Cleaner Life

I had wanted to publish more, I even held off posting in this blog because I had only published my 18th Lens, Robert Fripp - The Man Behind King Crimson by Sunday, but last night I was able to publish four more, they are kind of a team:

• Hotel Pillows
  
• Hotel Comforters And Feather Beds
• Hotel Bedding Sets | Bedding Featured in Many Hilton® Hotels
• Hotel Bedding Sets | Bedding Featured in Many Marriott® and Ritz-Carlton® Hotels

The Robert Fripp Lens was started when I originally built my Lens on King Crimson. I seems like it took long enough, but I finally managed to get back to it, and finish it! Unfortunately, while putting the final touches on it, I discovered that almost every video I was linked to on the King Crimson Lens was no longer on YouTube, so I spent a good part of my Saturday replacing them. That’s part of what delayed my Lens building over the weekend.

Another thing that delayed me last week was an order that came into my store from a foriegn country. I don’t know if anyone else has these problems with their stores, but the order came from a country that doesn’t have coverage by PayPal yet. The card failed AVS, but may have been a good card. PayPal handles my checkout, and they will process a valid card from any country, but if it fails AVS, and I approve the order, I am unprotected if the card turns out to be stolen.

I spent too much time Thursday night/Friday morning researching my options, because I really didn’t like the idea of turning away a sale, if it is legit, but I really can’t aford to take a chance on the order turning out to be fraudulent. In the end I contacted the customer telling them that they needed to confirm their address with PayPal. This was actually turning them away, since they can’t confirm it because of the country they are in.

After that, I made sure that my checkout won’t allow orders from counties that do not have PayPal yet.

Finally, did I mention I’ve been hanging out at the Squidoo Chat Room? Learning first hand about Loyalis and his strageties is very inspiring, if you haven’t read it yet, this post is a good taste of what I’ve been hearing: The Single Biggest Tip I Can Give Squidoo Lensmasters. It’s also great talking to the other Squids that hang out there, and I’m only there a few hours each night. I have no idea what I’m missing when I’m not there!

So, 22 Lenses publish, 4 WIP’s, and a ton of ideas for the future!