FROM THEN TO NOW......

Well, all of that happened in August 2008. We were on top of the world! Our eBay sales were exploding! We had 5-10 orders everyday! Too good to be true.......................

We started to get listing violations. Now, there is a fine line to follow on eBay when it comes to selling restraints, gags, whips and such. You cannot use a person or body part in the picture, and there can be NO references to sex or bondage, etc in the description. You have to use a generic description. But, even though I took all of these safeguards, I kept getting violations. Not just one or 2, but dozens at a time. eBay then suspended my account.

When they suspended my account, they also deleted my past 3 weeks of sales and sales records. They basically hung me out to dry. When I finally got a hold of a person at eBay, I was basically told it was my problem................deal with it. I told them that these customers that they deleted, were all paid orders. Did not matter. Thank God, I was able to get the sales record from PayPal at the time.

I also found out that ALL of the violations were reported by the SAME person, who incidentally, was a fellow seller of Bondage products. I guess I pissed them off, due to the fact I had higher quality merchandise and lower prices. It is really ashame that eBay allows this to happen.

My Husband and I decided that since our eBay fees were $1000.00 per month, minimum, we decided to say Hasta La Vista Baby to FEEBAY, I mean eBay, and go it on our own.

The story will continue.....................

Hi everyone,

Well, my Utube account was cancelled due to content! Oh well, in the few months that they were on, I had over 10,000 hits. Too bad I did not have 10,000 orders!
LOL
Just an update, we are revamping our store sight, so once that is done, I should have regular posts again!

Happy Holidays to All,
Kim


Here are some of our new product additions:


CLICK HERE TO GO TO BONDAGE AND FETISH STORE

OMG!!!!!!!! WE FINALLY DID IT!!!!!

ARE YOU STILL SITTING DOWN????.....

We finally, as of October 7, 2008, have a Page ONE ranking on Google!!! With the search terms: bondage store, bondage and fetish store. We are on the 2nd page with the search term: BDSM gear.

HOORAY!! At least I know the hard work is starting to pay off! Now, lets get the sales! We only have had the two I mentioned the last blog!

Thanks for listening!
Kim

Are You Sitting Down???....................

ARE YOU SITTING DOWN?......

WE HAD A SALE! YES, A SALE.

And we may actually have another sale today! Is it just a coincidence? Or has all of my Search Engine Postings and endless directory listings FINALLY paying off? Boy, I hope so!



Please, pray that all of our hard work is finally going to pay off! I want this website to be one of the best Bondage and Fetish Store on the Internet! That way I can really give eBay the "finger"!!! After all, our prices are all very competitive and our customer service is unique! I personally thank and will continue to thank each and every customer for their orders. NO MATTER HOW LARGE THIS THING BECOMES!

Instead of submitting our weekly specials on this post, I am just giving you a link to sign up for our Dungeon Newsletter and updates. See Below.

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Until next time, take care all!

Kim

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Hi there,

Has any one had trouble using Google Webmaster? Specifically, trying to get your sites verified with either an HTML code or a Meta Tag? The title is a Meta Tag. I am just finding out how important they are to you, and having your website found on search engines.

Just wondered!
Have a great evening!

Talk to you soon.
Kim

I have a little hope ( I think!)

Hi everyone!

Like I told you before in the previous blog postings, I have listed our website, on what seems like a million web searches, directories, and links. Every day, day after day, after day. I had one company that I tried for one month, that did over 500 search engines for you automatically. But, any extra money that we had is GONE!!! I may have to go get a part time job to make ends meet. To me that is failure. I will not fail. We have always dreamed of owning our own website and being successful, and FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US! It seems endless, but should pay off soon. I have a glimmer of hope!!! Read on.....

I have Traffic Blazer, with Go Daddy, which helps you do all of the stuff listed above. But, I still found many on my own. Just typed in free links on Google and you get thousands, upon thousands of sites to list your information.

Anyhow, one of the MANY companies I registered the website info with, emailed me a newsletter that I signed up to receive. It just so happens that this newsletter was titled "Guide to Getting Found onLine". Boy, I wasted NO time downloading the short for to fill out to get my guide. They basically ask for your name address phone, and web info, and a couple other random questions. Well worth the 2 minutes it takes to fill the information form out----then it links you to the PDF Download for the guide.

Here is the link:

"THE GUIDE TO GETTING FOUND ONLINE"****


Give it a try. It gave me hope, when I thought there was none left. It says I am basically doing everything that I should. Gave me some hints to do it better, and the key thing is that within 3 months I should have people be able to find OUR SITE! Well, like I said yesterday, it has been a month on 9/19/08. When I do TB reports, I am showing higher and higher on the search engines. PATIENCE IS NOT A VIRTUE THAT I HAVE. But, when you watch your money slowly disappear, it is hard not to freak.

Anyhow, enough for now. Time to make dinner.

Talk to you soon!!
Kim

PS Keep your fingers crossed and as always PRAY!! Gotta stay good with the man upstairs!

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