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Where to Buy? Add Your Link

Ben Newton — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:54:33 +0000

I am adding a feature to the website that will allow you to put your logo on Valor’s product pages that are viewed by the public. Your logo can be listed on the right side of any of these thousands of pages that are viewed by thousands each month. (ie. http://www.valorcorp.com/products/product.asp?root_id=277&cat_id=277&item=4118019)

For your logo to appear on the page, you will have to have the following.

Supply a logo (200 x 50 pixels) (no animated buttons and no sales pitches, just a name)
You will have to have purchased the item on the page within the last 30 days.
Your account is up to date.

We will show logos from the top 3 buyers of that product in the last 30 days. The link for now will go to your home page. Eventually, I woould like it to go to the product page on your site.

To participate, please send your logo and link to ben at valorcorp.com.

Make Sure You are on our Mailing List

Ben Newton — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:33:42 +0000

It’s been a while since we have sent out a mailing list, but we are finally back in the swing of things and have a new mailing list to go along with our new site. You can make sure you are getting the latest info and specials from us by going to your account and updating your mailing preferences.

We will occasionally send out specials, new items and special announcements. Not too overwelming, but enough to keep you up-to-date. You can get most of the same info by subscribing to this blog and by using the RSS reader to follow all of our specials and new items as I explained in this post, but the mailings put everything in one place where you can catch anything you may have missed.

Now See What is Coming in our Doors

Ben Newton — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:47:59 +0000

One thing that has always been missing from our website is a good way to see what is getting refulfilled in our inventory. Sure you can sign up to be emailed when an item becomes available, but let’s face it, you’re never going to get to every item and do that.

Starting today, you can now view the ‘Recently Received’ items for every category. Now you will not miss the second and third shipments of hard to get items because they are no longer on the front page. This will bring a larger amount of product s to the front pages of the categories and make it easier to see what is available with a quick look.

Cables Cut

Ben Newton — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:21:09 +0000

**UPDATE** We’re back.. Thanks AT&T

This morning a crew from some cable company across the street was installing new cable and inadvertantly cut the fiber optics for our street. This has knocked out our phones and Internet service. Thankfully the good folks at AT&T have fixed our phones. Our website is still.down. Hopefully our seevice will be restored soon.

I will twitter when we are up again.

Thanks for yoir paitience.

Get Up to Date Product Info with RSS Feeds

Ben Newton — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:06:07 +0000

Did you know you can get specials, new items, clearance items and even deleted items on your computer as soon as they are added to our system? You can with a service called RSS or Feeds. You may have seen feeds on your favorite blogs or news websites. You can use many tools available online to subscribe to these feeds. You can even use your browser and Google Reader to subscribe, view and organize your feeds. This is what I use.

We offer feeds for new items, clearance items and specials. And we have these feeds for each category, including the new categories that have been added to the new site, Firearms, Ammunition, Shooting Accessories and Air Guns.

The feeds are available on this page. Subscribe now and be one of the first to find out when we receive new product, put an item on special or clearance.

Oh, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog too, look for the link at the bottom of this page.

New Site Up and Running

Ben Newton — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:20:12 +0000

A much needed change is finally complete. I am happy to say the new site is off to a great start. We have had few glitches and it seems to be making life easier for users already.

There are some substantial changes that you need to know about.

New Categories

Valor’s focus has turned towards the gun and accessory business over the last year or so. This has caused the category of firearms and accessories grow tremendously. I have now separated the category into four separate categories:

Firearms
Amunition
Shooting Accessoies
Air Guns

This has already made some users very happy from what I understand. We use the categories internally and I know it has helped us.

New Area for downloads

So far, it appears everyone has found this, but just in case you haven’t, read this. The link to the download page is now on the front page after you log in. You can edit your account from here too.

There will be additions added regularly now. The first thing you will see is a new firearms search followed by a ammo search. Keep an eye ou for this. It wlll be quite easy to narow down your search for both quite easily.

As always, I’m looking for your comments and suggestions for the website, so please leave any here.

Thanks to everybody who has commented on the site already and thanks for your suggestions too.

New Valor Site Coming – But I Want Your Input Now

Ben Newton — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:15:27 +0000

As some of you may know, I write the website myself. Unfortunately, with all the change that has gone on around here in the last year, my time for writing the website has been limited at best. But I have still managed to sneak in some time to do a long overdue rewrite of the website, probably my last. I just need to tie up some loose ends and I will have it up and running by mid-May.

But right now, I want your input. What would you like to see? What stinks now? What would be the first thing you change?

So give me your comments below and I will see what I can add in the new reincarnation. I can’t promise anything, but I will do what I can.