I am not doing well with this! I can't seem to upload photos, or new products. The upload photo option isn't working for me:wah:

I was going to use it, but it was too much for me to figure out at the time. Sorry I can't help! Is there any help options, to email or chat with someone at Mal's?

The help buttons say that the help option is coming soon. Maybe I should see if there is a help forum.

Tha Mal's shopping cart itself doesn't upload photos of your products. You have to have your website set up separately and add the Mal's html links to it. Mal's is a great shopping cart just very frustrating to get the hang of. I've been using it for years and am just now switching to a more expensive program so I can get some more advanced features. Mal's has a user forum where you can ask any questions but you tend to get very technical answers.

I tried it and HATED it! The whole thing was SUCH a pain in the neck. I have three kids under 4! I don't have time to learn that! Seriously, go to www.builderspot.com and get a free trial for a week. It is soooo easy. Like walking into a new house that you bought, it takes a bit of time just to become familiar with where things are but it only takes as much time as learning the ins and outs of your house, like where all the lightswitches are. Really, that is the perfect analogy. I just posted a post about this elsewhere and I will copy and paste it into this one too. If you decide to try this and you need help with ANYTHING, email me at natasha@tickled-pink-designs.com and I would be more than happy to help you with anything. I have learned a lot now about website optimization and stuff. I am happy to help any other moms anyway that I can!! Save yourself the headache, please!! Keep in mind too, that while it is $20 a month, that is $30 a month for me in Canada and I thought that was too much. But now, instead of taking all this time to learn Mal's and email Tony and folks and hope that I can decipher the poorly written answer, I spend my time making more products and selling them and actually making money!

Here is my other post:

I second that builderspot is super easy. It is $20 a month and has shopping cart built in. The only thing wrong with it is that it doesn't automatically keep track of inventory but unless you are a super-busy and successful site, this isn't a big deal.

I knew NOTHING when started and I set up my site in 15 minutes. It wasn't as nice as it is NOW, but functioning nonetheless. There are people there to help when you ask questions and often it only takes an hour or so for them to get back to you and often they just fix the problem for you and tell you how they did it. Emily, who works there, has even fixed cosmetic things for me for free, using her own personal software!
(Still have lots of work left to do, I know.)

The best thing about is that they have collected info on the easiest and free thumbnail programs and the best place for info on this and that and they set up deals with other companies like authorize.net (I think that is what it is called.) to set up credit card authorization for little money. The have an easy to read list of the best resources.

As soon as you make a change to your site, you see it right away. You can try it for free, and I highly recommend it. I have turned a few people onto it. To see some sites that I, knowing NOTHING about this stuff, have done, visit www.tickled-pink-designs.com (my site) and www.kboychuk.com (my friend's site). I know they aren't amazing or anything but they are pleasing to look at, easy to read and easy to navigate.

Best of luck!

Natasha.

I make gorgeous, SAFE nursing necklaces! Also, funky jewelry for mom!www.tickled-pink-designs.com


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Thanks, I got it figured out finally:D I will keep that in mind, though.:)