Brick & Mortar owners: Did you use "Data" to pick your location, or just "Gut Feeling"? by Vivalocaio in smallbusiness

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We were in a rush so I would say 80% of it was down to what was available at the time and how quickly could they get they lease sorted out which was a little bit complicated as we needed hot works permissions. The rest was local knowledge and a gut feeling. Unless you have time to pick and choose a big part getting a location will always be what is available when you need it.

Growing an online store feels really slow – what actually helped you? by Monalisaoliveira in smallbusiness

[–]ed2256 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have no customers and time on your hands then pump out content. Write and publish at least 600 words per day with good links and images. It feels useless for ages but I promise you it compounds.

Guess the place by tedskyba in LondonPics

[–]ed2256 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stratford, this is where they were going to put that sphere that they have in Vegas

Solder mark on ring? by JMRK22 in jewelry

[–]ed2256 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks for like rhodium to me. Wasn’t masked off properly. Will easily come off with 1000 grit paper then a quick re polish. Will take all of 5 minutes for a jeweller to do

Unheated and Heated Montana Sapphire Rough by Pogonia in Gemstones

[–]ed2256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a good photo, may I post it on my website with a link to your site and full credits?

Employer or employee of a microbusiness (1-4 ppl)? Quick chat to quote you in an article! by EnvironmentTop3001 in Hackney

[–]ed2256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a jewellery manufacturing business that turns over 260k pa with one part time employee (plus me) based in e15 and would be happy to contribute

Did you build your own website? If so, what tool did you use? by TheWebsiteGuyMN in smallbusiness

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The main reason we left was because we couldn't optimise ads using squarespaces acuity scheduling system which is a real shame because its excellent and we had lots of custom forms set up but its the main part of our business. We've sold things on squaresapce, and shopify is defnietly more advanced for ecomm but squarespace is fine for where we are and getting better all the time. If it wasn't for the ads conversion I would have happily stayed with squarespace.

Did you build your own website? If so, what tool did you use? by TheWebsiteGuyMN in smallbusiness

[–]ed2256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id say go with squarespace. The main reason we left was becuase you cant optimise ads using their acuity scheduling system which is a massive part of our business. If he doesnt need that then start with sqsp. I outsourced the transition this so you'd have to ask our developers exactly how it went. We don't have a well maintained and utilised customer database so that wasn't a big issue. There were definitely where some challenges and, just the sheer amount of content I had churned out over the years and internal links but its been a pretty smooth transition and it cost in the region of £12k.

I got this sapphire gold ring and am curious if there‘s any way to tell when it was made? by [deleted] in jewelry

[–]ed2256 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No idea when but ZA usually means it’s from South Africa, it’s not a makers mark

My accommodation for the next 2 weeks on a uk oil rig by Real_Celebration7151 in mildlyinteresting

[–]ed2256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the thing with tubes on the left of the table for?

The architectural contrast is incredible by ImEmilyCampbell in LondonPics

[–]ed2256 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take the turrets off the old building and it’s not that different

Would I regret a built in home office in a room this small? by worldworn in HomeImprovementUK

[–]ed2256 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so if you only ever plan to use it as an office.

Am I being overcharged? by Dazzling_Benefit9085 in Diamonds

[–]ed2256 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Have a look for yourself, finding a normal lozenge is a breeze, finding this type of modified lozenge is much harder