David Condon Finds

I launched my first website David Condon Woodcraft back in 2017 . At the time I knew my craft fairly well, but I knew very little about websites, SEO, or how Google actually finds and ranks content. Like many small business owners, I jumped straight in and learned everything the hard way. Over the years I made plenty of mistakes. Some were small, others probably slowed the growth of my business by years. The good news is that a website doesn’t have to be perfect to work. Mine eventually started generating sales and enquiries, but looking back there are several things I would do differently if I had the chance to start again. Here are the biggest lessons. I Would Still Choose Wix The first thing worth saying is that I would still choose Wix . Before settling on it, I tried several different website builders in the very beginning and quickly realised that many of them were far more complicated than I wanted to deal with. Wix, by contrast, was simple drag-and-drop design. For som...

I have noticed something lately with Amazon UK deliveries to Ireland. They seem slower. Not unusable. Not disastrous. Not “I will never order from Amazon again” slow. Just slower than I had become used to over the last number of years. A lot of orders that once felt like they might arrive in a few days now seem to be drifting closer to a week. That is not the end of the world, but with Amazon, speed has always been part of the appeal.  When that changes, you notice it. The strange part is that the new €3 customs charge for low-value online orders has not even started yet. So is Amazon already changing how it handles Irish orders? I do not know for certain. I do not work for Amazon, I have no inside information, and this post includes a fair bit of guesswork. But as a regular Irish customer, and as someone who also runs a small online business, I can’t help looking at the pattern and wondering what is going on behind the scenes. Quick Answer: Are Amazon Orders to Ireland Taking Long...

Start date: 1 July 2026 If you buy small items online from outside the EU, including from Great Britain, there is a new charge coming that is worth knowing about. From 1 July 2026 , a new €3 customs duty charge per item will apply to many low-value e-commerce packages coming into Ireland from outside the EU. Revenue has confirmed that this applies to goods bought online from non-EU countries, including Great Britain, where the goods are valued at €150 or less . That means this is not just something for big importers or businesses to think about. It could affect ordinary Irish shoppers buying phone cables, clothes, gadgets, craft supplies, accessories, small tools, gifts and all the other little bits people regularly order online. This is my plain English version of what is changing, why it is happening, and what it may mean when you are shopping online. What Is Changing? At the moment, low-value goods entering the EU from outside the EU can benefit from customs duty relief when t...

Is Putting Ads on Your Website Worth It? The Harsh Truth From My Own Experience I used to think that connecting Google AdSense to my website would be an easy way to earn a bit of passive income. You know the thinking,  if people from all over the world are visiting anyway, why not make a few euro from ads? And technically, yes, I did make money. But here’s the part nobody tells you: I made it painfully slowly , over months and not days & weeks like I expected. And every cent came at the cost of my website’s credibility, user experience and overall performance which I only found out after the fact. If you’re thinking about adding third-party ads to your site, especially if it’s something you’ve poured time, effort and pride into, here’s my honest advice after learning the hard way. The “Income” Looks Good — Until You Do the Maths At the peak of my AdSense phase, I was convinced I was doing well. The dashboard showed little bits of revenue trickling in and I could see count...