Hi Fred
This is Johnny at Killer Graphics
Luv the new look...but I hate being shoved in a draw as a MM.
If you have done all you can on your end about the speed of page loading it is very little you need to do on our end for the few that still have slow computers, they are used to it.
We all know that the world is visual, I think that it is why we all are in this business, and now with out being displayed where everyone can see a picture. Is this an ebay attempt to not let anyone go outside of the site? I'm just not sure how this is going to work for me as a MM.
My banner had a pict of a t-shirt now I'm just another "graphics" word listing. Is there a way to put a word or 2 beside of the names?
How much more will it cost now to have a picture display at the bottom and I do understand that the site needs more money.
Please let me know.
I would also link Signs 101 on my site.
First off, Signs 101 welcomes any member with a website providing a link to Signs 101, but we are not seeking to enter into any new banner swap arrangements. I am looking at appropriate ways to move the three that are there somewhere else.
Second, we are quite open to merchant subscribers enhancing their listing in the merchant directory. What is currently there is a starting point which can be modified with limited additional graphics and text changed as suits each merchant. The thread titles are limited to text only but can certainly have one or two words added to describe products or services for quicker reference. Bear in mind that the old setup was strictly visual. The current setup makes you information searchable. So in your case, "wholesale screenprinted teeshirts" would return your listing if a member searches for that product or service. You are welcome to simply provide us a list of keywords and they can be inserted in your listing. So now when a member posts asking where to get tees printed, others can reply with your name and a link to your listing, or they can reply with a link to a search result, or they can reply with the suggestion that the OP do a search or his or her own.
I would like to point out though that any and all changes to a merchant's listing must be provided to Bigdawg or myself for prompt insertion.
Third, there are some as of yet unimplemented changes coming to our home page which, we hope, will be of far greater benefit to merchant subscribers than the small linked banners were.
Frankly, the change had nothing to do with the site needing more money or not. It has everything to do with our desire to provide better exposure and a better return on investment to our merchant subscribers than the merchant banner setup could provide. In addition, the banners were effecting site performance and were unsustainable going into the future. But if you want to pay for run of site exposure, and I am not pushing it or promoting it, that is what the
paid banner ads are for.
