I'm an ecommerce and online business consultant and developer, focusing on social media, online marketing and conversions.
According to various definitions, Pamela Hazelton may carry many titles, but her overall goal is simple: to help businesses grow and succeed by increasing visibility and conversions.
Pamela started her first business—publishing a comic story & fiction magazine called Lacunae—in 1995. In 1999 she ventured into ecommerce when a few “print” and “brick and mortar” business clients wanted to sell online. Soon after, several mutual business friends asked for her help. Pamela’s first ecommerce client was a guy who told her one very late night, “I don’t know what I’m doing. All I do at night is drink beer and try to learn FrontPage.”
Having learned how to code the old-school way, Pamela ditched the guy’s work and rebuilt the core of the site from scratch so it would work well across various platforms. She then discovered the Miva Merchant shopping cart, which was expandable via third-party module plugins. At the time, there were but two major developers for the shopping cart, so Pamela teamed up with one of them and another coder, and launched an install service company. Miva Merchant store owners would purchase modules and pay DesignExtend.com to install and configure them to suit each store’s design and functionality.
Pamela went on to become a leading developer and consultant for the Miva Merchant platform, and also authored several versions of the shopping cart’s “Official Guide” (the sixth book is being produced now).
Over the years, Pamela realized that while there were thousands of Miva Merchant users who needed assistance in the realm of shopability, online marketing, social media and related aspects of running shop, it was but a small percentage of businesses seeking online success. She branched out, and now works with clients of all sizes and on several different platforms.
Pamela also realize there is a BIG difference between the small business and the micro business. She’s worked with both, making her services both affordable and cutting-edge.
Work Terms
Jobs $1,000 & under - 100% upfront. Jobs over $1,000 - 50% upfront, remaining billed per 4 hour increments until project completion. Final instructions to be provided in writing via email or logged chat. Hours vary, phone calls to be scheduled.