It occurred to me this morning that I'd love Sheldonistas to be able to use Yelp to review the Sheldon Store. If they got themselves a book...Was the experience OK? Was it great? How was the customer service? Would they recommend it? That sort of stuff.
So I set up a Yelp page for the store...
...Please chime in with a review if you've ever bought a book, a shirt, some original art, etc. And please be honest about it: No sugar-coating necessary! We work really hard to make sure you're happy with your purchase, but I want you to be honest, if we were lacking in any way!
If folks like the Yelp reviews as a resource, I'll add the link into the store itself and into all our shipping-confirmation e-mails. That way, you can read reviews before you buy, and add your own when your order arrives.
Feedback on this idea? Know of a better review site? Let me know in the comments section, below. Thanks!
Hm. Being paranoid about giving private information about myself on the internet (reminds me of Gramp and the UPS guy), I don't like about Yelp that you can't actually replace your real name with a nickname. And you can't enter an address outside of the US. Which seems unnecessarily limited in times of online shopping.
Wow. I had no idea people yelped online stores. But let me tell you, it's a fabulous idea. Now that I found the site I can't believe I used to choose places to eat and shop all willy-nilly! Yelp is the shizz and, at least here in California, it's getting a ton of use. Great idea.
Shouldn't that little picture with your yelp reviews be part of the actual homepage? Cause it'll probably get lost in the blog posts soonish.
And speaking of the homepage, I'd also put the donation (coffee) link somewhere you can see it straight away when you visit the page. Currently you've got to scroll down to see it. I bet a lot of folks don't even know / remember that it's there.
As for the coffee link, that's far less important to readers and myself, so I tucked it down on the page. Even if only one nice person ends up treating with a coffee each month, that's nice enough.
