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I just spent a little time changing the cart a little. You’ll notice the changes when you log on to the stocking page. You can now specify the Paypal addy for each item (it will still default to the Paypal addy you gave me, so you don’t have to fill it in for each new item). Normally, you wouldn’t change that, but if you get a different addy, or want separate addy’s for funded and credit card, or even if you want to host someone else’s product for them (as long as it’s not too often), you can do it now. You can also run a charity raffle like I did in the KSS store with separate funded and cc Paypal buttons, and add a charge to the cc Paypal to cover the fees (this is normally illegal, but I think it’s justified in the case of charity). You can also change the e-mail addy that receives purchase notices, in the event that you change e-mails.

Also, I’m going to add a special storefront for charity raffles sometime today, so if you are interested in running one, you could do it in your own store, or together with other wahm’s (Pamela of Wooly Wonders originally contacted me about this, so I’m pretty sure she’ll be running one).

Well, all went smoothly this afternoon, so I think we’re a go for Hyena Cart! I think spreading out the stocking times really helped keep the number of simultaneous stalkers to a minimum. At most, I had 22 people refreshing the page, and it seemed to be running nice and quick. I also had one customer say it was the best hyena experience she’d ever had

I’ll be in a meeting for the rest of the afternoon, but should have time tomorrow morning to get started on stores for anyone who’s interested. I can take funded Paypal at karen@hyenacart.com for the $10 setup fee. Let’s wait on the $5 monthly fee until your store is set up and looking the way you want. You can also delay paying it until just before you’re ready to stock, so you get the most bang for your buck

Here’s the info I need from you:

1) url of the logo or banner you’d like to use in your store 2) biz name the way you’d like it to appear in the store 3) your e-mail addy 4) your Paypal addy 5) any special wording you’d like for the buyer’s e-mail 6) url path to your images folder, if you’d like the image paths to default to it 7) url of your biz main page 8) login id and password you’d like to use to login to your stocking page (both must be 6-8 characters long) 9) url of a banner I can use for the “powered by HC” page, if you’d like

I can also change the defaults on the active and end times, purchase price, as well as the item description and shipping details (saves your c&p’ing the same thing over and over).

Let me know if anything’s unclear.