbelievable.
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Boo hoo. Two people said it and you are over reacting.
Are some of you people really as stupid as you sound on here? You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either. Get a life people!!! Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money! I hate to think that if you're too lazy to c&p, what kind of messy shithole of a house are you living in. It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth. For goodness sake, get off the computer, go clean your house, bathe your kids and cook a healthy meal for your family and forget about digi-world for a while. We won't miss you... I promise.
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Way to over react. Why don't you follow your own advice, get a life and get off the computer. You have far too limited a view of the world around you. Go and see it some time.
You possibly can't be as lazy and fucking ungrateful as you sound either.
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I'm ungrateful because I can't be bothered to C&P? Are you kidding?
Poor little ole you, can't copy and paste a code for a coupon that a designer has put up for you to save money!
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Yeah, so in the end the only person I'm disadvantaging is myself, so what's your problem?
I mean, I agree that bitching about not having the ability to copy&paste is crazy,
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No one was bitching about the ability to not to be able to C&P, it was a complaint. However, the people who replied to that, yes, they were bitching.
It seems to me it's mostly the designers that do the bitching when a complaint or an observation comes up by a customer. Interesting.
Since when is complaining different than bitching? Now we're going to argue semantics?
She was absolutely bitching and went so far as to say she wouldn't bother to shop from someone if they didn't make their code copy&paste-easy.
If nothing else, it is irrational behavior. And yes, I agree with earlier posters, it is VERY lazy. I also don't understand why it's only a "complaint" when a customer voices it, but "bitching" when the designers point out how ridiculous she was being? (who is to say it was even designers pointing out how ridiculous it was? could have been other customers - you don't know!)
Sorry, you make little sense to me.
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That's okay, you don't make any sense to me. So I guess we are even.
I already admitted I was being lazy about the C&P, do we have to keep pointing that out? It's not like I didn't say it already. Jeez.
So I don't shop with some designers, why do some of you care so much? Are you the ones I'm not shopping with? It's the only reason I can think of, if not, why go on? It's not effecting you directly.
Difference between bitching and complaining - bitching is being nasty, complaining is not. Sorry if you don't understand that.
If nothing else, it is irrational behavior
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How is it irrational? I mean, I seriously want to know.
If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
November 6, 2011 10:30 AM
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Because not all mods are compatible with customized Xcarts.
Not any of the previous posters but...WHY would you not put your store on sale and instead want people to post a discount code.
You are seriously the ones losing out on sales. How many people are looking through a shop and see regular prices and just leave?
I'm not going to go searching Facebook, DST or any other place for special secret codes. DUMB!
I think THAT is lazy, it's takes about 30 seconds to put your store on sale.
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I agree. My CT gigs keep me stocked with products, so my shopping is very casual. I'm not going to jump through hoops to get a discount on a product that will likely end up sitting on my hard drive for months before I get around to using it. If the sale price is low enough, I'll be tempted to buy. But chances are I'm not going to be interested enough to go searching for a coupon code. It's not laziness for me, I'm just not much of a shopper anymore.
It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth.
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I ate my children for breakfast, they were sleeping in the take out boxes and I mistook them for leftovers.
It seems to me that you're probably one of those 400 pound women, or men, who sit at home all day on the computer bashing the shit out of everyone you're jealous of. Neglecting your children and your housework, surrounded by take-out boxes and your own filth.
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I ate my children for breakfast, they were sleeping in the take out boxes and I mistook them for leftovers.
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THANK YOU!! That was about as ridiculous as the rest of the shit on here. buyers complaining because they have to copy and paste. Designers complaining about the buyers and their boo hooing. SHUT UP!! Buyers get good deals. Designers get sales (if you are half way decent) Why bitch about it? Seriously there has to be something else to talk about!?!? Hell, to bitch about.
and another thing. This is business. No one around the digi world is really your friend. They are here to make money. So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF. If none-digi companies worried about every single little bitch complaint, they would never stay in business. They DONT want the cashier to put in the coupon for you. That is YOUR job. So, that most of the digi-designers are doing it for you, is a nice thing. If you miss their coupon, sucks for you. Be more vigilant next time. IT IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU. NOT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Get over it!
So, how did everyone do this weekend?
I'm a 'no name' designer at a small-mid sized store and I did better than I thought I would. Of course, that is all relative and I'm sure most people aren't going to give specific numbers. I made more this weekend than a 'normal' month for me.
So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF.
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I don't care about it, I just said I prefer to shop with designers who do a C&P coupon, instead of ones that have don't. I'm really not sure why that stirred up so much controversy for some.
I'm not asking for anyone to be my BFF. I'm not even sure what the heck you are talking about actually.
I'm fully aware it's a business, which is why I do my business with people who make it easy for me to shop. Yes, it is that simple.
So what if the designer makes you copy and past a coupon. They are here to make money. Not be your BFF.
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I don't care about it, I just said I prefer to shop with designers who do a C&P coupon, instead of ones that have don't. I'm really not sure why that stirred up so much controversy for some.
I'm not asking for anyone to be my BFF. I'm not even sure what the heck you are talking about actually.
I'm fully aware it's a business, which is why I do my business with people who make it easy for me to shop. Yes, it is that simple.
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Finish reading the entire thing and not just take something out and....copy and paste it....to fit your argument. Then you might...might...understand it. And there was far more than one person complaining about the coupon and copying and pasting. That you felt like the comment was directed towards you...says something. Did it strike a nerve honey? I think it might have! ;)
What the hell are you talking about? I made the several of the comments about C&P, so yeah, I felt you were talking to me. Sweet Buttery Jesus.
No nerves to strike here, honey.
Finish reading the entire thing and not just take something out and....copy and paste it....to fit your argument. Then you might...might...understand it.
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Honey, I did read it, all of it. It was a rambling mess. I didn't C&P anything to fit my argument. It was right in there and I C&P the part I was responding to. See, I told you I read it all, even though it was nonsensical.
IT IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU. NOT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Get over it!
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Get over what?
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No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
Yeah, I'm fully aware of replying several times to the same thing, but as there is no edit button, I had no choice.
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No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
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No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
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I knew what she was talking about. Maybe you only have half a brain because you had no clue what I was meaning when I said it was lacking. So that would make you, what, partially stupid?
No common sense to go along with the lack of nerves mentioned? I think it is pretty obvious what she is talking about. Anyone with half a brain anyway. Or to anyone who isn't just trying to argue or make an ass out of themselves.
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I knew what she was talking about. Maybe you only have half a brain because you had no clue what I was meaning when I said it was lacking. So that would make you, what, partially stupid?
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Wow you really are lacking aren't you. Why ask her what the hell she was talking about you git if you knew? You just want to argue. Yes, you got a bit smacked for complaining about having to c&p. Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly.
IT IS A BUSINESS. THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY OFF YOU. NOT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Get over it!
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Get over what?
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Really? I think it is pretty obvious by your scattered responses and editing that you didnt read her entire post until she called you out on it. You truly dont get what she is telling you to get over? You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
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Ha! That x100
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not?
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not?
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I was going to. It was on my list and as I was trimming it down, it got trimmed. This is totally my OPINION and smack away if you like. I liked each on individually. But I didn't feel like Chelle's really went with the rest of the shabby look. Gina's border line didn't. And although I liked them individually, I usually just use grab bags as one huge kit. So, that is why i didn't get it. Again, my opinion. ;)
Wow you really are lacking aren't you. Why ask her what the hell she was talking about you git if you knew? You just want to argue. Yes, you got a bit smacked for complaining about having to c&p. Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly.
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If you say so, coz you're the boss.
Get over what?
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Really? I think it is pretty obvious by your scattered responses and editing that you didnt read her entire post until she called you out on it. You truly dont get what she is telling you to get over? You come here bitching about having to copy and past a coupon. Really? TO COPY AND PASTE A COUPON. Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
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I did read her entire post. Jeez. It was rhetorical question. The assumptions you make. Do you always make these kind of rash judgments and assumptions or is it just me?
I never once bitched about having to C&P a coupon, not once, not ever. If you had kept up with the conversation, Little I Know So Much and You Don't, you would know I was talking about C&P something else entirely. Learn to read before calling someone else out on it, okay?
As for coupons out of the paper, I don't bother with those, they ain't worth the time.
Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly.
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It takes more than one person to argue and the fact that you all engaged me and continued to argue with me, when you thought I was being stupid and moronic, well, what does that say about you? I guess it says the same about you, doesn't it? Yep, it sure does.
Do you bitch about having to use scissors to cut coupons out of the paper too?
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I'm not allowed scissors, I have to bite them out with my teeth.
Did anybody buy the DSD Grab Bag that Captivated Visions did with Gina Cabrera and a couple others? I've been looking at it - really like the theme and colors but not sure if I should spend the $$ or not?
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Got it, already used it, and completely love the result. I admit I didn't use a whole lot of the theme-y (for lack of a better word) elements from Chelle or Gina, but their basic stuff like leaves and flowers fit well with the theme-y stuff I really liked from CV and LR. I really liked everyone's papers too.
Do you think that there will be another massive sale by most designers on Black Friday, or you do think that only some of them will have a sale?
I think only a few will, because the two days are so close together and customers will also expect a New Year's sale.
That's my view, for what it's worth.
Don't just argue to argue with no bases to it. Its kinda silly.
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It takes more than one person to argue and the fact that you all engaged me and continued to argue with me, when you thought I was being stupid and moronic, well, what does that say about you? I guess it says the same about you, doesn't it? Yep, it sure does.
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You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying.
I do agree with you though. To say one is silly b/c of arguing with no bases is the pot calling the kettle black. Arguing, especially on this blog, is just plain silly. I do know what I just said. That I just lumped myself in with you ladies and gents. We all have our silly moments.
Do you think that there will be another massive sale by most designers on Black Friday, or you do think that only some of them will have a sale?
I think only a few will, because the two days are so close together and customers will also expect a New Year's sale.
That's my view, for what it's worth.
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I think they will. Seems like most have in the past. A few do have the new year sales but they are nothing major and I think most everyone is just plain bought out by the time new years rolls around. Not just scrapping wise.
You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying.
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I am reading before replying and to say my responses don't make sense, well, that's a matter of opinion.
I like to ramble, it's good exercise.
For the record, I happen to be a very good listener, or so I've been told.
You are that person that never listens to someone when they talk due to always trying to think of what they are going to say next, right? You have been all over the place with your responses with these people and not one of them make sense. Seems to me they have bases to their arguments. I think the point was, you don't. You are rambling and not reading things fully before replying.
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I am reading before replying and to say my responses don't make sense, well, that's a matter of opinion.
I like to ramble, it's good exercise.
For the record, I happen to be a very good listener, or so I've been told.
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I think that is the first some what intelligent response you have given these people since the start of this nonsense. A word of advise. If you care or not. Since it is coming from this blog and all. If that many people are telling you that your response are not making sense, I would think on that. It is those people opinions. However, it is the way you are presenting it. I kind of like people to understand what I am saying. Defeats the whole purpose of debating, arguing, or even having a conversation if one isn't being understood. Again, take it for what it is worth coming from here.
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I talk to people in the manner in which I perceive them. Make of that what you will.
You know, I wasn't aware that two or three, at the most four, people constituted 'that many'. That seems like very few to me.
You know, I wasn't aware that two or three, at the most four, people constituted 'that many'. That seems like very few to me.
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You know how many people are commenting? Pray tell...how is that? Let's say (pure conjecture, here) that there were 7,8, or 10 at the most were commenting. To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'.
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No, there was only about two or three commenting, it's really obvious.
You know how many people are commenting? Pray tell...how is that? Let's say (pure conjecture, here) that there were 7,8, or 10 at the most were commenting. To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'.
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Right, because you are so clear right now. Wow. Could you be any more convoluted?
To have as many as you say were commenting not follow me would be too many for me in one small conversation not follow. I would have to go with the OP. That would be 'that many'.
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“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”
That about sums it up for the people I had the so called conversation with.
“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”
That about sums it up for the people I had the so called conversation with.
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LOL, so which half are you part of? The stupid or the stupider
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If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
November 6, 2011 10:30 AM
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Because not all mods are compatible with customized Xcarts.
November 6, 2011 5:10 PM
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The store i sell at is a customized X-Cart store, AND it has inventory pricing
If your store owner didn't make $60 this weekend, maybe she shouldn't be running a store!
November 6, 2011 10:30 AM
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Because not all mods are compatible with customized Xcarts.
November 6, 2011 5:10 PM
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The store i sell at is a customized X-Cart store, AND it has inventory pricing
November 7, 2011 5:18 AM
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That means nothing because they are *customized* In other words, what is compatible with your store is not necessarily compatible with another customized Xcart. All depends on what is *customized*
I'm just proving it can be done. All your interested in doing is making excuses
It's not fair to say a store owner doesn't care about their store or designers or that they are cheap when you don't know that that particular modification is indeed compatible with their version of Xcart. It's not an excuse if it's a fact. All you are trying to do is stir up trouble between designers and their store owners if they don't have that add-on. The designers need to understand that it is indeed possible that that mod is not compatible.
OMG I just popped in this morning to catch up on anything that happened over the weekend, and cannot believe that the cut-and-paste argument went on for so long. I'm not even going to stir the pot on that one, except to mention how FRICKIN' HILARIOUS it is to see the OP responding to everyone else's arguments by CUTTING AND PASTING their comments when she makes her replies. It's not too much bother to cut and paste here on this worthless time-sucker of a blog, but to save herself actual money in real-life buying products she actually wants and will use? Nah, too much bother. OMG OMG OMG, I am falling out of my chair laughing at the hypocrisy and idiocy of that one!
SOmeone already asked this, but didn't get replies. How were everyone's DSD sales this weekend? It seemed to me like more people were buying (and willing to spend more in general) than 6 months ago during the NSD sales weekend. Does this ring true to anyone else? Wondering if the market is improving a bit, or if it was just me.
So, how did everyone do this weekend?
I'm a 'no name' designer at a small-mid sized store and I did better than I thought I would. Of course, that is all relative and I'm sure most people aren't going to give specific numbers. I made more this weekend than a 'normal' month for me.
November 6, 2011 9:56 PM
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Congrats on a good weekend! Making more than you usually pull in for a whole month has to be a good feeling :)
I don't have all my numbers calculated just yet, but I am content with how my sales went this weekend. I won't give a specific number because I haven't actually totaled everything yet, but I estimated I sold somewhere between $1000-$1200 from Friday thru Sunday. I sell in a 'mid-size' store and also have my own store, too. My sales between the two were about equal.
I do plan to have a Black Friday sale, but only because the store I'm in is having one. November is usually my best month of the year. I'm glad it's off to a decent start.
What do you consider a "mid-sized" store? What stores would they be? I have no clue what would be mid- sized or top tier.
The ones this blog calls 'mid-sized.' So stores like TDC, GP, PBP, SBB, DSB, SM. I don't know if I agree with this blog's labels all the time, but since that's the popular notion, I went with it.
I don't want to say where I sell because it would probably make it easy to guess who I am.
HILARIOUS it is to see the OP responding to everyone else's arguments by CUTTING AND PASTING their comments when she makes her replies.
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whoa, Nellie. I am the C&P OP and besides the 2 posts close together yesterday, I haven't been part of the conversation until now.
It was just a comment. It was civil. It was even humorous if you read the first part, which was something like, speaking of idiotic, you know what I hate? I hate to type those coupon codes. I don't like to have to TYPE the crazy code from the picture. If there is a way around it, it would be good. If there isn't, we will both go on as before, i.e. if it's important to me I'll type it in, and if it isn't, I won't and you'll make more money. I didn't demand designers have sales, I didn't demand someone redesign their software, and I wasn't rude to anyone. I merely suggested that codes should be in normal English that I could remember long enough to type. I am inundated with 100s of emails every day and for DSD the number easily triples, and I read each and every one of them to the bottom. Okay, maybe I scan some, but I still open and read everything that comes across my desk.
More things that bug me....
And now I have one more thing to put before the collective you. Quick Pages. Yes, they are free, but I had to throw out so many this weekend because of poor and inconsistent shadowing (some after waiting 520 seconds on 4-shared, which I am NOT bitching about, well, not exactly, but that's another post. :) The shadows were all over the place on most of the QPs I downloaded that were made from a collab.
If you add up all the designers who prefer different shadow angles, and you add CU items in there, there are actually many, many shadow angles in the elements of a collab. Every flower with a button has a shadow within the element, and likewise all other dimensional objects.
When those shadows are not noticed by a QP LO artist, the LO is ruined from the beginning. Before they ever add the first shadow on an element.
I'm posting this because it makes me sad that so many beautiful QPs are in the trash and because I know there are a lot of new CT members at so many stores, and because I think if the word gets out they will be more likely to look closely at any dimensional element and think before placing it on their LO without rotating it.
My new thought is that designers should have the degrees of shadow they used in a kit in the file names or kit name.
Congrats on a good weekend! Making more than you usually pull in for a whole month has to be a good feeling :)
I don't have all my numbers calculated just yet, but I am content with how my sales went this weekend. I won't give a specific number because I haven't actually totaled everything yet, but I estimated I sold somewhere between $1000-$1200 from Friday thru Sunday. I sell in a 'mid-size' store and also have my own store, too. My sales between the two were about equal.
I do plan to have a Black Friday sale, but only because the store I'm in is having one. November is usually my best month of the year. I'm glad it's off to a decent start.
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$1000-$1200, I think I'd fall over from shock. I'm the OP and made about $350. But, like I said, I'm a 'no name' in a small to mid store. But I wasn't in your examples of mid sized store. But, I like what I do and I'm starting to build a nice sized fan base that look forward to (and buy) my new releases. I hope to grow more as a designer and then move up to a larger store towards the end of 2012.
^^^
what?! you mean, the new kit I'm releasing is called "oh happy day 120 degrees"? that's wacky. in the kit description, whatever. fine. but I think you're reaching a bit.
My new thought is that designers should have the degrees of shadow they used in a kit in the file names or kit name.
November 7, 2011 11:21 AM
Perhaps you should open your thought process to the fact that people all over the world scrap with different software programs. Not all have shadow capability, not all have the same terms to describe shadows, and none of the same interface to apply and customize shadows.
Since you're such an expert on shadows and how they should be, it should be no problem for you to look at a LO and be able to closely, if not exactly, match it simply through trial and error.
$1000-$1200, I think I'd fall over from shock. I'm the OP and made about $350. But, like I said, I'm a 'no name' in a small to mid store. But I wasn't in your examples of mid sized store. But, I like what I do and I'm starting to build a nice sized fan base that look forward to (and buy) my new releases. I hope to grow more as a designer and then move up to a larger store towards the end of 2012.
November 7, 2011 11:44 AM
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I think that is really good for someone who describes herself as a 'no-name.' I was lucky to make $100 in a month when I started out, so I think you're off to a great start.
Since you're such an expert on shadows and how they should be, it should be no problem for you to look at a LO and be able to closely, if not exactly, match it simply through trial and error.
November 7, 2011 11:53 AM
^^^^
I'm not saying I agree with her point about what designers "should" do. But, her complaint does not stem from having to figure out shadow angles. She was saying she was sad to have to throw out many of the QPs she collected (ahem, for free) this weekend because the CTs who made them did not observe the shadow angle on dimensional elements, making sure they placed those elements so that the shadows all ran the same direction on their QPs. And since a QP is a flattened PNG, you can't fix it.
I live by the personal philosophy that beggars can't be choosers. If I keep even a 1/3 of the things I download for free, I consider it a win. When you are downloading QPs from scrappers, you are going to get a range of experience levels. Not everyone will think to rotate elements from different designers so that the shadow angles match. Should they? I guess. But most freebie hunters probably don't even look for that kind of quality, either.
Oh, yes, I am an expert, but by consciously adding the degrees to the Tou, file name, or kit name, an inept designer would be made more conscious of her shadowing before she releases the kit. It is a big problem in digital and it truly wrecks a printed LO.
The things within a kit should at least match each other, don't you agree? The more CU they use, the less likely all elements in a kit have the same shadowing. Maybe CU designers should be the ones to add that to their file names, tous or kit names. (Ok, so the whole idea won't fly, but it would be nice to have a uniform code - maybe the face of a clock instead of degrees since, as you already mentioned, not all software is alike.)
I don't even notice if drop shadows are off.
I downloaded the qp's from Design House Digital, they were really cute, the problems with them was, a lot of them used the exact same word art from the kit.
Please, don't use words on your qp's. And yes, I realize they were free but you put a lot of work into them, but I put a lot of time into blog hopping and downloading too.
12:01 PM
Yes, you're right. It was the *waste* that I objected to on the Qps. So many of those girls worked so hard on all the layers, cut outs and detailing. Time consuming tasks and I just have a feeling that no one told them to watch for different shadowing between designers.
My other idea about the filenames was pretty much tongue in cheek, and it was something that just crossed my mind when I was typing, because I bought a lot of kits this weekend and am amazed at the different shadowing the designers put out in one kit, until I realized it was a lot of CU. These are all no name or new designers.
I shouldn't have put both things in one post to confuse the issue.
For the DHD Blog Hop, delete the QP that is laid out on a 45 degree angle and is on dark gray paper. At 100% it is blurry as hell and will ruin any book you make. I also personally deleted any QP with that awful ric rac in it. And one of the best Los has a very bad shadow on the bow at the bottom of a polaroid style frame and I'm positive you'd notice it if you printed it. It's on speech bubble paper. I kept it because I might want to replicate it, and I'd tell you the Ct girl's name, but she is probably new and why single her out on this blog?
What's a shadow?? and dare i ask, what is an angle?
You are joking? You really can't be that thick... can you?
I used to be on the admin team of a site that did a QP pack with the monthly collab. The QPs were done mostly by site CT and a couple by designers. I did QC, and I would always QC the shadows and you would be amazed at how many scrappers got offended and/or defensive and flat out refused to fix their QPs. Some refused to reply, and one even left the site entirely. I couldn't keep fighting with people over QPs like that and I couldn't stand putting out a pack with messed up shadows so we stopped doing them.
I used to be on the admin team of a site that did a QP pack with the monthly collab. The QPs were done mostly by site CT and a couple by designers. I did QC, and I would always QC the shadows and you would be amazed at how many scrappers got offended and/or defensive and flat out refused to fix their QPs. Some refused to reply, and one even left the site entirely. I couldn't keep fighting with people over QPs like that and I couldn't stand putting out a pack with messed up shadows so we stopped doing them.
November 7, 2011 2:54 PM
If that is the case, than the shadow presets should be provided or at least the settings used. It's unfair to go back to people AFTER the fact and tell them their shadows are wrong. Not every program saves shadows on a new layer and programs that do are usually optional to do that.
You could have saved yourself a lot of time and headache by making such presets a requirement to participate - and a lot of hurt for CTMs who are gladly doing this extra work FOR FREE.
You could have saved yourself a lot of time and headache by making such presets a requirement to participate - and a lot of hurt for CTMs who are gladly doing this extra work FOR FREE.
^^^
I did do that - told them what angle to use and what direction the light should be coming from - I didn't do presets because as you said, many programs don't use them and I knew some of our CT were using non-photoshop programs. But I did say ahead of time what angle the shadows should be at, and why.
For the most part, the defensive comments I got were along the lines of 'I don't believe shadows look good that way' ... not 'I didn't know you wanted them that way.'
My point was - I think there really is no way to get a cohesive QP pack with shadowing that appeals to everyone. People all have different ideas of what looks good for shadowing. As much as I've read Flergs and others say many times that shadows should all go the same way, I've also had a really interesting discussion with a CT who invited me to get up and look around my house and see there shadows really don't go all the same way because in real life there are multiple light-sources ... what looks like stunning shadowing to one person looks all over the place to another.
I'm in a mid to top tier store and made right around $300 over DSD weekend. Nothing I would consider crazy, but I'll take it. I don't consider myself the most popular designer in my store so I'd assume that some of the others in my store did better and some worse.
Over the years, I've decided not to wrestle women for DSD sales. It isn't worth the hassle or stress to me, I'd prefer to hang out in the forums instead of pimping myself all over the place and ordering my CT to do the same.
Some questions for 9:07.
Was your top tier store having a sale? Did the store have a "buy ___ get this collab for free?" Did you have a personal sale or coupon? Do you have a secondary store or a personal store you run yourself? Are you (somewhat) waiting for Black Friday?
To answer the PP, we did have a storewide sale, and I did offer some coupons to my subscribers and fans. To be honest, it is just a very busy time of year and I put the effort in that I could spare, kwim? So the designers that had more time and energy to pimp themselves likely made more sales.
I'm in a mid-top level store and I thought I did quite well with my $200. Considering that every designer and her dog was having sales. For the next 3 weeks I "should" bring in another $200-600. That's not too bad, if I do say so myself. At least by selling digi, I get to stay at home with my kid and make sure that he's getting the love, safety, and personal education that he needs before he heads of to Kindergarten next year. I design because I love it! I design because I can make money from it! I design so I can pay some of the family household bills, or put food on my table. If I didn't design, things wouldn't be as good for my family. I am so thankful to be able to do this for my family.
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