Monday, August 18, 2014

Fantastic Oils + Easy Shopping = New SMB Marketplace!

Whoo hoo!

The new Sirius Mind and Body Marketplace is open!
I'm so excited for you to visit it and enjoy the improvements I've made for you:
  • Descriptions and Catagories. There are so many ways to describe and categorize smells! I thought about all of the good times we had at our brick and mortar shop, watching and listening to reactions as customers sampled fragrances, and I used those experiences as a starting point. I think it's a good start, and I welcome your suggestions.
  • Images. How do you translate smells into pictures?  Research! I spent a lot of time searching through image sources to find photos to describe how each fragrance oil smells. M and L took some pics too, and I thank them for pitching in. It was a fun process, and I hope you enjoy the images I've chosen.
  • Search. I know how frustrating it can be to try to find your favorite fragrance oil among the hundred plus scents Sirius Mind and Body carries. The new search function makes finding your fave so much easier.
one of our many rose fragrance oils
Somali Rose is one of our four rose oils
  • Shipping. As I've said before, shipping fragrance oils has become challenging, but SMB has risen to meet it, with the help of this new marketplace. I also mentioned in that post that I'd create a special way to rise to the shipping challenge. shipping...shipping... we all hate this necessary bit of shopping, so how can I make it a little sweeter for my customers? Free oils!




  • Yet another improvement to the marketplace is the discount feature which gives me more options to offer more specials and integrate them seamlessly with PayPal. Give it a try and enjoy free fragrance oils - yay!!
Yes, there is more work to be done - incense will be available soon.
Right now, the marketplace is a standalone shopping cart on the Tictail platform, so you can go directly to http://siriusmindbody.tictail.com to access it. When I integrate it into the Sirius Mind and Body website to replace the old shopping center, I'll send you another notice.

Speaking if notices, I've updated the email / newsletter form so we can keep in better touch. Click the link to receive the Sirius Mind and Body newsletter or update your info here http://mad.ly/signups/22046/join

I hope you have a great week and enjoy the new Sirius Mind and Body shopping experience!

~ Amy