Big Foot Web Marketing

I wanted to wait a but before I posted by thoughts and recommenced what i thought was best shopping cart to use with Wordpress.
I specifically needed one to use for digital downloads. If your are selling actual physical product then try WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart which is free.
The ones i looked at were Wordpress eStore Plugin and WordPress e-Commerce Plugin . I did briefly look at others but they did not meet my needs and would by unfair to mention them here.

I ended up purchasing the a href=”http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-estore-plugin-complete-solution-to-sell-digital-products-from-your-wordpress-blog-securely-1059″> Wordpress eStore Plugin , made by the same guy who created free shopping cart plugin for wordpress, WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart. I was very pleasantly surprised.
I am very very .. um. frugal so was going into it annoyed that i was buying a plugin to be honest. I feel but guilty now as the plugin was only 9.99 and the support has been fantastic. Having my emails answered promptly , with no sarcasm or reference to my intelligence or gender had been refreshing to say the least and that only worth the 9.99
The plgin was a breeze to install. Bit of a learning curve but it is a very powerful plugin.

The plugin does what it says it will do and the developer, Amin, sends out frequent updates. I get regular emails with the latest version of the plugin. He has also been great customizing the code and adding features not in out of the box.

My only problem with the problem and it is a big one is the plugin will not work with WP-Super cache. The Shopping cart basically can’t work and chaos ensues.
This has been an ongoing problem as my site is very high volume and my second highest earner. The bulk of my revenue comes from Adsense and affiliate revenue I can’t get that revenue if people leave site because its too slow. The money from digital downloads just doesn’t make up for it. I have not notice significant impact but in holiday months I am not sure i I will overcome the problem.
I am really hoping Amin will come up with a fix!
Overall a great plugin in and I would not hesitate to buy.

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At the risk of sounding like I know what I am doing- I have been playing around with code in some of my Wordpress plugins. Some of the Amazon plugin automatically embed Amazon products into your posts using Amazon API key and search index function. By default the category i in plugins is usually books but I wanted to change to be more specific- like electronics in posts about Blu-Ray players, etc.
After playing around here are the categories I cam up with- I have found the more tailored amazon affiliate links are to the post the higher the CTR and the better conversion to sales. I have an excellent conversion to sales with Amazon and it almost rivals my Adsense revenue at this point.
I am also very wary of relying to heavily on AdSense ( or any one single revenue stream) and happy that I have invested time with Amazon. It is not nearly as easy as slapping in some code on your posts but can be worth the effort in long run. It took almost a year of diligent link embedding in several blogs for me to see real progress and earn income worth mentioning.

List of Search Index Categories for Amazon AWS

Apparel
Automotive
Baby
Beauty
Blended
Books
Classical
DigitalMusic
DVD
Electronics
ForeignBooks
GourmetFood
HealthPersonalCare
Hobbies
HomeGarden
Jewelry
Kitchen
Magazines
Merchants
Miscellaneous
Music
MusicalInstruments
MusicTracks
OfficeProducts
OutdoorLiving
PCHardware
PetSupplies
Photo
Software
SoftwareVideoGames
SportingGoods
Tools
Toys
VHS
Video
VideoGames
Wireless

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One of my favourite plugins, is is not working properly. The blog is SLLLLLOW and a mess. I have been going nuts trying to weak it and figure out what is wrong.

I can;t get cahcing to wrk properly in WP-Super cache and I think this is one of the problems I am having. I found a site that had some great tips on troubleshooting WP-Super Cache, Quick Online Tips.
I have tried enabling and enabling compression.. nothing. Checking that htaccess file is written correctly- it is.
Problem must be with the cache folder on server itself.
Was a HUGE deal trying to delete the wp-content/advanced-cache.php file.

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My never ending saga of using Wordpress on my mobile phone is reaching desperate proportions! I hate Wordpress and I hate my phone right now. I cannot log into Wordpress 2.6 admin on my mobile browser.

I have gone through several plugins with no success- tho I did find some nice mobile phone and mobile browser plugins that work well with sites that have Wordpress 2.5 installed and make mobile integration with admin panel in WordPress easier.
To add to issues hard to test as no signal for phone where my PC is located. Never ending

I have tried WPhone with no luck- tho I like on my other non 2.6 blogs.
I am about to try PostMaster whihc looks very promising,. Not so promising is the “compatible to 2.5 ” warning, tho I will give this a shot. If it does what it says it will do it is perfect.

Posting text, photos and videos from your phone has never been easier! With PostMaster you can post via email with attachments. PostMaster embeds attached media into your post, so no more boring text-only posts from your phone!

PostMaster allows you to control the resizing of attached images. So, you can have thumbnail images created on the fly! You can also have the generated thumbnail link to the full-size image, automatically.

PostMaster gives you control over the categories you want your post to appear in. With the category assignment feature you can define the categories for your post from the subject line.

You can control how media is embedded in the post body by editing PostMaster templates. There is a template for each media type group (images, videos, etc).

Almost all phones and email services are supported.

I am hoping I can post from a web based account as sadly Samsung Instinct does not allow pop3 email.

Note: This did not solve problem of being able to access Wordpress 2.6 or newer with a mobile browser.

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