Newbie seeking advice

[bigojuk]

Hi all.

 

I'm still a fresher to this OScommerce - our website is www.totallyunderwear.co.uk.

 

As you can see, we are still using the standard layout (and our website has gone west as well).

 

Need some advice if some people could assist???

 

WEBSITE

 

1. Any good CHEAP templates out there to freshen it up?

2. Where should I put the logo (sorry, not a website expert).

 

CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

 

1. We are looking at taking CC payments, and have spoken to EPDQ who want ?250 set up and ?25 per month as well as transaction fees (3.1% for CC and 43p for debit). Are these prices standard?

2. Is there a module to bolt in for EPDQ?

3. Would we need a SSL (Barclays say that they have a secure site, so do we just show the link or what?)?

 

ADVERTISING / MARKETING

 

1. We currently use Adwords and Overture, but neither are returning anything near the investment. Can anyone point us in the right direction to look for assistance with this?

 

SEO

 

1. We are not showing up in the top 1000 for many of our keywords - again, any good SEOs out there?

 

RECIPROCAL LINKS

 

1. Help! We're new to all this - we would like to try to get some linking going, but don't know where to look.

 

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

Cheers in advace guys, keep up the hard work

 

Rgds

OJ

[Guest]

A site w/ some nice, non-flashy free templates:

http://www.7dana.com/download/pafiledb.php...n=category&id=4

 

Where to put your logo:

 

go into your images folder, and upload your logo there. Rename the new image as follows: logo.jpg That should do it.

[bigojuk]

Hi. Thanks for the advice - the templates are ok, I'm just after something a little more unique... Or perhaps, a little more bright and colourful... I have had prices of about ?150 for templates and another ?150 for installs.

 

Also, been researching more about Worldpay and they seem so expensive - and short of opening an EPDQ account with Barclays (?250 set up and ?25 a month), is there anywhere I should be looking???

 

ANy help would be appreciated, especially with making the website visually better.

 

Cheers

OJ