We received an order from New Hampshire this morning. In the PayPal note, our customer kindly noted that New Hampshire doesn't charge sales tax. I had set up our store to charge a flat 7.75% California sales tax on all orders based upon my interpretation of this state publication, Are Your Internet Sales Taxable?. But after further research, I realized I only need to charge sales tax to customers in California. So I have now fixed this-- now only orders shipped to California addresses will be charged sales tax. All other orders won't include sales tax. If you have any problems, please let me know.

I thought my original welcome message was a little dry, so I had Angela write her version instead. I think it has a little more expression, don't you think?

My old version:

Welcome to HandsOnCards.com. We're now open for business! Please take a look around and feel free to purchase any cards. Payment is made through the safe and easy PayPal system. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. For more information about us, check out our About Us page. We're still adding new card designs and new features, so check back again soon. As always, we welcome any feedback, either via our blog, or email. Thanks for visiting!

Angela's new version:

Woo-hoo! We've officially "cut the tape" and welcome you to the grand opening of our new store . We are a husband and wife team (for now at least ) who put the two "skills" of artistic passion/joy and computer savvy into one and... ta da... HandsOnCards.com was born!