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I’d love to be able to allow customers to choose their own password as well. And I would feel very uncomfortable giving the owner of a site my password and asking that they set it up for me. Privacy and security (along with ease of use) are extremely important. Maybe this is should be in the suggestions thread?
Great work, great site. (I’m assuming he’ll be replacing the Greek placeholder copy soon?)
Christine gave this great answer on another thread:
Go to
Appearance
Menu
Above Header Menu
There will be lots of items here
click on the tiny down triangle on each item title bar to open up the options
Click Delete
Repeat with each item you do not want in the above header areaMy Facebook ad campaign is getting lots of likes…I hope that translates into sales soon.
If someone named Michele liked your page yesterday, that was me. 🙂 I can’t figure out how to get my Symbio page to like someone else’s page…
Here’s my page:
Welcome! I shot a commercial on Mallorca a few years ago; beautiful place. I’m sure I’ll see many of the same landmarks in your photos:
@jorodrigues wrote:
@christine wrote:
Not on mine it won’t because there is no real email address associated with the account. The download link on mine goes to the address they registered with, not the paypal address – how do you change it?
I did see it and I even used it myself. My question that remains is this, do you actually NEED to have a registration? If so is it for tracking purchases? I don’t know that is why I am posing the question.
Jo
I’d like to have a registration, because it gives me a mailing list. I do wish there was a way the password would pop up on the website, though, instead of sending an email that may never get through.
+1
I agree. I think having to sign in/purchase separately at different sites is cumbersome. However, who if anyone would have access to the buyer’s info if they sign in to one central place?
Sorry if I’m behind the curve…maybe you could direct me to the original discussion?
@marthamarks wrote:
You have it once you get inside the closed systems of the Kindle and the iTunes store—and the effect of it is clear and liberating. You sample more, you buy more. To return to the case of the NYR Blog, I’m 90% sure I’d pay $1 a month to read that content, even if I had to go through PayPal to do so. But I’m 100% sure I’d pay $1 a month to read it if I was buying with a single click on my Kindle, and 90% sure I’d pay $2.
But how to make frictionless transactions for individual pieces of content outside the closed systems? We need the internet equivalent of a Metro Card (in London: an Oyster Card), which is to say, a pass that the reader can preload with so many prepaid page views—say 100 page views for $10—and then use to access individual pieces of paid content on any participating publisher’s website.
When we can meet all three criteria—quality content, low pricing, frictionless purchasing—we can do for paid content what app stores have done for software. Remember when software in a box used to cost $100, and you might buy a couple of things a year that you really needed? Now it costs $1 and you buy it on impulse.I’m with you on the frictionless purchasing. I’ve wondered if having to use PayPal would stop (or slow) people from purchasing through Symbio sites.
To Martha: Sorry, I didn’t realize this was about SYS-wide registration. How would that work?
The great thing abut testing is that you actually can figure out what the market will bear and how much people are willing to pay for your product.
To Jo: I guess I’m kinda old. I do consume a lot of free content, but I also subscribe to content I feel is worth it: The New York Times, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, Lynda.com for learning software (that’s where I learned to use Illustrator). Though I can find tips about Illustrator on youtube, vectortuts, etc., Lynda.com actually has thorough, full courses that follow a predictable flow. And Huffpost is fun, but not as well done as the Times.
My problem with free content is that it’s ultimately unsustainable if it needs to be high (or even medium) quality. Eventually nobody will want to work for free (I hope). I think people should be paid for their work (I’m not fond of unpaid internships, either). That’s why I don’t blog or tweet…I’m a writer, and I expect to be paid to write.
Congrats! Awesome news.
I’ve been in the ad industry for a long time, and we do a lot of A/B (and sometimes C and D) testing. Sometimes pricing something higher makes it more valuable-seeming to customers. You may sell fewer items, but the higher price per sale may bring you a bigger ROI. Sometimes a lower price brings in so many more sales you end up with a better ROI. I make 25% of my micro income on iStock, where my files are priced higher than the subs at Shutterstock (where I make 75% of my micro income). But the number of files I have on iS is only 20% as many as on SS. So I get a higher return per file on the site that charges higher prices.
And of course, the top illustrators and photographers I’ve worked with charge tens of thousands for one shot or artwork. Clients feel they’re worth it.
@jorodrigues wrote:
Looks good! I really like your vector style. I think you should do very well once you get indexed on search engines.
The only thing I would suggest is include a link to your categories page. I like the minimal look of the site but I had to hit “*” and search to get your category list.
Some clients may not know what to do next!
Jo
Good advice…I’ve added that link.
Thanks, all!
