tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post4576523025063881489..comments2023-09-10T23:56:39.618-04:00Comments on Small Oil Paintings: New Blog and StuffMarilyn M. Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17149463345362506101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-49657404019965495152008-07-02T19:44:00.000-04:002008-07-02T19:44:00.000-04:00Thanks for the encouraging words, Jennifer!Thanks for the encouraging words, Jennifer!Marilyn M. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149463345362506101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-39785773190014624312008-07-02T14:29:00.000-04:002008-07-02T14:29:00.000-04:00Three sales may not seem like a lot but from what ...Three sales may not seem like a lot but from what I have heard/read, it takes a while to get going, gain a presence, etc. on Ebay. I think your one month track record is excellent! Congrats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-27392557435635804952008-07-01T22:49:00.000-04:002008-07-01T22:49:00.000-04:00Whew! It's Tuesday night and I just finished setti...Whew! It's Tuesday night and I just finished setting up the studio blog to handle purchasing.<BR/><BR/>Rick, PayPal was not offering the options that I wanted with "buy now" buttons. I've elected to go with the "buy through email invoicing" method. I'll just create a n invoice per sale that will have the unique shipping and pricing for each painting. I sure didn't want to have to hyper link each painting to pay pal, that would have taken for ever. I'd still like to post the PayPal Logo (non functioning) on my site. I'll look into that.<BR/><BR/>Tiffany, the label listing worked great! I think "browsing" will be easier for shoppers this way. <BR/>As I list items on ebay, I'll remove the email purchasing info from that painting and add the link to ebay. Yeh, Maybe now I'll get back to painting!Marilyn M. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149463345362506101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-68876728401257435412008-06-30T17:09:00.000-04:002008-06-30T17:09:00.000-04:00Wow, your guys are great with all the info, looks ...Wow, your guys are great with all the info, looks like I have a bit more time working it all out but with directions it will all go smoother!! Thanks and more thanks!Marilyn M. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149463345362506101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-85312170513328311632008-06-30T10:50:00.000-04:002008-06-30T10:50:00.000-04:00You know the labels that you put on your blog post...You know the labels that you put on your blog posts? Like you have 'tea pot, still life' and so on.<BR/><BR/>Well, that is how you can sort your paintings by category. On blogs, those labels are used to make categories. So you could mark the posts 'sold paintings' or 'landscapes, or things like that, and then add the Category list to the side navigation bar on your blog (in your settings), and you are done!<BR/><BR/>One thing you do need to do though is to separate your tags with commas. If you put your mouse over them, you will see that the tags currently are one long link, which means that whole thing is one tag. So instead of 'tea pot still life', you would want 'tea pot, still life' for it to work properly.<BR/><BR/>You are going to want to limit your labels to the few categories you want to use for the paintings. You would not need to bother with things like your name or 'original art' or else every painting will be under that category. On places like Flickr, people can search through everyone's photos with that tag, so those tags are good to use there, but not really needed on the blog.<BR/><BR/>(My blog tags are things like 'painting, sewing, cooking' but on Flickr I will also have things like 'blue', 'acrylic' and other details)<BR/><BR/>Hope all that made sense, I'm all over the place. Feel free to email me!<BR/><BR/>And Rick is right about adding Paypal on your blog. Go to "Merchant Services", then "Buy Now Buttons" and you type in the information about your painting and pick the button you want. Copy & paste the html into your blog (do you know how to do that part?) and it should work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489367606469858834.post-79391572844366260472008-06-30T07:14:00.000-04:002008-06-30T07:14:00.000-04:00go to paypalmerchant servicesbuy button nowcopy te...go to paypal<BR/>merchant services<BR/>buy button now<BR/>copy text <BR/>go to your blog<BR/>go to posting<BR/>edit html<BR/>paste<BR/>when this doesn't work call paypalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com