THIS PAGE IS GOING TO BE CENTERED ON SELLING MAIL ORDER CHRISTMAS WREATHS ON THE WEB. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO LAY OUT THE PROCEDURES AS SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE.

THE VERY FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS THE PRODUCT YOU ARE GOING TO SELL. IN THIS CASE ITS A BALSAM FIR CHRISTMAS WREATH. THESE WREATHS WILL COME IN VARIOUS SIZES, BUT WE WILL DISCUSS THAT LATER. OUR BALSAM FIR WREATHS ARE MADE FROM LOCALLY PROCURRED BALSAM FIR TIPS, AND ARE PICKED WITHIN 48 HOURS FROM THE TIME WE ACTUALLY MAKE THE WREATH. THEY ARE CONSISTANTLY SCRUTINIZED FOR DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL, THEY ARE THEN DECORATED BY A CREW HERE AT OUR FACILITIES, AND ARE SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS FROM THE TIME THEY WERE MADE TO INSURE AS FRESH A PRODUCT AS WE CAN WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THEIR DESTINATION.

THE SIZES THAT WE ADVERTISE FOR MAIL ORDER SHIPMENT ARE THE TEN INCH ( 19 INCH DIA. ), THE TWELVE INCH ( 22 INCH DIA. ), AND THE FIFTEEN INCH ( 28 INCH DIA. ), AND THEY WEIGH RESPECTIVLY, 3 LBS, 2-1/2 LBS, AND 5-1/2 LBS EACH. THERE MAY BE A FEW IN THE MARKET PLACE THAT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BETTER, BUT NONE WILL BE AS FRESH OR AS WELL MADE AS OURS. OUR CUSTOMER BASE DATES BACK EIGHTEEN YEARS, AND WE ARE NOT IN THE HABIT OF LOOSING CUSTOMERS.

GETTING STARTED ON THE WEB.

TO DO A GOOD JOB ON THE WEB, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN DOMAIN, OR HAVE THE ORDERS FUNNELED THROUGH SOMEONE ELSES DOMAIN. WE'LL TALK ABOUT HAVING YOUR OWN DOMAIN FIRST. IF YOU ARE GONNA SET A DOMAIN UP, YOU WILL NEED A SERVER/HOST. THIS CAN BE THE SERVER YOU HAVE FOR YOUR NET CONNECTION, AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF COURSE, OR A DOMAIN CAN BE SET UP WITH ANOTHER SERVER AT THE TIME YOU REGISTER FOR THE DOMAIN. EITHER WAY, IT WILL COST AROUND $25.00 PER MONTH FOR THE SERVER/HOST, AND THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR THE DOMAIN IS $70.00 FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND $35.OO A YEAR FOR EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.

NOW, WE'VE GOT THE DOMAIN AND THE SERVER IN PLACE, SO WE HAVE TO PUT THE THINGS WE NEED TO SELL THE PRODUCT INTO THE PAGE. AS THIS WILL BE MOSTLY UPLOADING EXISTING MATERIAL AND A LITTLE HTML TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES, WE WILL DISCUSS THIS AT THE TIME WE LOOK AT THE MATERIAL.

OK, THE PAGE IS UP AND RUNNING, NOW HOW ARE WE GONNA GET PEOPLE TO FIND IT SO THEY CAN BUY OUR PRODUCT? QUITE SIMPLY, WE HAVE TO GET THE PAGE LISTED ON EVERY SEARCH ENGINE AND WEB SITE THAT WE CAN, AND THAT IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME AND WORK. AT THIS TIME, IM GONNA ASK YOU TO GET www.37.com UP ON SCREEN AND SAVE IT TO FAVORITES, AS WE ARE GONNA USE IT A LOT WHILE CHASING SEARCH ENGINES AND SITES.

OK, WWW.37.COM IS ON SCREEN NOW, FIRST WE TYPE IN THE ADDRESS LINE AT THE UPPER RIGHT THE WORDS ( FREE SEARCH ENGINES ), AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. THEN WE ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THE INDEX ONE BY ONE AND START SUBMITTING OUR PAGE TO THE SEARCH ENGINE SITES. WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN THAT YOU MAY NEED, LIKE, THE ADDRESS, ANY PASSWORD AND USER ID THEY NEED AND ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED LATER. THIS WILL ALSO KEEP YOU FROM DUPLICATING YOUR SELF TOO. AFTER YOU HAVE HIT ALL THE MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES AND A LOT OF THE SMALLER ONES, THEN IT IS TIME TO GO LOOKIG FOR HOMEPAGE SITE. THESE CAN BE FOUND EASILY IN PLACES LIKE ANGELFIRE, GEOCITIES, FORTUNECITY, ETC., ETC., AND ALSO IN THE URL'S THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH ICQ. NOW YOU GO INTO THE URLS AND OPEN THE SIGN IN TO GUESTBOOK AND FILL OUT FORM AND ALWAYS LEAVE DOMAIN NAME AND ADDRESS, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE GO IN AND LOOK AT WHO CAME IN. WE ARE DOING ALL THIS AS WE CAN LITERALLY SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THIS WAY.