A Litte More About Us

In the last post I told you about how we came about owning the store. This time I wanted to share with you a little bit about what has taken place since we took over the store almost two years ago.

The three of us knew from the beginning that this wasn't going to replace our current jobs any time soon. However, at the time I was able to work from home which meant I could cover the store while getting my "real" work done. Unfortunately, that changed about 6 months after we took over. Once again though, things worked out well. My mother was retired and needed something to get her out of the house and this was perfect! Since we are only open Tuesday through Saturday, she is able to come up during the week and cover it for us.

Now that we had the work schedule figured out, it was time for us to start looking at what we could do to get noticed. The previous owner has set up a web page but at the time it was only a static page with some information and pictures. So our first major project was establishing an ecommerce site. This was a lot more work/trouble than I thought. After several versions and arguments with site designers, we ended up with our current site. www.TexicanImports.com

At the same time we were developing our website, we ran into a gentleman who told us about his store on ebay. It really sparked our interest! So, after playing around with it for a while, we decided to open a store on ebay as well. Texican Imports Home Here you will find some of the same items we have in our store on auction.

Anyway, that will give you a little more history on what we have done since taking over. As new business owner, it has been a HUGE learning experience. What have made a few mistakes along the way but "With a Little Love and Luck We'll Get By"!

P.S. A side note, my wife lived in Galveston for close to 3 years while going to school and we fell in love with the island. We hope and pray that it will come out okay after Ike passes over it.