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GiftsForYou.Biz Site - Main Page Streamline
Just a quick note to let you know that the main GiftsForYou.Biz page has been streamlined a bit.

• The "Meet the Owner" link has been moved to the "About Us" page.


• Both the "iWatchDog" and "ChildSafe" links have been moved to the "Privacy" page.


• The "Internet Safety/Kids" link has also been moved to the "Privacy" page.

In addition, the partner pages have also been streamlined. The "Top Link List" for each page has been removed, so that visitors can concentrate on the information within the pages, especially the main link page.

Hopefully these changes will enhance the site. And as always, please feel free to submit your feedback via the "Crystal Community" page.
- posted by KDCinfo @ Sunday, January 30, 2005

 
Default Sort Order Change
Just a quick note to let you know that the default sort order has changed from "Price - Low to High" to "Date - Recent to Oldest). This way, you'll be seeing the newest products up front. But you can always change this back to sorting by price using the sort dropdown feature at the top of each products page.

Default Sort Order Change
- posted by KDCinfo @ Thursday, January 27, 2005

 
New Arrivals - 2005 FEB
The New Arrivals for February 2005 are in. There are 118 of them, and all but three are in stock. Best news is, they fill a variety of categories.

The holidays that are on their way?

Feb 14 - Valentines
Mar 17 - St. Patricks
Mar 27 - Easter
May 8 - Mothers Day
Birthdays - Year 'Round

And just remember to mind the Shipping Zones and Delivery Times (found in the FAQ / Ordering Info).

New Arrivals - 2005 FEB

- posted by KDCinfo @ Friday, January 21, 2005

 
Pricing Update
All prices have been adjusted to accommodate each product's associated units. That is, if an item is sold in a set of 3, the price will reflect the cost per "Set". For example, item 35064 is "$4.95 SET 6". Other units are DZ for Dozen, EA for Each, PK for Pack, and BX for box. There might even be a few others.

In addition to the new pricing format, you might also see some pricing adjustments. Some products had a lift while others came down in price. How many went up or down is difficult to gauge because at the same time, quite a few products became Bulk. So even if a price went down for an individual item, if its now being sold in bulk, the price will have gone up because there are multiples. Coming soon, all the bulk items will be categorized into their own menu item, such as "Bulk - Incense".

As always, please let me know should you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding GiftsForYou.Biz.

Pricing Update
- posted by KDCinfo @ Saturday, January 15, 2005

 
Details: 5% Donations
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ - Details: 5% Donations

Donations were great this year! Especially for the default foundation: Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

This year, the foundation with the lowest donation amount has been made the default foundation, and so will most likely receive the most at the end of this year. This is the first year for the revolving foundation method, and it will cycle like this each year. The current default foundation is: National Breast Cancer Foundation

Another new addition to the Donations process, is the $10 minimum for each foundation. Because most customers accept the default foundation (it's certainly a difficult list to pick from ... they're all such beneficial organizations), some of the other foundations sometimes yield some very low numbers. In light of this, instead of only donating $1.37, for example, GiftsForYou.Biz will add the difference so that it rounds up to an even $10.

($10.00) - National Breast Cancer Foundation
($174.77) - Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
($15.84) - The United Way
($28.80) - Red Cross (Disaster Relief Fund)
($18.39) - March of Dimes
($59.00) - Prevent Child Abuse America
($15.77) - Room to Read

Please note that donations are made under GiftsForYou.Biz whenever possible, else Keith D Commiskey (owner) if company names are not acknowledged.

And remember, every penny helps!

- posted by KDCinfo @ Friday, January 07, 2005

 
GiftsForYou.Biz Site - Customer Suggestion
Suggestion: a couple's hands interlocking fingers - as a wedding centerpiece

While I couldn't find this exact centerpiece suggestion, I was able to find quite a few alternatives:


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-1600979001.jsp#


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-339206001.jsp


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-309239005.jsp


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-1620886001.jsp


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-1609205001.jsp


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-1601813001.jsp


Create-A-Link!: http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-1699779001.jsp

I hope these help!

- posted by KDCinfo @ Saturday, January 01, 2005

 
New Arrivals - 2005 JAN
The New Arrivals for January 2005 are in. There are 115 of them, and they're all in stock. There are even 2 sets of birthday-stone gifts.

The holidays that are on their way?

Valentines - Feb 14
St. Patricks - Mar 17
Mothers Day - May 8
Birthdays - Year 'Round

Here's a good site for all the holidays of 2005: http://web-holidays.com

And just remember to mind the Shipping Zones and Delivery Times (found in the FAQ / Ordering Info).

New Arrivals - 2005 JAN
- posted by KDCinfo @ Wednesday, December 29, 2004

 
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a Happy Holidays all around and to everyone!
- posted by KDCinfo @ Saturday, December 25, 2004

 
Crystal Figurines, Crystal Gifts, Birthday Gifts, Affordable Gift Ideas
I would like to thank everyone for their patronage in making this the best Christmas season ever! Have a happy and safe holiday season! - Keith D Commiskey, Owner

Donation results will be posted near the years end in order to include orders that are still trickling in. Every penny counts for these charities, and I personally cannot wait to provide them with some assistance.

Crystal Figurines, Crystal Gifts, Birthday Gifts, Affordable Gift Ideas
- posted by KDCinfo @ Tuesday, December 21, 2004

 
Customer Feedback
CUSTOMER COMMENT

received on Wed, December 15, 2004 11:10 am
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Comments:

You are the GREATEST!!! Your site is awesome and your customer service the best I have ever experienced. I look forward to many future orders.

Can not thank you enough

Althea Moran

- posted by KDCinfo @ Thursday, December 16, 2004

 
Catalog Request
Recently, a request was submitted via the "Suggest It" form for a catalog of GiftsForYou.Biz products. And although my e-mail response was kicked back by their e-mail server, here was my reply.

If you follow the link shown below, it will display and allow you to add a catalog to your shopping cart. Please note however also that as of January 1, 2005, this catalog will no longer be available (it is being replaced by niche brochures that I probably won't make available).

I typically don't promote catalogs because items go in and out of stock so quickly that the catalogs are unreliable. The website on the other hand is updated twice per week, so is 99.5% reliable.

To compensate for the lack of a catalog, I would like to provide a printer-friendly version of the site. Any input you have on this concept would be greatly appreciated.

http://giftsforyou.biz/gfy.php?gfys=catalog

Thanks.

Keith D Commiskey

GiftsForYou.Biz

Affordable Appreciation and Collectible Gifts
24% Lead, Crystal Figurines
Optical Laser Crystals

Additional note: GiftsForYou.Biz has 3 lines of products, as shown by the three links above. The catalog being mentioned is only in reference to the majority of products shown on the main Affordable Appreciation and Collectible Gifts website. The Crystal Figurines and Optical Laser Crystals vendors to not carry catalogs. Therefore, until an online printer-friendly catalog is established, those products are only available via the website (as will be the main site's products as of January 1, 2005).

- posted by KDCinfo @ Sunday, December 12, 2004

 
Resources / Partners Are Up for December 2004
Resources are up - Partners are in ... This month's tallies show us being up to 370 links; 353 are actively reciprocating. That's a 95.4% reciprocation rate. Pretty cool, eh? Small sites like ours make up the web.

A little philosophy on the partners that GiftsForYou.Biz will link to: No linking to sites that I wouldn't buy from myself. So, if you happen to find a questionable one in there, please let me know - I'd hate to learn the hard way ;) And if I find any I've missed, I'll remove them post haste.

Another news-bit ... we're going vertical. That means, the partners (reciprocal links) that we're accommodating are very close to what we offer; gifts. We're turning away more and more that aren't gift-centric, or are primarily affiliate based.

It is our intention to allow you a reputable location to find the gifts you're looking for. GiftsForYou.Biz doesn't carry everything, so if you can't find it on either of the GiftsForYou.Biz three sites, we'd be happy to point you in a direction of a site that does carry what you're looking for.

Care to add yours?

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Affordable Appreciation and Collectible Gifts
24% Lead, Crystal Figurines
Optical Laser Crystals

- posted by KDCinfo @ Thursday, December 09, 2004

 
December New Arrivals now up to 68
Unfortunately, there are still only 59 of the 68 available ... the last one, 35257 - Rustic Metal Wolf Coat Hanger, went out of stock as as it came into stock.

2004 December New Arrivals
- posted by KDCinfo @ Monday, December 06, 2004

 
December New Arrivals up to 67
Yep, we're only shy one more December new arrival at this point. One straggler.

Unfortunately, only 59 of the 67 are actually available ... being these products are typically of very high quality, but are still very affordable to most Target and Wal-Mart shoppers, they tend to sell quite well.

2004 December New Arrivals
- posted by KDCinfo @ Friday, December 03, 2004

 
GiftsForYou.Biz commenting moved to the Crystal Community
With some regret the commenting system has been disabled. Spammers found it was an easy place to post their garbage (er, promote their sites), as opposed to using it as intended, which was to share information with regards to the GiftsForYou.Biz site, crystal, gems, and other precious stones (and similar type gifts).

In lieu of this, if you have a comment to post, or even an article to submit, please do so within the Crystal Community. Here, submissions are moderated.

Thanks!!

Crystal Figurines, Crystal Gifts - The Collectible Crystal Blog
- posted by KDCinfo @ Monday, November 29, 2004

 
New Arrivals - 2004 December
42 new arrivals for the month of December, with more yet to come. Expecting at least 19 more, and possibly as many as 26 by the end of the month (if not in the next few days). That'll provide a total of 68 new gift ideas in all.

What are they? Well, there's quite a mix! From gift ideas for the kitchen to the kids.

New Arrivals - 2004 December
- posted by KDCinfo @ Monday, November 22, 2004

 
New Site Navigation Menu
Just updated today, the new format consists of a "one-line" site navigation bar across the top of each GiftsForYou.Biz web page. In addition to each site and product page, the Crystal Figurines and the Clear Optical Laser Crystal catalogs now share the same navigation system as well.

And don't forget that clicking the main GiftsForYou.Biz icon at the top of each page will always return you to http://giftsforyou.biz/.

Crystal Figurines, Crystal Gifts, Birthday Gifts, Affordable Gift Ideas
- posted by KDCinfo @ Sunday, November 21, 2004

 
Clear Optical Crystals from the GiftsForYou.Biz Catalog
New Products ... New Products ... New Products ...

The Optical Crystal Catalog is up to 24 items again. Some new styles are now available.

As noted on the main page of the Optical Catalog, other items could begin making their way into that catalog as well.

- posted by KDCinfo @ Tuesday, November 16, 2004

 
Comments - To Be or Not To Be?
Comments are available for posting on this blog, however, it requires a name, e-mail, and tech support is notified. Spam and junk comments are removed ASAP.

Comments are meant for the reader to express opinions, ideas, suggestions and other relevant material regarding GiftsForYou.Biz.

Comments, in this sense and for these matters, are strongly encouraged.

- posted by KDCinfo @ Monday, November 15, 2004

 
Blush Pink and Sorting
Blush Pink is in; as is sorting of the products. Here's the scoop:

Color was desperately needed, so we're off to a blush pink and light blue scheme. You should see it sparingly throughout the site (the pink has been assigned mostly to navigation).

Sorting was another long-time task ... by price, by date entered/added to the system, and by product name. You can sort by either ascending-to-descending or descending-to-ascending (although these terms are labelled in a more easy-to-understand format). Here are the labels:

Price - Low to High

Price - High to Low

Product Name - A-Z

Product Name - Z-A

Date - Recent to Oldest

Date - Oldest to Recent

And speaking of product names, they're now being displayed to the right of the "add to cart" buttons.

Check out an example at: Crystal Figurines, Crystal Gifts, Collectible Crystal - Christmas Items and Gifts
- posted by KDCinfo @ Sunday, November 14, 2004