Whole Foods- Waterman St, Providence R.I.

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And we are off to a great day of new friends and fun at the Whole Foods/ Waterman St. Block Party!

Ooh La La – the day has arrived!

And we are off and running!

Hope to see you there! subscribe to the blog, tell me that you have and there will be a “little something” for you when we see you at the show today!

OnLine Shopping for Botanical Beauties and Beasties!

OnLine Shop! Hurrah!!!!

We are thrilled to announce our ONLINE store!  http://botanicalbb.myshopify.com/collections/
I am sure there are “glitches” – some of our shop we love (happy) and some we are still working on (pops.) Please let us know if you encounter any problems with it, suggestions of ways we can make it better, or just a comment on whatever you would like to tell us.
Our payment options are PayPal, Google CheckOut and Money Orders.

QUICK ONLINE SHOPPING STATISTICS: A few straight facts for a quick reference.

  • 80% of individuals aged 32-44 buy products on the internet.
  • 72% of people aged 55-64 and 71% of 18-32 year olds also purchase things through the internet.
  • With all age groups combined and overall 71% of all U.S. adults shop online.
  • 91% email, 81% research, 68% make travel reservations and 32% read blogs.

What do all these statistics tell us? The internet is growing, adapting, and becoming our main source of almost everything we do. .*This article is based off of the research done by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

A few Questions and Answers/Concers you may have.
Question: People say they worry about web security.
Our Answer: Shopify (the folks that are hosting our online shop)  provides SSL security for all checkout pages for customer security. Our Shopify store has an industry standard 128 Bit SSL encrypted checkout to protect private data. Shopify ensures that your customers’ information and your order data is hidden from prying eyes both during and after transactions.

Question: 62% of consumers with web-connected mobile devices are buying goods via mobile. (Published Monday, August 2, 2010 7:00 am by Alec Williams, Marketing Specialist) Can I purchase with my mobile device at The Botanicals store?     http://botanicalbb.myshopify.com/collections/
Answer: Yes! We Let customers purchase from anywhere with mobile checkout. Our (Shopify’s) checkout process is optimized for mobile devices to provide your customers with the power to purchase on the go. Mobile checkout includes all of the features in our regular browser-based checkout, including the option to use multiple payment gateways and secure transaction processing to protect customer data. Industry-standard 128 bit SSL encryption protects your business and customers data.