Thanks For The advice. Now If I had only more patience

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Rachel:
I beleive this helps create "brand" recognition for both you and your shop, so i say go for it with yours! :-)

Thank you so much for the info, I was thinking using my name would be good thing, but then I started thinking that since I am a female...that may be a bad thing.. So, I'm struggling with using my name or "contact@externalsite.com"! But, YES it is very helpful to get input from others who have been there.

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Rachel: I'm not really sure what you are talking about. If you still haven't resolved this question and need help feel free to drop me a line but I don't really understand what it is you are asking in your questions.

I'm referring to when you go to "INSTALL CODE" you go through and choose what type of code configuration you will need, it asks: PLEASE CHOOSE - Use Frames?
"Does your website use frames?"
then in the boxes underneath that, it lists all the different programming ways to get your code generated: (pulled from site)
OPTIONAL - HTML Only Counter
It is not recommended to choose this option as it will not be possible to record the referring link, page title and other information. Only choose this if you web host does not allow you to insert javascript into your webpage. We recommend you move to a web host that will give you proper access to your website.
OPTIONAL - W3C Compliant
Maintaining correct line breaks in your code are crucial if you want to use W3C valid HTML. If you are just worried about your counter working all the time then don't tick this box.

99% of users will not need this option. Unless you are specifically familiar with XHTML code don't tick this option as you may get unintended validation errors.
If you are getting a pop up on your webpage about displaying insecure items with secure items you can use the secure tracking option. But please note this puts an extra strain on our server and if you receive a large number of secure hits we may need to get in contact to charge more.
If you wish you may disable the link back to StatCounter in your code - however we would really appreciate it if you left it in!

Im trying to set up a stat counter. Does cafe press use frames? What are frames.

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Im trying to set up a stat counter. Does cafe press use frames? What are frames.

No, CP does not use frames, though you can learn more about them here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frameset

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Originally posted by Left-Handed Elephant:
Thanks for the great tips. I'm one of the newbies you spoke of. I've only been at this a month, and not a sale yet, but it's encouraging to know it's not uncommon to start slow.

With respect to AdWords, what's a good CTR? I'm averaging 0.3% but none of them are converting to sales even though I have very specific keywords and ads.

I'm not sure if I can answer your Q, but we tried adwords last year when we first started, and found that they resulted in few sales for the amount of $ spent on them. There are other CPers who do use them, but we do not anymore. We found that concentrating on building our SEO worked better for us. Make a squidoo lens if you haven't already, it's free! Join a forum or two, make a blog, exchange links with websites that match your theme/designs. You'll find that sales will pick up over time. And if you don't already have a premium shop, try that as well. You'll find increased sales because of it.
Good luck w/ your CP adventures!

Wow! This is great information. I am going to put to good use. I can't get my site address to work. See if you can and let me know if it worked. http://www.cafepress.com/anytees. You can e-mail me at gjean128@earthlink.net. Thanks for all the good info. Hope to talk to you again.

MY HUNGER REACHES TO THE PEEK OF THE DEEPEST OCEAN.AT THE BOTTOM AS TWO VENOMOUS FISH FIGHT TO THE DEATH OVER SCRAPS...BUY NOW YOU SHOULD BUY NOW

What the heck are you talking about! There isn't any fish on any of my t-shirts!!

Well I have only had mine set up for a short time probley since Feb. So I don't understand your jiberish!

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See if you can and let me know if it worked. http://www.cafepress.com/anytees.

I got your site to work, but I'm seeing some photos that look very familiar to me...The "water lily" "Sunset" & "Blue Hills" are in my computers file of "Sample Photos" and are copyrighted automatically the moment the photographer snaps the photo. Most all photographers can spot their own work. Do you just have those up as a test of your site?

Good Luck on Cafe Press!

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Im trying to set up a stat counter. Does cafe press use frames? What are frames.

Immanuel, I am also trying to set up statcounter, and am now looking into their forums.. They have an old and new forum, this is on the old: "The way to see that is in IE click View > Source at the top of the browser window. You will see little code, making reference to frameset if the page is framed."

Here is the link to the forum/question: http://forum.statcounter.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7077

This was incredibly simple to understand and helpful. Thanks for compiling it!

Thanks for that, but what the hell is a sticky?

Thanks for posting this information for everyone.

I'm a bestselling author since June 2004 but I used a pen name.

I graduated from Suffield University with Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration. So, that's how I found Cafepress.com.

I encourage everyone to view my website and if you are a college and university student than definitely take my advice.

My hyperlink is:http://www.cafepress.com/lady_di