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Isn't PRIM DIY ESTORES different than DIYESTORES

Yes they are two different companies.

The DIY client websites are not tied to Shelly's DIY domain itself. Her domain expires in November, and I'm sure she won't renew it, so the DIYeStores dot com domain will be gone. But that hosted website has been disabled for months by the programmer, and the domain itself only recently began forwarding to Shelly's other DIY website, which is mydiyestores dot com. Client sites for the DIYeStores dot com business  are separate though, which is why they're all still up and running, even though her main DIY site has been disabled since summer.

 

The programmer of the DIY websites is the person who created the website builder that DIY clients use, and also Feature Cart (the shopping cart). Shelly simply rented the system from him month to month for her business and clients. I don't know all the terms of her agreement with the programmer for all these years though. What I do know though is that just because the DIYeStores domain may well be gone after November 14, that doesn't mean all the client sites will be gone because they're not all linked together. But at some point, if only because Shelly may not be paying for the server space from the programmer for all the client sites, then those sites can be deleted by the programmer. I'm not saying he WILL do that, just that he CAN. I don't really see him doing that without warning to the clients. But since the whole situation is very unpredictable at this point, I'm just urging anyone with a DIY website to get new hosting as soon as possible. They are effectively receiving hosting with absolutely zero support and communication. That's just not a situation I'd want to be in if I had a website there. And the truly sad part is that most DIY clients are completely unaware that this is going on.

It's such a shame to see a great company go down hill this way leaving 100's of business owners in the dark about it. It doesn't make sense when she could have closed for new  clients, and just hire assistants to run it. It was making a lot of income. Thanks for sharing ArtChick. Now I know what to tell folks who have been asking me, Anne and Sheila about it. Whenever anyone has asked I give them Shelley's fullname and the name of her other business so they can hunt her down on Facebook but I still doubt she's responding to anyone.

I think it was sold to some lady named Anne...sorry thats all i know...Im not really helping

Anne purchased Prim Mart, EZ Craft Show, and EZShoppes which were once owned by Shelley. Later on, under ownership of Sheila Thomas, who I assisted in updating and marketing, sold them to Anne.  Only DIYestore is still with Shelley, all the rest is sold off.