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[2008.05.01 19:00:53] AngelaCP: hi everyone
[2008.05.01 19:01:07] FJS: Hey Angela and Marc
[2008.05.01 19:01:10] AngelaCP: Hi
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[2008.05.01 19:01:17] AngelaCP: Marty is getting set up
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[2008.05.01 19:01:33] AngelaCP: wishing everyone a happy May
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[2008.05.01 19:01:35] cowpie: Hi Ang
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[2008.05.01 19:02:00] brainlint: HA! Who is the sectionator? Funny :)
[2008.05.01 19:02:08] AngelaCP: Marty and Justin is... I guess :)
[2008.05.01 19:02:14] buffaloworks: Howdy all
[2008.05.01 19:02:17] funkface: Hola. I'm excited.
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[2008.05.01 19:02:26] AngelaCP: Just another minute
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[2008.05.01 19:02:32] AngelaCP: and w'ell be ready
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[2008.05.01 19:03:00] Live Bold German T Shirts: thank you
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[2008.05.01 19:03:59] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: Bet we have
a full house today LOL
[2008.05.01 19:04:01] Suzzie: yup big crowd
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[2008.05.01 19:04:03] BrittaCP: hello, hello, hello
[2008.05.01 19:04:05] buffaloworks: Hey Ang, what's the biggest chat
ever?
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[2008.05.01 19:04:10] BrittaCP: my do wew have a full crowd here today
[2008.05.01 19:04:11] AngelaCP: Not sure...
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[2008.05.01 19:04:22] AngelaCP: We have had over a hundred before
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[2008.05.01 19:04:27] Sag: Dang, there are a lot of us here. Howdy all!
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[2008.05.01 19:04:36] AngelaCP: Dang is right
[2008.05.01 19:04:36] cowpie: Hi Britta
[2008.05.01 19:04:44] Suzzie: you may get a hundred again, tonight
[2008.05.01 19:04:55] AngelaCP: possibly
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[2008.05.01 19:05:30] jean /rotem gear: hello
angelabrittalekkersagcaseykippyophelianecowpie
[2008.05.01 19:05:33] buffaloworks: How many CP shopkeepers can you fit
in a volkswagen?
[2008.05.01 19:05:35] BrittaCP: Hey everyone... thanks for joining
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[2008.05.01 19:05:58] BrittaCP: Befreo we begin... i must go overe the
chat rules
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[2008.05.01 19:06:04] BrittaCP: This is a moderated chat
[2008.05.01 19:06:19] BrittaCP: that means that any question or comment
that you submit, will be sent to a queue
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[2008.05.01 19:06:34] BrittaCP: a moderator will will review it, and
then push the comment out
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[2008.05.01 19:06:45] BrittaCP: so if you do not see your comment right
away, that is why
[2008.05.01 19:06:56] BrittaCP: ok... let's get the show on the road
[2008.05.01 19:06:59] jean /rotem gear: everyone please check your
pitchforks and torches at the door
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[2008.05.01 19:07:20] AngelaCP: Thanks Jean. We want this chat to be
productive and answer any questions you may have about the section
limits announcement
[2008.05.01 19:07:52] AngelaCP: so i know you guys have a lot of
questoins, so why don't we just get started on answering your questions
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[2008.05.01 19:08:02] AngelaCP: we see a few already
[2008.05.01 19:08:10] AngelaCP: and will do our best to answer
everyone's
[2008.05.01 19:08:24] Karen: Will you be limiting the amount of free
shops an account can have?
[2008.05.01 19:08:31] AngelaCP: There are currently no plans to do this
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[2008.05.01 19:10:33] Michigal: Question: Do you have any idea
whatsoever when a tool will be available to either move a section from store to
store, or copy and paste a section from store to store? "soon" isn't a
good enough answer btw, I'm still waiting for the new dog products
that were coming soon. LOL
[2008.05.01 19:10:33] MartyCP: We're working on a few different methods
to deal with section limitations, but we didn't want to delay the
release of the bulk tools anymore. I'm hoping to have a solution by the
end of May.
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[2008.05.01 19:10:40] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: does 500
sections include subsections also
[2008.05.01 19:10:54] AngelaCP: it does
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[2008.05.01 19:11:39] Tshirt d'Art (Casey): When will the emails arrive
informing us of our grandfathered limit?
[2008.05.01 19:11:40] BrittaCP: The emails have all been sent out. if
you haven't received one, and you think you should... contact your top
shop rep.
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[2008.05.01 19:12:41] FJS: Can we have empty sections to use for
redirect that don't count in the 500 limit?
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[2008.05.01 19:12:52] The Shadow: let me ask this, if someone can
create 2000 free shops, how is that less intensive that somone have 1000
sections?
[2008.05.01 19:12:52] MartyCP: The problems all have to do with a
single shop being too big. Lots of reasonably sized shops isn't a problem.
[2008.05.01 19:12:55] AngelaCP: Sections are counted as sections, even
if they are empty
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[2008.05.01 19:13:40] Brad Neil: Will this increase the site speed
(searches, page loads, etc.) for the customers?
[2008.05.01 19:13:40] AngelaCP: It will make the experience more
consistant for both buyers and shopkeepers
[2008.05.01 19:13:47] babelfish: are there going to be discounts for
additional premium stores considering some of the issues some people will
have?
[2008.05.01 19:13:47] MartyCP: In some cases we may offer discounts,
but I think limits are just a part of any service's evolution. We've
also grandfathered people in with higher amounts, so they can continue to
run their existing shops without breaking them up.
[2008.05.01 19:14:23] Mydeas: Since shops were previously unlimited and
we were paying. Does our cost go down since we now can not put up as
many designs in a shop??
[2008.05.01 19:14:26] JustinCP: There is no plan to change the $6.95/mo
Premium Shop fee due to the shop limits.
[2008.05.01 19:14:34] ne1512BLVD: I have noticed that a lot of people
(new and old) just really do not understand how this affects them. Is
there a way to create a special page for people like Jen and Teesed to
post their helpful tools and tutorials, as well as a F.A.Q about how to
integrate multiple shops without the customer knowing?
[2008.05.01 19:14:35] Towal: is there a list/explination of what
exactly the bulk tools are and how they will help us?
[2008.05.01 19:14:52] AngelaCP: We do have a list and explanation of
the new tools here:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/community/smart_shop_update043008
[2008.05.01 19:15:07] BrittaCP: Ne, we like this idea. Ang and I will
think something up
[2008.05.01 19:15:18] Karen: Will there be CP tools to tie together a
group of premium shops so that it appears as a mall type shop rather
than just one isolated niche shop?
[2008.05.01 19:15:18] MartyCP: We're working on several ways to deal
with the problem of having run into the section limit. If we find that
the only way to deal with the problem is creating more premium shops,
then we'll definitely look into automated shop cross-linking.
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[2008.05.01 19:16:58] Sag: Was there no other solution possible other
than the section limits?
[2008.05.01 19:16:58] MartyCP: It really was the obvious solution at
this point. We thought about other things, but they were much more
destructive, and thus not options at all.
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[2008.05.01 19:17:41] cowpie: Hidden sections are counted too?
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[2008.05.01 19:17:42] BrittaCP: Yes, they are counted into your total
amount
[2008.05.01 19:18:24] Towal: thanks for the link
[2008.05.01 19:18:43] matisse: THANKS FOR THE BULK TOOLS!
[2008.05.01 19:19:06] Kate: Marty, is there any reason why you couldn't
create a 'super section' type entity that is essentially another shop,
but acts like a section?
[2008.05.01 19:19:06] MartyCP: That's be a much more advanced (and
time/resource-consuming) solution. We've talked about something like that,
but I think at that point we'd really just move into the other
conversations we've been having, like rearchitecting everything. ;)
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[2008.05.01 19:20:01] mousecrafter: Are the section limits to
discourage shops from having large numbers of designs that have only minor
variations, such as sections devoted to large numbers of individual names or
numbers on a single basic design.
[2008.05.01 19:20:01] MartyCP: That's not the primary reason, but it is
a benefit. I'm hoping we'll evolve to handle "variation" designs much
better than we do right now.
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[2008.05.01 19:21:29] Suzzie: are the "grandfathered in" shops going to
eventually be subject to more fees because their shops are bigger?
[2008.05.01 19:21:29] MartyCP: I doubt it. I'd expect that
grandfathering section limits would allow you to maintain that level without a fee
increase. (Things may be different when we roll out a more detailed
tiered offering, though.)
[2008.05.01 19:23:03] JustMe: Will bulk product deletions break google
lor affiliate links?
[2008.05.01 19:23:03] MartyCP: Oh, of course, just as they always have
[2008.05.01 19:23:42] JustMe: Oh, great!
[2008.05.01 19:23:50] shopa: why is the limit set so low? i have
several shops and none of them is a problem until they are over 2000
sections - why not 1000 section limit??
[2008.05.01 19:23:50] MartyCP: Fewer than 0.1% of shops have more than
400 sections. Honestly, 500 really isn't that low.
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[2008.05.01 19:25:44] AngelaCP: JustMe and everyone. It seems everyone
is concerned about breaking links for affiliates. Most affiliates
link to the MP. For those that might link directly to your products and
sections, instead of deleting, why not just update the image? Also,
with the grandfathered limits you should be able to continue to run your
business for a while without having to evaluate old sections.
[2008.05.01 19:25:53] Mydeas: Can we request extra space or will we
have to pay extra for more space?
[2008.05.01 19:25:59] Karen: When we reach our upper limit will there
be a way to increase it another 500 sections, say for a fee? Or do we
have to open another separate premium?
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[2008.05.01 19:26:04] Suffering from Section Deficit: is the limit
etched in stone or are you looking for ways to raise it
[2008.05.01 19:26:09] JustinCP: It's in everyone's best interest to
provide you all of the shelf space you need to maximize your sales (short
of "spamming" the marketplace). If you can add an additional 500
sections and generate an additional 500 sales/month from it, we want you to
do so -- and we don't want a nominal fee to be the obstacle that
separates you from success.
[2008.05.01 19:26:11] JustinCP: Therefore it's unlikely that most users
will ever encounter a situation where we would accept payment for more
space; rather, we'll prefer to review and adjust the shop limit
regularly to guarantee most users never come close to the limit.
[2008.05.01 19:26:23] JustinCP: (phew -- spent a few minutes typing
that one up :>)
[2008.05.01 19:27:03] The Shadow: rearchitecting is a major pain but
sometimes a good move for the future though. I remember when my day job
switched programming languages... our with all the old code
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[2008.05.01 19:27:18] AngelaCP: Change is hard sometimes...
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[2008.05.01 19:29:45] LoveJML: Can you give us some examples of the
alternatives that didn't work, so we know what efforts have been made?
[2008.05.01 19:29:45] MartyCP: Uh...deleting all large shops that
aren't profitable to us (which is most large shops, as it turns out);
locking any shop that reaches a certain threshold from future management;
removing all bulk functionality from the site; that's a few. We didn't
think shopkeepers would like any of those, and we didn't either.
[2008.05.01 19:30:01] hd: If CP is working on new tools/services that
*grandfathered* shops won't be able to use [because they're too large]
[because I can't figure out if it's ok to keep stuffing *grandfathered*
shop or I better create a new one]
[2008.05.01 19:30:03] JustinCP: As you saw with the Fall '07 revision
to Storewide Price Change tool, and continuing with next week's release,
all next-generation bulk tools are designed to work with large shops.
We now regularly test large shops against all new enhancements. I
wouldn't expect your big grandaddy shop to encounter size-related
performance problems on the new stuff.
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[2008.05.01 19:32:02] Towal: another question: one of my shops (which
has been grandfathered in btw) is based on names. I am not through the
alphabet yet and am at 500 sections. How do you expect us to
reasonably be able to provide a smooth shopping experience when we are forced
to split a shop into 2-3 or more shops to get everything in? will there
be a way to link them seamlessly?
[2008.05.01 19:32:02] MartyCP: I can't answer that yet -- it's what
we're thinking about right now.
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[2008.05.01 19:32:27] Towal: you mean the storewide price changes that
I have to get up at like 4am to be able to use?
[2008.05.01 19:32:29] JustinCP: Yes -- like that, but without the 4AM
part. None of the tools on the roadmap (including the ones coming out
next week) are time-restricted. We will be reviewing the time
restriction on the price change tool Real Soon Now.
[2008.05.01 19:32:49] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: when do the
bulk tools go live?
[2008.05.01 19:32:51] BrittaCP: next week
[2008.05.01 19:33:04] Michigal: Most large shops are not
profitable??!...really??
[2008.05.01 19:33:04] MartyCP: Yes, really. I won't explain in further
detail here (I'd get torched internally), but yes, most big stores are
actually unprofitable for us.
[2008.05.01 19:33:35] The Shadow: wow... I am off to delete then ;)
[2008.05.01 19:33:55] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: they have
too many designs that just sit there...I have quite a few myself LOL
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[2008.05.01 19:35:17] FJS: Can CP maybe create a new bonus that we can
earn a premium shop each time we reach tiers 20% and 22% for a month?
So we could earn up to 24 new shops a year? To help us grow our big
stores. Kind of cushion the blow a bit. I'm figuring I'll need about 40
stores to do what I need to do so it would help to be able to earn a few
to help in that.
[2008.05.01 19:35:17] MartyCP: 40 shops? My god, what on earth
requires 20,000 sections? There's only 10,000 words commonly used in the
English language!
[2008.05.01 19:35:23] ne1512BLVD: I am excited about the delete tool. I
would really like to delete several items from one shops and it would
be so time consuming with over 600 sections in that shop. So, if I can
just go delete all yellow shirts, then cool!
[2008.05.01 19:35:35] PamelaC: I've already been doing some pruning in
my shop
[2008.05.01 19:35:36] MartyCP: Sigh. Anyway, I'll bring that topic up.
[2008.05.01 19:35:44] Michigal: yayy on the no having to change prices
at 4 am! ty for that!
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[2008.05.01 19:36:48] peon: A popular solution to tie shops together
(in the message boards) has been third party scripts like CPshop. But,
I've heard that these scripts also ave a hard time handling very large
shops. Is that accurate?
[2008.05.01 19:36:48] MartyCP: I don't want to hawk cpshop too much
here, but it does require some special handling once you get beyond 50,000
products in an install. It really depends on the webhost.
[2008.05.01 19:36:59] Dooni Designs: will the new copy tool work across
shops in an account or will it just be usable in one shop at a time?
[2008.05.01 19:36:59] BrittaCP: One shop at a time
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[2008.05.01 19:38:06] Kewlkids: Marty, Care to explain what you are
thinking about when you sey 'foll out a more detailed tiered offering'?
Is there somthing up your sleeves for the future?
[2008.05.01 19:38:06] MartyCP: Just not ready to go into further detail
yet, sorry. I'll share when we're ready, but this just isn't the
time.
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[2008.05.01 19:39:48] Mydeas: Will we get an email or something when we
hit our section limit?
[2008.05.01 19:39:49] AngelaCP: When you hit the section limit, the
"add section" button will be temporarily disabled. You can also look at
the section count to see where you're at. There's a screen shot of that
here: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/community/smart_shop_update043008
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[2008.05.01 19:40:50] The Sectionator: Should we prepare for a rocky
road when you roll out the tools next week?
[2008.05.01 19:40:50] AngelaCP: We dont' think so. We're pretty
confident... and you guys will like the new tools. Much more productive and
will make shop managing that much easier. :)
[2008.05.01 19:41:18] RowdyJRT: My email said that I have over 900
sections, yet when I do a bulk price change it says updating 254 sections.
Is there a bug in the bulk pricing or could it be any section we
deleted in the past still resides on the CP server?
[2008.05.01 19:41:18] MartyCP: The 254 number is right, the 900+ number
is wrong. 900 is the number (a calculation based on usage) that was
used to determine your grandfathered limit number. I think the wrong
current number got sent in the email, though the grandfathered amount is
right.
[2008.05.01 19:42:43] Bob100: This tiered offering sounds scary like it
might be a big disruption to our shops.
[2008.05.01 19:42:43] MartyCP: That's so not the case. It should
ultimately be exciting, since it'll be the jumping-off point for us to check
a lot of those requests off "the list."
[2008.05.01 19:43:06] Suffering from Section Deficit: I thank all of
you at CP for sharing and taking the time to explain changes. You could
just do like Bill Gates and say " here is Vista, good luck"
[2008.05.01 19:43:20] AngelaCP: thanks for the appreciation. :)
[2008.05.01 19:43:32] Live Bold German T Shirts: Please...what is
profitable for CP in earnings for a large shop?
[2008.05.01 19:43:37] matisse: :)
[2008.05.01 19:44:03] MartyCP whispers to Towal: I'm not going to go
into the profit stuff in more detail in the public chat, Towal. But to
answer your question: it means we'd make more money if we just closed
the shop.
[2008.05.01 19:44:29] brainlint: Ooooh...is there actually a copy of
'the list' hanging on a wall somewhere?;)
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[2008.05.01 19:44:47] MartyCP: Yes we do!
[2008.05.01 19:44:57] MartyCP: Or rather, yes there is! :)
[2008.05.01 19:45:00] BrittaCP: yup... Shopkeepers helped us write it
at CPconnect
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[2008.05.01 19:46:37] Towal whispers to MartyCP: can you tell me if my
shops fall into that category?
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[2008.05.01 19:47:48] Lekker Jen: What if you aren't a top shop keeper?
[2008.05.01 19:47:49] AngelaCP: Jen, if someone with more than 400
sections did not receive the email, and not a top SK, they can contact
Brian at blu@cafepress.com. Be sure to put Section Limit in the subject
line.
[2008.05.01 19:50:32] JustMe: Why would anyone with a large
un-profitable shop keep adding designs/sections? The word bored comes to mind.
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[2008.05.01 19:50:39] AngelaCP: That's a very good question...
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[2008.05.01 19:51:06] cowpie: Shoot, I do it all the time...lol.
[2008.05.01 19:51:27] Sag: What about an auto personalization tool for
shops?
[2008.05.01 19:51:27] MartyCP: Yes! That's exactly one of the things
we want. (And it's on my short list.)
[2008.05.01 19:52:17] Michigal: Did JustinCP just say that depending on
how well a shops sales are, they might review shops and give more
sections over what they are grandfathered in at? Did I read that wrong?
[2008.05.01 19:52:18] JustinCP: Michigal: I was referring to the
process of reviewing the limit and raising it for everyone once the data
shows that average users can make productive use of more sections.
[2008.05.01 19:52:24] cowpie: YESSSSSSS!!!!
[2008.05.01 19:52:26] NinaPA: super!
[2008.05.01 19:52:27] jerseygirl: THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!:bow:
[2008.05.01 19:53:05] Sag: I'm sorry, but to think automated shop
cross-linking is not a must at this time is unrealistic. It definitely is a
need for the community.
[2008.05.01 19:53:05] MartyCP: Perhaps; but if we needed to hold off on
all new tools for another month?
[2008.05.01 19:53:25] MartyCP: I'd rather get something out there.
Shopkeepers have waited too long for new tools already.
[2008.05.01 19:53:33] Suzzie: Why was this action taken now and not
years ago?
[2008.05.01 19:53:34] JustinCP: Suzzie: because (as you'll notice with
next week's release) we're getting serious about improving shopkeeper
productivity this year.
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[2008.05.01 19:55:10] ne1512BLVD: What is profitable to CP may not be
the same as what is profitable tothat person. CP may feel profitable is
making thousands upon thousands. But, that shopkeepers may feel okay
about their $200 a month and just be trying to get to that thousand
profit
[2008.05.01 19:55:24] ne1512BLVD: Is this a permanent solution or is it
a bandaid?
[2008.05.01 19:55:24] MartyCP: I think we're always going to have some
kind of limit; what the limit is, and how easy it is to increase --
those things I'm hoping to address shortly.
[2008.05.01 19:56:16] RowdyJRT: A bulk delete of designs/products that
hasn't sold in a specified time would be wonderful :)
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[2008.05.01 19:57:40] ne1512BLVD: Rowdy, it might be better to not
delete your sections and products though. It is better to recycle them with
new designs and still benefit from the links!
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[2008.05.01 19:58:05] JustMe: It seems to mec A non-profitable large
shop should REPLACE designs within sections instead of adding more
sections. Not doing this only adds to the problem.
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[2008.05.01 19:58:19] JustMe: It seems to me that going into tiered
pricing would defeat one of the major purposes behind section
limitation...to stop the spamming.
[2008.05.01 19:58:19] MartyCP: I think we need a more advanced solution
to marketplace spam than just section limitations.
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[2008.05.01 19:58:39] Sag: I'm on a roll MartyCP :-D - What about
pagination?
[2008.05.01 19:58:39] MartyCP: Shops need an overhaul in general.
Pagination is just one part of that.
[2008.05.01 19:59:03] The Shadow: pagination would be great!
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[2008.05.01 19:59:08] Sag: Amen MartyCP on the MP solutions for serious
problems there!:bow:
[2008.05.01 19:59:36] The Shadow: keep spam where it belongs...in a
can!
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[2008.05.01 19:59:59] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: what is
pagination?
[2008.05.01 19:59:59] MartyCP: It means breaking up a long section into
multiple pages.
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[2008.05.01 20:00:33] electricgreen: Oooohhh...I like pagination!!
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[2008.05.01 20:01:15] Karen: That sure would cut down on sub section
usage
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[2008.05.01 20:01:22] ne1512BLVD: I like the idea of the categories
script better. But I do not use it, because it is not automated. I would
prefer a CP catergories script that is automatic in your whole store.
Pagination is okay too I gues.
[2008.05.01 20:01:40] Sophie Bleu: I'd love to have a report that I
could click on to see which sections haven't sold anything in "x"
days/months/etc. (sorry - am trying to catch up on previous posts here, so I'm
likely a tad behind in subject matter)
[2008.05.01 20:01:45] AngelaCP: good suggestion...
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[2008.05.01 20:03:16] teresa: when are the new tools suposed to be
ready?
[2008.05.01 20:03:19] AngelaCP: next week
[2008.05.01 20:03:26] AngelaCP: we'll announce again :)
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[2008.05.01 20:04:29] BrittaCP: Ok so we are out of time here. Looks
like we got through most of the questions that came in. We apologize if
we missed yours, many were repeats or we couldn't answer at this
moment. We hope we were able some of the major questions on your mind. Please
feel free to continue posting questions in the thread in Chit Chat.
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[2008.05.01 20:04:49] BrittaCP: I will open up the lobby for you to
continue chatting
[2008.05.01 20:05:01] babelfish: thanks!
[2008.05.01 20:05:02] Teesed: Thank you guys for taking the time!
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[2008.05.01 20:05:05] refinish69-Doing My Part For The...: Thanks
Marty, Angela and Britta
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[2008.05.01 20:05:17] jerseygirl: thanks for the info!
[2008.05.01 20:05:27] matisse: TAHNKS AGAIN FOR THE BULK TOOLS! CAN'T
WAIT TO USE THEM!
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[2008.05.01 20:05:40] ne1512BLVD: Thanks for the chat. Have a safe trip
home.