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[2008.04.23 17:18:46] Hang out in the Lobby before the chat. This room is unmoderated and will close 2 minutes before chat time. See you in the CafePress Chat Room!

[2008.04.23 17:18:46] Shopa has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 17:45:52] XXXXXXXX has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 17:46:00] Shopa: hi

[2008.04.23 17:46:33] XXXXXXXX: hi !

[2008.04.23 17:47:26] Shopa: i am flipping between 2 computer

[2008.04.23 17:47:41] Shopa: for some reaosn on my pc it keeps disconnecing me from chat saying i connected somewhere else

[2008.04.23 17:47:54] Shopa: so i am her eon my laptop and working on my pc lol

[2008.04.23 17:49:07] XXXXXXXX: good

[2008.04.23 17:49:39] Shopa: so how have sales been?

[2008.04.23 17:49:48] XXXXXXXX: hows s...i was just goona ask you lol

[2008.04.23 17:49:52] Shopa: lol not too bad

[2008.04.23 17:49:55] Shopa: i am trying to bring it up

[2008.04.23 17:50:04] Shopa: i opened 2 new shops in the last month

[2008.04.23 17:50:16] Shopa: i had my frist sale on one but nothing ont he other yet

[2008.04.23 17:50:18] XXXXXXXX: good..9 so far

[2008.04.23 17:50:40] Shopa: awesome

[2008.04.23 17:50:41] XXXXXXXX: less then $100 away from the 5k base

[2008.04.23 17:50:49] Shopa: i am avg about 3-5 a day

[2008.04.23 17:50:59] XXXXXXXX: less than $50 actually

[2008.04.23 17:51:01] Shopa: i wanna double that

[2008.04.23 17:51:02] XXXXXXXX: congrats!

[2008.04.23 17:51:15] Shopa: thats great i havent hit the 5k base

[2008.04.23 17:51:36] Shopa: i wanna get more designs made and up

[2008.04.23 17:51:48] XXXXXXXX: i just checked, im averagin 17 products a day

[2008.04.23 17:52:22] Shopa: thats great

[2008.04.23 17:52:24] XXXXXXXX: ive hit %k, normally its oct nov time though

[2008.04.23 17:52:27] XXXXXXXX: 5K

[2008.04.23 17:52:33] XXXXXXXX: so its a really good month

[2008.04.23 17:52:39] Shopa: my goal right now is to clear 10k for the year

[2008.04.23 17:52:51] Shopa: but my nov & dec sales were not great so i am behind where i should be

[2008.04.23 17:52:58] Shopa: last year i didnt work from aug-dec

[2008.04.23 17:53:08] Shopa: and killed my sales

[2008.04.23 17:53:23] Shopa: i like fell out of all the sarches

[2008.04.23 17:55:40] Shopa: sorry for the typos laptop keyboard sucks

[2008.04.23 17:56:14] XXXXXXXX: np

[2008.04.23 17:56:34] Shopa: i am working like mad now to try to get more designs up

[2008.04.23 17:56:38] Shopa: i have about 7500 now

[2008.04.23 17:56:51] Shopa: i wanna have 10,000 by end of summer

[2008.04.23 17:57:24] XXXXXXXX: good luck!

[2008.04.23 17:57:33] Shopa: thanks

[2008.04.23 17:57:48] Shopa: i knwo i can do it if i can get motivated i have 2 weeks left of school then i will be working on it full time

[2008.04.23 17:57:54] Shopa: i have a few hundred designs already made

[2008.04.23 17:58:20] Shopa: my problem is i dont have a shop to put some of them in lol i need to make another new shop but i wanna get the 2 i just started to pay for themsleves first

[2008.04.23 17:59:22] XXXXXXXX: i can understand that

[2008.04.23 17:59:29] Shopa: i have started a bunch of niche shops - cuz my general shop has way too many designs in it and is super over full

[2008.04.23 18:00:19] Shopa: i have even been moving thing sout of that shop into nich shops

[2008.04.23 18:09:42] Shopa: i am trying to reorganize my image basket

[2008.04.23 18:15:21] UncleFrog has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:15:32] Shopa: froggieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[2008.04.23 18:15:41] UncleFrog: howdy hi, shoppa!

[2008.04.23 18:15:48] UncleFrog: is there a chat tonite?

[2008.04.23 18:15:56] Shopa: yeah in 45 mins

[2008.04.23 18:16:07] XXXXXXXX: hi frog!

[2008.04.23 18:16:17] UncleFrog: hey there XXXXXXXX! long time, eh?

[2008.04.23 18:16:28] UncleFrog: there was a CPV chat last night ... didn't know there was one tonite

[2008.04.23 18:16:30] XXXXXXXX: yeah lol

[2008.04.23 18:16:46] XXXXXXXX: i vist the forums multiple times a day, i just rarely post

[2008.04.23 18:16:56] Shopa: this one is about marketing

[2008.04.23 18:17:39] UncleFrog: marketing is goooood. I spent the day learning ShareASale ... much nicer to work wtih than CJ. I wish CP would have gone with SaS for the affiliate program. CJ is just hard to work with.

[2008.04.23 18:17:44] Shopa: prolly be fulla just us old timers who can answer the Q's lol

[2008.04.23 18:17:58] Shopa: yeah i only really use CJ for CP

[2008.04.23 18:18:05] Shopa: i tried some other stuff but it was a PITA

[2008.04.23 18:18:34] Shopa: OMG i just made a sale of the 1st design i ever put on CP!!!!!

[2008.04.23 18:18:50] UncleFrog: I did some CJ stuff the other day ... spent the morning reworking it because I didn't like how my 1/2 day of work turned out. Then I signed up at SaS and it is a world of difference

[2008.04.23 18:18:51] XXXXXXXX: congrats!

[2008.04.23 18:19:08] XXXXXXXX: Im about to look into SaS..been doing offsites for the last 3 weeks

[2008.04.23 18:19:11] Shopa: i have sold it a few times randomly

[2008.04.23 18:19:20] UncleFrog: hehe ... that's gotta be kewl. with the 95,000 designs you have Shopa, how do you remember which was first?

[2008.04.23 18:19:22] Shopa: i just redid my offsite

[2008.04.23 18:19:40] Shopa: cuz it is a comment i made that got a car dealer fired

[2008.04.23 18:19:41] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:19:48] Shopa: and it was the first one i put on a tshrit

[2008.04.23 18:19:52] UncleFrog: lol

[2008.04.23 18:20:08] Shopa: "i dont have an attitude problem...i have an attitude i just dont find it to be a problem"

[2008.04.23 18:20:42] UncleFrog: sounds very fitting for ya, shopa

[2008.04.23 18:20:52] Shopa: :

[2008.04.23 18:20:55] Shopa: :D

[2008.04.23 18:21:29] Shopa: the guy told me i had an attitude problem cuz i wanted to dreive a pick up truck

[2008.04.23 18:21:42] Shopa: and i didnt wanna listen to his crap about financing first

[2008.04.23 18:21:45] UncleFrog: I'm so tired (due to our newborn, Cassie) today!

[2008.04.23 18:21:53] Shopa: i didnt need financing - i had the $ in my bank account

[2008.04.23 18:22:00] Shopa: awwwww poor froggie

[2008.04.23 18:23:06] UncleFrog: it's all worth it. but I could use a nap

[2008.04.23 18:23:26] UncleFrog: I worked on unclefrog.net instead of napping when I had the chance ... lol

[2008.04.23 18:23:31] Shopa: me too but i have just been working all day and writing paper slla n ight

[2008.04.23 18:23:32] XXXXXXXX has left the room (logged out)

[2008.04.23 18:23:44] XXXXXXXX has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:23:51] Shopa: sorry ia m using laptp for chat cuz my pc wont stay connected to chat

[2008.04.23 18:23:55] Shopa: and the keybaord sucks

[2008.04.23 18:23:55] UncleFrog: long time no see, XXXXXXXX

[2008.04.23 18:24:04] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:24:21] XXXXXXXX: i went to look at what someone bought and forgot it takes over this popup window lol

[2008.04.23 18:24:27] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:24:34] UncleFrog: oh yeah, that's right, it does

[2008.04.23 18:24:41] Shopa: hey if anyone is looking for affilaite my new store could use some linkage lol

[2008.04.23 18:24:54] XXXXXXXX: when i get a sael i always look to see the product and say thanks to them :)

[2008.04.23 18:24:59] XXXXXXXX: sale

[2008.04.23 18:25:00] UncleFrog: I'm about $75 short in base to make 15% tier this month and so far I'm skunked today.

[2008.04.23 18:25:14] XXXXXXXX: i just got no# 10

[2008.04.23 18:25:16] UncleFrog: should be my time on the good side of the server pretty soon today

[2008.04.23 18:25:22] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:25:24] UncleFrog: 10 on the day?

[2008.04.23 18:25:24] XXXXXXXX: me too!

[2008.04.23 18:25:25] Shopa: i at at like 4 items on the day - 2 doubles

[2008.04.23 18:25:29] XXXXXXXX: yeah

[2008.04.23 18:25:32] UncleFrog: nice!

[2008.04.23 18:25:40] Shopa: oh wait 5

[2008.04.23 18:25:42] Shopa: ui jsut sold a mug

[2008.04.23 18:25:46] UncleFrog: lol

[2008.04.23 18:25:53] Shopa: my sales like died when i didnt work while in germany

[2008.04.23 18:25:55] XXXXXXXX: i was just telling shop im averaging 17 products sold a day..about $50 from 5k base

[2008.04.23 18:25:57] UncleFrog: maybe I better refresh my email prog

[2008.04.23 18:26:00] Shopa: i am jst starting to cme back from it

[2008.04.23 18:26:10] UncleFrog: shaaa-daaanggggg, nice work DDK!

[2008.04.23 18:26:12] Shopa: it was like i closed my shop and started over by not working for 4 months

[2008.04.23 18:26:21] XXXXXXXX: well i have 11 prem shops lol

[2008.04.23 18:26:31] Shopa: i just opened 4 & 5 this month

[2008.04.23 18:26:31] UncleFrog: I haven't done squat in about 4 months either

[2008.04.23 18:26:34] XXXXXXXX: just got my 7th offsite up

[2008.04.23 18:26:40] Shopa: #3 i opened in january that one is doing well already

[2008.04.23 18:26:47] Shopa: i only have one offsite

[2008.04.23 18:26:50] Shopa: i am not that good with offsites

[2008.04.23 18:27:01] XXXXXXXX: well i just jumped in with both feet!

[2008.04.23 18:27:03] UncleFrog: I'm good with the off-sites, they just aint good with me

[2008.04.23 18:27:08] Shopa: lol froggie

[2008.04.23 18:27:20] Shopa: i am thinking of doing a second offline

[2008.04.23 18:27:52] Shopa: right now my offine is paying for itself with CJ

[2008.04.23 18:27:55] XXXXXXXX: frog are you on msn messenger?

[2008.04.23 18:27:58] Shopa: but not by a lot

[2008.04.23 18:28:09] UncleFrog: I use messenger, yeah

[2008.04.23 18:28:28] UncleFrog: not much though

[2008.04.23 18:28:31] XXXXXXXX: k

[2008.04.23 18:28:51] Shopa: did u know you can add people from yahoo messanger onto your MSN messanger and vice versa

[2008.04.23 18:29:09] XXXXXXXX: i did, yes

[2008.04.23 18:29:14] Shopa: i chat across them all the time lol

[2008.04.23 18:29:25] Shopa: i used yahoo but i have a few MSN CPers on my list

[2008.04.23 18:29:32] UncleFrog: makes it hard to get stuff done, I think

[2008.04.23 18:29:46] Shopa: i like it cuz i can ask opinions when i need them

[2008.04.23 18:29:52] XXXXXXXX: sometimes lol

[2008.04.23 18:29:59] XXXXXXXX: thats why i like it too

[2008.04.23 18:30:16] XXXXXXXX: i dont really want to show my stuff to too many people, only the ones I trust

[2008.04.23 18:30:23] Kippy has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:30:29] Kippy: Hey guys

[2008.04.23 18:30:29] Shopa: yeah i agree

[2008.04.23 18:30:30] UncleFrog: ahhh, I think I'd use PM for that

[2008.04.23 18:30:32] Shopa: kippppyyyyyy

[2008.04.23 18:30:35] UncleFrog: hey Kippy!

[2008.04.23 18:30:37] Kippy: I agree, too!

[2008.04.23 18:30:40] Kippy: What am I agreeing on?

[2008.04.23 18:30:45] UncleFrog: ... and the pony you rode one

[2008.04.23 18:30:47] UncleFrog: on

[2008.04.23 18:30:52] Kippy: sure!

[2008.04.23 18:30:58] Shopa: lol that it is good to have people on your messanger list on yahoo or msn

[2008.04.23 18:30:59] XXXXXXXX: Hi kippy

[2008.04.23 18:31:03] Shopa: to ask for fast opinions

[2008.04.23 18:31:06] Kippy: Hiya, DD

[2008.04.23 18:31:17] Shopa: froggy i hate to go into pm and wait for a response - with the messanegr i have an instant answer

[2008.04.23 18:31:19] XXXXXXXX: i think i grab some of your stuff over the last few weeks for affiliate shops lol

[2008.04.23 18:31:29] Shopa: feel free to grab my stuff

[2008.04.23 18:31:31] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:31:34] Kippy: ah yes, thatis useful :)

[2008.04.23 18:31:35] Shopa: i need th linkage right now

[2008.04.23 18:31:45] Shopa: my new shop especially

[2008.04.23 18:31:51] Shopa: i havent had a sale yet

[2008.04.23 18:31:56] XXXXXXXX: I almost posted on the cp boards about how frustrating it is...

[2008.04.23 18:31:57] Kippy: the only problem I find is that I get distracted and end up chatting!

[2008.04.23 18:32:00] Shopa: its only 2 weeks old but still

[2008.04.23 18:32:07] Shopa: lol kippy sometimes hte break is needed

[2008.04.23 18:32:08] XXXXXXXX: finding great designs.. but the shop is just whacked!

[2008.04.23 18:32:14] UncleFrog: that's my prob, too kippy

[2008.04.23 18:32:22] Shopa: what theme u lookin for

[2008.04.23 18:32:26] XXXXXXXX: or they link to other stuff, back to their shops, emal addys

[2008.04.23 18:32:43] XXXXXXXX: or their thumbs are 500x500...omg

[2008.04.23 18:32:49] Kippy: DD that is very annoying, I agree

[2008.04.23 18:32:52] Shopa: you can make thumbs that big?

[2008.04.23 18:33:06] Kippy: I cannot tell you how many GREAT designs I don't affiliate because of those sorts of reasons

[2008.04.23 18:33:08] UncleFrog: especially if I'm coding or clicking ... when I get IM's that throws off my pattern and sometimes I get lost. lol ... I'm not ashamed to admint it

[2008.04.23 18:33:22] Shopa: lol i shut down ims when i am working

[2008.04.23 18:33:29] XXXXXXXX: militarty, sports, animals, nature, environmental,skull, gothic..firefighter

[2008.04.23 18:33:33] XXXXXXXX: etc...etc..

[2008.04.23 18:33:42] Shopa: but then when i am loading designs into my shop i am usually doing the double window approach - loading 2 ssections at the same time

[2008.04.23 18:33:44] XXXXXXXX: i just got my 7th offsite up

[2008.04.23 18:33:49] Kippy: Frog, I get that completely. It's real life folk that do it worse though... don't come in and say "hi" to me. I'll come out when I'm ready... I know you're there!

[2008.04.23 18:34:10] Shopa: dd check out my new shop for envirnment plz lol www.cafepress.com/liveoffgrid

[2008.04.23 18:34:20] XXXXXXXX: I have...lol

[2008.04.23 18:34:24] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:34:25] UncleFrog: the other thing I don't like about IM is when you open it, peeps know when you're online and not ... I think ther are settings to hide that, but in general I don't want people to know when I'm online sometimes just so I can get ahold of others.

[2008.04.23 18:34:39] Shopa: i added 2 new sections today

[2008.04.23 18:34:43] XXXXXXXX: cool

[2008.04.23 18:34:45] Shopa: 3 dozen new designs

[2008.04.23 18:34:47] Kippy: been busy, Shopa? :)

[2008.04.23 18:34:49] Shopa: yeah

[2008.04.23 18:34:50] UncleFrog: lol

[2008.04.23 18:34:53] UncleFrog: just a tad

[2008.04.23 18:34:55] Shopa: i opened shops 4& 5 in the last 2 weeks

[2008.04.23 18:35:04] Shopa: and shop 3 is only 3 months old

[2008.04.23 18:35:08] Kippy: I always am set to away on im programs...

[2008.04.23 18:35:21] Shopa: with yahoo u can go invisible so you appear offline ot everyone lol

[2008.04.23 18:36:12] UncleFrog: yeah, invis to everyone ... but then, what, are you still able to IM the peeps you actually want to chat with? Or do you have to "reveal" yourself first?

[2008.04.23 18:36:16] XXXXXXXX: kippy can you pass along your shop? id like to see if i have any of your stuff... i looked at so many designs over the last few weeks i dont remember lol

[2008.04.23 18:36:35] Kippy: I also find that when dealing with other professionals, there's no offense taken when you're blunt that you need to get back to work... they know the feeling!

[2008.04.23 18:36:42] Shopa: no froggy on yahoo you can im them and stay offline

[2008.04.23 18:36:50] Shopa: on yahoo you can even set it offline to certain people and online to others

[2008.04.23 18:37:01] UncleFrog: IC

[2008.04.23 18:37:01] Kippy: What's your theme, DD?

[2008.04.23 18:37:11] XXXXXXXX: you can messge offline on msn too

[2008.04.23 18:37:23] XXXXXXXX: well...i have 7 offsites..

[2008.04.23 18:37:30] XXXXXXXX: all ae prettu much niche

[2008.04.23 18:37:32] XXXXXXXX: are

[2008.04.23 18:37:41] XXXXXXXX: so it depends

[2008.04.23 18:37:55] XXXXXXXX: i listed the things i was looking for abovve

[2008.04.23 18:38:31] UncleFrog: all CP products?

[2008.04.23 18:38:39] XXXXXXXX: my sites?

[2008.04.23 18:38:50] Shopa: my back hurts

[2008.04.23 18:39:00] Shopa: i been sitting in this damn chair all freaking day

[2008.04.23 18:39:00] UncleFrog: yepo

[2008.04.23 18:39:03] XXXXXXXX: yeah

[2008.04.23 18:39:22] XXXXXXXX: the other POD services suck lol

[2008.04.23 18:39:27] XXXXXXXX: cp rocks!

[2008.04.23 18:39:29] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:39:45] Shopa: lol u mean like the evil ** LOL

[2008.04.23 18:39:54] XXXXXXXX: omg dont get me started!

[2008.04.23 18:40:06] XXXXXXXX: i wish there was some place i could go to vent about them

[2008.04.23 18:40:10] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:40:12] UncleFrog: I've been trying to fill in some areas that I get traffic for that I don't have well developed self designs on CP ... if you want to see what I mean, I've been working on the lower left quadrant of www.unclefrog.net ... once I have that done and figured out a little better, I think I'll fill in affiliated CP products there too

[2008.04.23 18:40:15] XXXXXXXX: theyve been emailing me left and right lol

[2008.04.23 18:40:29] Shopa: i told him i was in finals - he said hed get back to me in amy

[2008.04.23 18:40:39] Shopa: think i should blog his email addy?>

[2008.04.23 18:40:41] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:40:56] UncleFrog: I get frog traffic and only about a dozen designs ... so I want to offer frog toys, statues, clothing, stuffed animals, squishy balls, etc

[2008.04.23 18:41:15] XXXXXXXX: thnx frog, I think i can snag stuff from you!

[2008.04.23 18:41:21] UncleFrog: ** has been rather aggressive lately from what I'm hearing

[2008.04.23 18:41:37] UncleFrog: snag away, just don't bogart it, dude, lol

[2008.04.23 18:41:38] Shopa: oh yeah they are going full forceasking for non-disclosure agreements and all

[2008.04.23 18:41:44] Kippy: It seems in their aggressive targeting, they aren't being very personable either

[2008.04.23 18:41:47] Shopa: offering to transfer all your designs to them and pay you to swtich to them

[2008.04.23 18:41:59] Shopa: the offside is you have to agree to not advertise any PoD other then them

[2008.04.23 18:42:11] Kippy: I think asking for such exclusivity is really too much for any professional SK

[2008.04.23 18:42:12] Shopa: so that means no more CJ - and your CP only gets MP hits

[2008.04.23 18:42:23] Shopa: yeah i know 1-2 who have jumped ship

[2008.04.23 18:42:32] Shopa: the one i know well - they can have she was a fruit loop

[2008.04.23 18:42:56] Kippy: hahaha

[2008.04.23 18:42:57] Shopa: kippy mine is being personable - but i have seen what other reps have said to other people and they are being rude

[2008.04.23 18:42:58] XXXXXXXX: i got my NDA from them today lol

[2008.04.23 18:43:05] Shopa: mine is really being nice

[2008.04.23 18:43:06] Kippy: I don' tknow anyone who has personally made the jump

[2008.04.23 18:43:20] Shopa: allthingscreative made the jump

[2008.04.23 18:43:32] Shopa: but she was not making sales on CP

[2008.04.23 18:43:36] Shopa: i know why though

[2008.04.23 18:43:39] UncleFrog: the exclusivity would have to come with a HUGE check. I'm not even sure how I would calculate how big it would have to be

[2008.04.23 18:43:50] Shopa: she refused to do descriptions - rarely tagged things

[2008.04.23 18:44:07] Shopa: then swore CP removes all her stuff from the MP tring to sabatoge her

[2008.04.23 18:44:12] XXXXXXXX: i was told the signing bonus is %10 of your 2007 POD earnings

[2008.04.23 18:44:16] Shopa: they can have her

[2008.04.23 18:44:19] XXXXXXXX: thatd be a hefty check for me

[2008.04.23 18:44:29] XXXXXXXX: and a monthly bonus also lol

[2008.04.23 18:44:51] Shopa: well there are 2 levels one is they move all yur stuff from cp to ******** - and then you close cp and all other pods and agree to only be witht hem

[2008.04.23 18:44:53] UncleFrog: 10% of trailing one year ... not worth it.

[2008.04.23 18:44:53] Kippy: yes, that would be sweet

[2008.04.23 18:45:01] Kippy: but I'd rather keep the CP earnings over the long run!

[2008.04.23 18:45:01] Shopa: the other you can keep cp but you cannot link to cp from any of your offsites

[2008.04.23 18:45:26] Shopa: that would not be enuf for me

[2008.04.23 18:45:31] XXXXXXXX: ditto

[2008.04.23 18:45:45] Shopa: tha is only 1 months pay - and iw ould lose 2 years worth of promotion

[2008.04.23 18:45:55] UncleFrog: 10% without the exclusivity, perhaps ... but to cut off one's nose to spite one's face doesn't sound appealing to me

[2008.04.23 18:46:05] UncleFrog: that's my thought, too, shoppa

[2008.04.23 18:46:05] XXXXXXXX: I wrote them back and said ** should be doing better at what they need to be, bulk tools, bonus, etc.. instead of trying to lure CPers away

[2008.04.23 18:46:10] Gandalf_Parker has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:46:22] UncleFrog: holy smokes! it's Gandalf!

[2008.04.23 18:46:23] Shopa: i told them to shuv it if they think imma lose my cp shops

[2008.04.23 18:46:26] Shopa: LOL

[2008.04.23 18:46:41] Shopa: i told them what they were asking would not be financially beneficial for me

[2008.04.23 18:46:42] XXXXXXXX: Welcome G!

[2008.04.23 18:46:44] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:46:49] Shopa: hey gand LTNS

[2008.04.23 18:47:00] Shopa: they would have to be paying me in the 6 figures to consider it

[2008.04.23 18:47:05] UncleFrog: must be Gandolf the White by now ... it's been a while, eh?

[2008.04.23 18:47:06] NiftyGaloot has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:47:07] XXXXXXXX: same here

[2008.04.23 18:47:22] Shopa: and thats 6 on top of movin my shyt over

[2008.04.23 18:47:24] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:47:34] Shopa: heck i am nearly 8000 designs

[2008.04.23 18:47:38] Shopa: and i dont have all the files anymore

[2008.04.23 18:47:39] NiftyGaloot: Good Evening! :)

[2008.04.23 18:47:45] Kippy: hi there!

[2008.04.23 18:47:46] Shopa: i only have about 6500 of my files

[2008.04.23 18:47:54] UncleFrog: It would have to be a min of one year's comp I would think with exclusivity, and even then I don't think I'd bite

[2008.04.23 18:47:57] Shopa: i have the templates for the others - bit not the files

[2008.04.23 18:48:03] Gandalf_Parker: Hi all. been debating a return :)

[2008.04.23 18:48:08] UncleFrog: hey Nifty

[2008.04.23 18:48:35] Shopa: your coming back and others are jumpin ship LOL

[2008.04.23 18:48:36] UncleFrog: with whom did you debate, G_P? and did you win?

[2008.04.23 18:49:10] UncleFrog sent an audio message: Clear Throat

[2008.04.23 18:49:45] Gandalf_Parker: heehee. debating with myself. and I dont tend to do so well

[2008.04.23 18:50:16] Gandalf_Parker: if others are jumping ship then it might be the perfect time for me to check back in (depending on who jumped)

[2008.04.23 18:50:58] Shopa: no one worth while was dumb enuf to jump

[2008.04.23 18:51:05] Shopa: and the one i know who did jump....they can have her

[2008.04.23 18:51:30] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:51:36] Kippy: This really puts a sour taste in my mouth about that company.

[2008.04.23 18:51:46] XXXXXXXX: it has me too

[2008.04.23 18:51:47] Gandalf_Parker: ?

[2008.04.23 18:51:47] Shopa: yeah i wont set up a shop with them

[2008.04.23 18:51:54] Shopa: the evil ** one

[2008.04.23 18:51:58] Gandalf_Parker: ahh

[2008.04.23 18:52:15] Shopa: they are emailing CP Skers and offering to pay them to sign an exclusivity contract witht hem

[2008.04.23 18:52:23] Ne@1512BLVD has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:52:28] Shopa: hey ne

[2008.04.23 18:52:29] Kippy: okay, Ne' ?

[2008.04.23 18:52:31] XXXXXXXX: Ne!!!!!

[2008.04.23 18:52:34] XXXXXXXX: hi:)

[2008.04.23 18:52:36] Ne@1512BLVD: hi!

[2008.04.23 18:52:42] Gandalf_Parker: I only recommend CP->** for people who sell designs. for Tshirters I recommend CP->******

[2008.04.23 18:52:50] NiftyGaloot: Ne, Hi!

[2008.04.23 18:52:59] Shopa: i wont ******

[2008.04.23 18:53:05] Shopa: i tried them before had major issues

[2008.04.23 18:53:12] Ne@1512BLVD: I won't ****** sounds funny! lol.

[2008.04.23 18:53:18] XXXXXXXX: lol

[2008.04.23 18:53:20] Kippy: What issues, CH, if you don't mind sharing?

[2008.04.23 18:53:26] Kippy: SH, sorry

[2008.04.23 18:53:34] Gandalf_Parker: everything has its pros and cons

[2008.04.23 18:53:35] XXXXXXXX: CP is not perfect, but it kicks the crap out of the other PODs

[2008.04.23 18:53:51] Shopa: lol

[2008.04.23 18:54:00] Shopa: i had a design i loaded then realized it had a typo on it

[2008.04.23 18:54:05] Shopa: and i couldnt remove it

[2008.04.23 18:54:07] Kippy: Plus CP has the volume bonus...

[2008.04.23 18:54:12] Ne@1512BLVD: I have tried ****** and I just couldn't get things designed easily. If you think CP is time consuming... then ****** is way worse!

[2008.04.23 18:54:12] XXXXXXXX: :):)

[2008.04.23 18:54:15] Gandalf_Parker: I highly recommend CP as a starting point, and for people doing many products. But if someone specializes Ive been recommending others

[2008.04.23 18:54:23] Kippy: I know a lot of SKs who get their bills paid monthly thanks to that volume bonus

[2008.04.23 18:54:26] Shopa: i went around and around and it took me threatening to get an attorney for them to remove it

[2008.04.23 18:54:38] Kippy: eek

[2008.04.23 18:54:44] XXXXXXXX: I ddo CP fulltime..it pays more than the bills! lol

[2008.04.23 18:55:02] Shopa: i am trying to go FT with CP -

[2008.04.23 18:55:08] XXXXXXXX: the bous has been pretty d*m big some months

[2008.04.23 18:55:11] Shopa: i need to double what i am makign now

[2008.04.23 18:55:13] XXXXXXXX: bonus

[2008.04.23 18:55:13] Shopa: i am on my way

[2008.04.23 18:55:16] Kippy: How much longer will you be in school?

[2008.04.23 18:55:17] Shopa: 3 new shops in 4 months

[2008.04.23 18:55:21] Shopa: 2 weeks

[2008.04.23 18:55:28] Kippy: oh, wow, soon!

[2008.04.23 18:55:38] Gandalf_Parker: grats Shopa

[2008.04.23 18:55:39] Ne@1512BLVD: Shopa, wow!

[2008.04.23 18:55:51] Kippy: need snackage, brb

[2008.04.23 18:55:59] Ne@1512BLVD: You are one focued gal!

[2008.04.23 18:56:05] Ne@1512BLVD: focused! lol

[2008.04.23 18:56:34] Ne@1512BLVD: snackage... I just heard Pauly Shore say that in my head!

[2008.04.23 18:57:37] UncleFrog: that volume bonus is KEY ... and the CP market place drives significant sales. CP is much better for folks who can't drive their own traffic.

[2008.04.23 18:57:48] Gandalf_Parker: definetly

[2008.04.23 18:57:54] Dooni Designs has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:57:57] Ne@1512BLVD: Yeah, I rely on the MP

[2008.04.23 18:58:17] Ne@1512BLVD: But, I did finally get around to making some business cards! lol

[2008.04.23 18:58:24] Kippy: and they are really nice, too!

[2008.04.23 18:58:48] Shopa: sorry phone im back

[2008.04.23 18:59:11] Sag has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 18:59:19] Kippy: Hi there, Sag

[2008.04.23 18:59:24] Shopa: well to be fair on my 3 shops - one of them was an offshot of my otehr shop - so i moved the stuff over and added more to it

[2008.04.23 18:59:34] Shopa: the other 2 shops i jsut staretd int he last 2-3 weeks

[2008.04.23 18:59:42] Sag: Hi Kippy And All!

[2008.04.23 18:59:47] Kippy: the organisation of old material can be just as time consuming as adding something new though

[2008.04.23 18:59:55] XXXXXXXX: Hi Sag!

[2008.04.23 18:59:58] Shopa: the one is an offshoot of another section i have - the newest is a personal passion nich

[2008.04.23 19:00:05] Sag: Howdy DDK!

[2008.04.23 19:00:28] Ne@1512BLVD: I would like to be able to move entire sections into another store... that would be nice!

[2008.04.23 19:00:32] Shopa: yeah i have been doing SEO all week

[2008.04.23 19:00:37] Shopa: ne i know

[2008.04.23 19:00:47] Shopa: i took 2 weeks and reloaded them out of my image basket intot the new shoop

[2008.04.23 19:01:00] Shopa: and the worse part was a lot of them are jpg's so i had to laod them special

[2008.04.23 19:01:05] Shopa: cuz i cant have dark stuff

[2008.04.23 19:01:06] jonbaas has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:01:12] Kippy: Hi Jon

[2008.04.23 19:01:19] jonbaas: Hey Kippy. :)

[2008.04.23 19:01:21] Shopa: everyone hang around for after chat if you can

[2008.04.23 19:01:25] Ne@1512BLVD: A lot of my older designs are JPG

[2008.04.23 19:01:33] Shopa: you have to close chat and come back in to get back into the lobby usually though

[2008.04.23 19:01:34] Sag: Okay, Shop

[2008.04.23 19:01:43] Shopa: cuz they are gonna close this in a few

[2008.04.23 19:01:55] Shopa: ne prolly 80% of mine are lol

[2008.04.23 19:02:00] Kippy: I'll try... stayed up all night last night because some people just wouldn't stop chatting...

[2008.04.23 19:02:13] UncleFrog: howdy Sag! I spent the day correcting my CJ mess, and dabbling in SaS ... WOW! I now wish that CP had gone SaS instead of CJ. What a difference!! Now hopefully the results will be different, too

[2008.04.23 19:02:28] Gandalf_Parker: I always try to save a design in the preferrred format of my paint program. That tends to keep them most info and converts/modifys easiest later

[2008.04.23 19:02:31] Ne@1512BLVD: Probably 80% for me too, because I put most of my designs in the first few months!

[2008.04.23 19:02:31] TexasFiddler has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:02:56] Kippy: Hi, TexasFiddler

[2008.04.23 19:02:58] Sag: Hey if any of you are looking for a good forum to learn how to convert your shops to mobi sites for cell phone shoppers here is the link: http://mobility.mobi - couldn't put it in the forum but did want to share it.

[2008.04.23 19:03:00] Shopa: ne me tooi loaded 4500 designs in my first 9 months

[2008.04.23 19:03:05] Gandalf_Parker: yeah Im not real happy with CJ either

[2008.04.23 19:03:07] TexasFiddler: Kippy, how you doing

[2008.04.23 19:03:14] Kippy: never better! you?

[2008.04.23 19:03:16] Shopa: thanks sag

[2008.04.23 19:03:39] Kippy: cool, thanks Sag. That's been on the to-do

[2008.04.23 19:03:42] Shopa: does anyone object to me loading this chat log into the blog??

[2008.04.23 19:03:49] Ne@1512BLVD: CJ is okay for me, but I admit my affiliate endeavors have not been my main focus

[2008.04.23 19:03:52] Sag: Nope.

[2008.04.23 19:03:56] Shopa: i dont usually put the lobby ones up but there is some good info here

[2008.04.23 19:03:57] TexasFiddler: I'd be thrilled Shopa

[2008.04.23 19:04:01] jonbaas: I don't mind. :)

[2008.04.23 19:04:18] Ne@1512BLVD: I don't mind... there were times in the past I wish you had!

[2008.04.23 19:04:19] Gandalf_Parker: affil and referrals have always been my main money

[2008.04.23 19:04:35] Bruce has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:04:39] Shopa: yeha well a lot of people say things in the lobby that they may not want repeated

[2008.04.23 19:04:47] TexasFiddler: I wish they'd open the chat room, I've gotta step away for about ten minutes and I don't want to miss anything there! You gonna put the chat itself on the blog as well Shopa?

[2008.04.23 19:05:06] Shopa: yes i will

[2008.04.23 19:05:06] Ne@1512BLVD: You could always delete out personal info or sales or emails if stated

[2008.04.23 19:05:07] Sag: I hope you are successful Frog! I know it's a mess to handle at CJ.

[2008.04.23 19:05:08] BrittaCP has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:05:16] Gandalf_Parker: ok its open

[2008.04.23 19:05:18] The Shadow has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:05:23] The Shadow: Hello Sks

[2008.04.23 19:05:26] Ne@1512BLVD: Okay heading over!

[2008.04.23 19:05:26] Shopa: shadowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[2008.04.23 19:05:28] BrittaCP: CafePress chat room is now open... if you'd like to jump on over

[2008.04.23 19:05:28] UncleFrog: Thanks, Sag

[2008.04.23 19:05:29] MP has entered the room "The Lobby"

[2008.04.23 19:05:32] XXXXXXXX: Shadow!

[2008.04.23 19:05:40] NiftyGaloot has left the room

[2008.04.23 19:05:40] Kippy: hi, hi!

[2008.04.23 19:05:42] Gandalf_Parker: yay first one in

[2008.04.23 19:05:42] The Shadow: Hello people

[2008.04.23 19:05:46] Shopa: everyone rememebr to come back after!!!!!