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How often do you update your homepage on your website?

How often do you refresh the homepage of your website? Whether it's a design update, new content, or seasonal tweaks, keeping your homepage fresh can make a big impact on visitor engagement. I'd love to hear how frequently you update yours and what changes you prioritize!

 

I try to do a refresh every quarter or sooner for major links. I update regularly for seasonal items. We try to make minor changes just so our regulars don't see the same thing all the time.

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We often do small tweaks when something changes like swapping pictures or announcing a sale.  Once a year we like to do a complete change like a different color scheme, page navigation and new photos.  What's nice about the way our site is setup is we don't use Square for our main site, this gives us "total" control, our own domain and email.  We then use Square for the shopping cart and online sales via a link.  It's basically seamless as the sites go together well.  However, lately we have backed off selling online - seems the cost of shipping, taxes and extra fees imposed by our state law makers has been a challenge as compared to just selling in person at our shop.

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@JK_Fiber_Art Our items are easy to ship clothing, Our shipping starts at 5.00 for 1 item , then 1 extra dollar for each item added until you reach 10.00, shipping caps at 10.00. USPS ground advantage has really helped us with shipping costs.

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Thank you for this information! I currently use either UPS or FedEx for shipping apparel. Shipping basically starts at $12 for ground! Most of my orders run over $50 for shipping.

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@Bonters I don't know if USPS ground advantage would help you, but I would check it out. Ground advantage is usually 5 days shipping time. We use poly bags to ship our items, I find it's cheaper shipping with a poly bag instead of a box, we only have to enter the length and width, not the thickness.

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I appreciate it! I will definitely check into it. Hope all is well with you and your business venture!

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Thank you, This is our hardest time, we come off Iowa State Fair, packed out last Monday morning, drove 3.5 hrs. to St. Paul MN. and started setting up that afternoon. We had 2 .5 days to get setup before the Minnesota State Fair started. When this fair ends we pack up drive 3.5 hrs. and start setting up for the next fair.  then we get a 3 day break before going into The State fair of Texas.  Hope everything is going well for you also.

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Do you just do apparel items? Or do you do promotional as well?

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We just sell Children's clothing. Do you do promotional? Here is a photo of our setup.

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Give me a call if you get a moment. I have a couple things I'd love to discuss with you. [Personal Information Redacted]

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I will after this fair we are working 12 hour days right now.

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Love this question @rtfulk!

 

Interested in hearing from @7th_Tree_Images@AnKorn@devneck, and @Bonters 

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We really don't change it up as much as we should. However, the template we use from Square is super helpful to change up the featured items on the home page. We focus on ease of navigation and use versus aesthetics.

 

Something we try & keep in mind is most people look at websites from their phone, so we really focus on that look/feel above desktop.

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Co-Owner Amityville Apothecary
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