tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410859328137511265.post1780492644241282694..comments2023-10-20T03:14:35.410-04:00Comments on Keen Tea Thyme: Tea Trade InvestigationKeenTeaThymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14996363868934798904noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410859328137511265.post-67150091827339722772011-03-01T16:26:10.711-05:002011-03-01T16:26:10.711-05:00i had a look at the trade site too, and was thinki...i had a look at the trade site too, and was thinking about signing up for them to host my blog. but the whole thing just doesn't feel right to me. as you pointed out, trading tea has been around for a very long time. why would we start to sell it? it just makes me uncomfortable. I'd rather swap as well.Sara Shackethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443916832400751717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410859328137511265.post-29526000588345062152011-02-28T16:40:37.805-05:002011-02-28T16:40:37.805-05:00Thanks for bringing this up, it's unfortunate ...Thanks for bringing this up, it's unfortunate that you are uncomfortable with WordPress. I am the developer and founder of teatra.de and can offer a number of workarounds for people who don't like using WordPress. We already employ mirrors (which work very well for your SEO) letting bloggers continue to use blogger but have a blog on tea trade.<br /><br />Additionally, the domain issue is exactly the same as most bloggers have on blogspot. In fact, this blog itself is hosted on a subdomain setup (exactly the same way Tea Trade is set up). If you have a tea blog, why not have it on a network devoted to tea? Also, because it is still early days for tea trade, we do offer something called Domain Mapping for free (for blogspot, it is paid). Visit http://leafboxtea.com for an example of this. Leafbox Tea is completely hosted on Tea Trade, but has its own domain.<br /><br />We love tea swaps, they were part of the inspiration for Tea Trade. Tea Trade removes the back and forth of sharing addresses and information via email. It is entirely possible to sell your extra teas for .50 cents if you want (to stay in the spirit of swaps). We do feel there is no reason why you can't make a little money from your tea.<br /><br />We offer to host the blogs, because we have a lot to offer the bloggers. The blogging community is fractured by technology - Blogspot vs. WordPress.com vs. independently hosted blogs. Different networks makes it hard for people to track each other, if you want to follow a great blog someplace else you have to resort to RSS (we've found many tea bloggers who don't use RSS). Tea Trade fixes that by creating a mini-blogspot or mini-wordpress.com - the system tracks and connects all the independent blogs together (just like you get on the backend of blogspot).<br /><br />Tea Trade is also open to vendors as well, we are in communication with several company owners and have had preliminary commitments from them to list some irregular products in the marketplace. This is something that is still in development (one of the biggest issues is that they need to plan ahead and figure out things like fitting their Tea Trade transactions into their accounting stream. Setting up on Tea Trade for a business requires a little more planning than for individuals)<br /><br />There really has never been anything like this for the online tea community before - a fully integrated networking site that lets you buy tea quickly and easily.<br /><br />I'm always available over on http://teatra.de to answer questions that anyone has. We are proud and excited about this project!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251180436235427688noreply@blogger.com