Can I buy skins?
 

I am curious if anyone sells skins? And even going a little further than that does anyone create different layouts of xcart? At the moment I only have 1 xcart but I would like to buy a few more. The only thing is that all of my web sites sell the same or similar things (different prices, and shipping options), and if xcart doesnt look different to the search engines then they will de-rank me. So I would need a cart setup with a completly different look not only to the human but to the spiders. Any idea's?

Regards

Different domain
 

If your other websites are different domains and names, a spider is not going to know the difference.

Mark...

If I had 3 regular x-cart's and I used the same database for all of the, they would look identical to spiders and humans alike. I have been booted from google and dmoz before for this. They consider it spam.

Regards
Britt

Are you selling different products or are you just trying to increase your exposure on the search engines?

Increase exposure. Use different keyword's and marketing strategies with them to see what converts best.

So in other words spamming the search engines. :roll:

Why not try purchasing keywords from Overture to do your marketing?

"Tanning lotion" will cost you between $0.50-$0.80 per click.

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Mark... Not spamming... People complain becuase there is no free shipping, so I make a site with free shipping and raise the prices 10%. There are 2 web sites. The search engine will see it as spamming, but I am not. I just do not want to get de-ranked for having 2 identical looking web sites.

Regards

If you ran them from different domains and changed the text around and used a few different keywords then I cant see why you would get a problem.

Just make it look like a different store. I would imagine a search engine may pick up on it if you set up the exact same thing over and over again. You just need to be a bit more crafty with it.

There are plenty of ways to get better rankings anyway. One of the best that Ive always found is to be linked to from plenty of other sites and keep your content current. Even if this is just updating your homepage regulaly.

If you want a new design for a site give us a shout and Ill take a look

Well the first rule of DMOZ is "Do not submit mirror sites. Mirror sites are sites that contain identical content, but have altogether different URLs. "

Rule #2 " Do not submit URLs that contain only the same or similar content as other sites you may have listed in the directory. Sites with overlapping and repetitive content are not helpful to users of the directory. Multiple submissions of the same or related sites may result in the exclusion and/or deletion of those and all affiliated sites. "

Mark...

I don't think that we are on the same page here. Read my previous post. I am not asking you the consequences of posting mirror sites. I am telling you that I have sites with nearly identical content, but different prices. Like I said before, I used to get e-mail after e-mail with people crying that they got free shipping on other web site's, what they didn't take the time to notice was that the prices were higher. So I built another site with free shipping and raised my prices 10%. The cost still comes out almost the same on each site. I know how to get around this on traditional html sites. But I am afraid that with x-cart they are going to look too similar. This is a forum about a shopping cart, not about search engine ethics.

Regards

Dear Britt,

You can contact our technical support team regarding the custom skins. They will provide you with a quote for creating a set of unique skins for you.

Well
 

Well your problem is DMOZ is built by humans. You are subject to that category's editor. If they remember your other website, they will reject it on the ground above. Submit your websites several weeks apart.

X-cart is fully customizable in look. When you install you can choice between a few different layouts (right side, left side, both sides for menu) and colors.

It is not skin itself that makes your website look different, it is how you edit the templates for the various pieces that go on the page.

Look at http://www.thelittleguy.biz/. It has a very different look than out of the box X-cart.

or look at http://cddream.com/xcart/customer/home.php

Thanks Mark...

I will read through them.

Regards
Britt

You know, Skins for sale would be an incredibly nifty thing. :)

If anyone wanted any skins designed for their xcarts they can mail me off forum with an idea of what your after and ill quote you for it.