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Congratulations to July's MonsterSellers
The MonsterSeller Award medal is given to merchants who sell a specified number of products through their MonsterMarketplace store listing within the month. Listings are marked with a Platinum, Gold or Silver medallion. MonsterSellers for July .

MonsterMarketplace Merchant Spotlight Award
Congratulations to Ben, Sheryl, Emma & Lance Gordon for their site, TinyTreasuresBaby.com. They were chosen to be recognized as August ’s Merchant of the Month.

Take Five

Each month, we ask a different MonsterCommerce merchant the same five questions regarding their online business and its success.

This month's featured merchant is HollywoodDesignerJewelry.com. HollywoodDesignerJewelry.com offers celebrity & designer inspired jewelry.

Owner: Corine Solberg

MonsterCommerce merchant since: August, 2005

Best-Selling Product:
Anything Vera Wang inspired and the Paris Hilton inspired Skull & Crossbones Necklace

1. What is your favorite feature about your site right now?
   I love how very easy it is to load products!
   
   
2. What was one major obstacle to your store's success, and how did you overcome it?
   Pay per click advertising was eating into my profits so I hired MonsterCommerce to optimize my site and over the past few months my rankings on all major search engines has really climbed.
   
   
3. To what do you attribute most of your site's success?
   The search engine optimization performed by the MonsterCommerce Team. Also my huge selection of jewelry at affordable prices.
   
   
4. What is the best or most rewarding experience you've had so far selling online?
   I love waking up to orders and to see that my site is getting noticed. I've been contacted by US Magazine and a TV Shopping Network to advertise my website.
   
   
5. What web sites or online tools or resources would you not be able to live without?
   My admin panel at MonsterCommerce and any of my supplier websites.
   

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