Somewhere between your half-empty glass of whisky and my half full one ...

er well, why don't you look at it in a different light.

You already know we've got our own weeeeeeee shop (and it really is quite dinky and small!). We don't do what the big stores do, which is count visitor numbers and work out the average spend per head through the door. What I can tell you is that no matter if we've got the exact item someone wants, have given them the best pitch in the world, they don't always buy from us - at least until they've checked out the prices in bzillion other shops in the UK .... What I am saying is that it's a numbers game. .... feet past the door. The old retailers "Location, Location, Location" says it all. No traffic, no sales.

Don't over-analyse this until you start getting good traffic to the site. My guess (based on absolutely nothing scientific!) is that anyone interested in your ebook is also going to be interested in the other products. You might well end up with ebook sales and good clickthrough-rate. Then we'll ALL be jealous.

Also, I realise that the professional approach to site building says you should wait till you get it finished before promoting it. Not my attitude at all, I'm afraid. .... I'll tell you why I think this.

Several years ago, there was a horrendous storm and the sea rose by several feet; as a result, the shop was flooded and we had to clear out the old carpet and .... however, because we're troopers, we kept the coffee and the gift shop open (once we'd cleaned it up a bit, you understand [GRIN]) - and people came in as usual, bought their bits and pieces and had a cup of tea. As they were leaving, we'd sometimes apologise for the lack of carpet/distressed look of the shop. Guess what, the thing which was bothering us most was of no consequence to them whatsover. I'd be very wealthy if I could have a $ for everyone who said they hadn't even noticed. Take a deep breath, Lesley - start promoting the site.

Google pays out one month in arrears. You're already galloping through July and won't get paid unless/until you have $100 in your account - somewhere towards the end of August. You really can't afford the luxury of waiting for the brownies to "mature"!

Margaret

BTW, I keep meaning to say to you - I usually surf with the 800x600 screen resolution and I think that your main blubberblowout graphic is what's causing me to have to scroll to the right to see the whole page. I may not be the only one sticking to the old screen size. :O