Temporary Shop Closure?

[justdogwalking.com]

Hi

 

 

I need to close my prestashop for about a month.

 

Is it better to just disable elements so no purchases can be made?

or

Is it better to take the site off the web for the duration?

 

 

Thanks

[Carlsen]

Hi justdogwalking.com,

 

I see that you have already chosen just to disable the buy function. Good choice.

[justdogwalking.com]

Hi Carlsen

 

Thanks for your feedback.

 

Whilst I have disabled the ability to pay for any purchases I was/am not sure what is considered the norm for such situations.

 

Whilst the easiest is to go off line - I presumed one might loose some positioning on google etc.

 

Any other thoughts?

[Carlsen]

Hi again justdogwalking.com,

 

You are right about losing Google rankings, and that is why it's a good choice to stay online, and just disable the order functionality.

 

I'm not sure how many daily visitors you have, but if the number is high (+50) you could use the newsletter module. and thus allowing your customers to sign up and be reminded when you are online again.

 

If you have a lot of daily visitors (+50) you could integrate the newsletter signup box in the red message box, and use it with a header saying "Sign up for our newsletter now, and we'll remind you when we are accepting orders again!".

 

You could also enable the buy function, but clearly state that orders will not be shipped until early April - However this is maybe not suited for the type of goods you sell.

[justdogwalking.com]

Hi Carlsen

 

Thank you for the broader answer, and suggestions.

It was just what I was looking for - as I am still very much in learning mode on things "internet"