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Lindsay, one of our product designers, minored in film in college. See if her parents’ money was well-spent by checking out her short film on managing your domain – Rochelle.

Many of our customers already own a domain name (e.g. www.fische.com) before they create a website with us. There are a couple of options for connecting a domain purchased through a different company with a Homestead website, but these options can be pretty difficult to understand. Because of this, we’ve created a short video to explain - in our own way - a couple of these options to you – domain pointing and domain forwarding - and hopefully make you laugh a little, too.

“Pointing” your domain to your Homestead site is now as easy as transferring it. Whichever option you prefer, both are easy to do through the Domain Manager once you’ve logged into your Homestead account. You can find the Domain Manager - including detailed explanations and pros and cons of each option - by clicking on Domains & Email, then Domains on the left of the page.

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There are lots of great new things in the pipeline at Homestead.  Here’s product designer Rina to tell you about our new tools to help you manage your PayPal sales - Rochelle.

If you sell things on your website using PayPal buttons you may have already noticed this, but we’ve just implemented new tools for you to use in managing your PayPal activity. The new tools don’t change the way your PayPal buttons function; they provide a new and improved way for you to add products and manage your transactions.

If you’re a Gold or Platinum member, when you log in to your website account you’ll see a new link in the menu on the left side of your website account. This link is called Selling Online, and you’ll now find all ecommerce tools and products (including PayPal button management) organized within it.

Underneath Selling Online you’ll find a link called Store Manager. Clicking that link opens the new Store Manager page. It contains the same functionality as the old PayPal page - it gives you instructions on how to get started with PayPal, a place to enter your PayPal email address, and links to the PayPal site itself. The new layout of this page makes this information easier to read and understand.

The Store Manager page also has a link that says Launch Product Manager:

Clicking that link will take you to the brand new PayPal Product Manager page:

This new Product Manager is organized into two columns, making it easier for you to look at your products. Using it is simple. To add a new product, click the Add new link in the left column and a form will appear to let you add your new product information. Click the Save button when you’re done.

Your product will now show up in the left column where existing products are listed. As you add more products, each will appear there organized alphabetically.

To edit a product, click on the product name in the left column and you’ll be able to edit its information in the right column. To delete a product, just click the Delete this product link at the bottom of the form.

We think you’ll find the new Store Manager and Product Manager make it much easier to use PayPal buttons on your site. Nothing’s changed about how those buttons work for your customers, or how you can place them on your site using SiteBuilder, but now you have an easy way to manage them!

Notice anything new about Homestead? We’ve repainted our site!

Actually, we’re repainting it now, and you’ll see the new color scheme and updated graphics soon. Come check it out at the end of June and let us know what you think! For now, here’s a little sneak preview of the changes to come: Homestead’s New Look and Feel!

Here’s a reminder of what Homestead looks like today. Homestead’s “old” look and feel