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Melissa Chelist owns and runs StorkGifts, an upscale, online boutique specializing in quality custom made personalized gifts for babies and children joins eCommerce Radio.
StorkGifts carries over 75 different types of personalized items, all of which are custom made with the customer’s choice of color, design, and personalization.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Melissa Chelist discuss the following:
- How did you get started in the e-commerce personalized baby gift business?
- How do you find your products and your artisans?
- What advice would you give someone who wants to develop an ecommerce site?
- Besides optimizing your site and paying for ads on Google, how do you market your website? How do potential customers find you?
- What do you do to retain existing customers?
- With no business background at all, how did you learn how to run a business?
- How do you handle running a company while at home with your kids?
Duration: 15:51
Melissa Chelist owns and runs StorkGifts, an upscale, online boutique specializing in quality custom made personalized gifts for babies and children. The company started in January of 2003 when Internet shopping was just becoming widespread. The daily operations of the company were outsourced until 2005 when Chelist’s youngest child went to pre-school. At that time, Melissa took over managing the company and has done so ever since.
StorkGifts carries over 75 different types of personalized items, all of which are custom made with the customer’s choice of color, design, and personalization. Known for its high quality products, StorkGifts offers many made-in-the USA products and prides itself with their professional, top-notch customer service.
Melissa has a Master’s degree in Education and B.C. (before children) worked as a Special Education teacher. She quit teaching to stay at home with her first child, 17 years ago, and never went back. Before taking over StorkGifts, Melissa had never emailed, Googled or shopped online, and barely knew how to turn on her computer. In addition, she had never taken any business classes nor had she ever worked in any type of business. Now, Melissa runs an online company from her home office.
Related Web Site: www.storkgifts.com
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