We are glad to announce that from now on Template Monster has added Google Checkout to other payment options and alternatives. The reason for that is simple - the demand. A great piece of our target audience uses Google Checkout and therefore we could not leave them behind. Besides we have received a lot of customers’ requests considering integrating this payment option. So now this option is available along with all the rest at Template Monster product purchase checkout pages.

Google Checkout is an online payment processing service provided by Google Inc. Its aim is just as of any other payment system - to simplify the process of paying for online purchases. Users store their payment details (credit or debit card and shipping information) in their Google Account. Google Checkout also offers a unified page for tracking purchases and their status as well as the fraud protection algorithms.

Congratulations, people! It’s another holiday from Template Monster – just something that you have already got used to. Except for this time it’s really big – now it’s about our sixth birthday! And big holiday means big presents, right? We will return to the presents a little bit later in this post though. Now let us get sentimental for a minute and recall the major thing that we’ve been through during those years.

It’s been almost 20,000 templates, thousands and thousands of customers and hundreds of promotional collaborations during these 6 years. Hard to believe that we’ve made it here but it’s a fact – we’re the best. But it’s not only about our efforts as your loyalty has also played a role in our overall success. And for that we thank you very much.

There are also tons of good things that we’ve done during this time. For example our social responsibility programs (“Changing the Web” and “Enhancing the Future Web”) as well as launching an educational websites network that helps you in graphic design, HTML coding, PHP programming and Flash editing (refer to Webdesign.org to find all of our network’s websites).

And here we are now – a year older but nevertheless fresh and stronger than ever. To prove that we have redesigned our own website, now it is optimized for a wider screen resolution and is much more convenient to use (not to mention the fact that we can place a lot more useful information for you on this increased space). Consider this a present #1 from us. Let’s say goodbye to the old design and welcome the new one.

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Present #2 is a whole month of a 5% discount that will be active for all of the products presented at Template Monster until June 28th (see the page with instructions on how to use a discount). Hurry up to take advantage of it – one month is not that long!

I guess you still remember our similar giveaway promos that we have held during last February and March (St. Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day respectively). What we have for you now has something in common with those promos except for the fact that this time it’s all even more impressive and you will love it much more than last time.

This time we give away a FREE Web 2.0 Iconset! Reflections, bright colors, rich surfaces and slight 3D style – all of that is in the bonus iconset that you may get. Besides this time the iconset contains 75 (!!!) icons which makes it our record-holding giveaway.

The procedure of getting it is all the same – you purchase something from Template Monster during the period of May 8th to May 31st 2008 and you automatically become an owner of this beautiful set of design masterpieces.

The Web 2.0 iconset we’re talking about is also available for regular purchases at Template Monster and is $55 worth so hurry up to take advantage of this opportunity and get it FOR FREE!

During the last two weeks we have held a survey for customers to have purchased one of our Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries. From this post we will proudly share its positive results with you.

The thing is that before holding this survey we have launched a second release of the Dynamic Flash photo Galleries which gave us the right to know what the customers’ opinion about the first version was.

It appeared to be that our customers are pretty happy about the first version of Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries and the first release’s features were enough for most of the audience. Additionally 76% of the respondents are going to recommend this product to their friends and colleagues. By the way we encourage everyone who likes this product to promote it with our affiliate program. This will monetize the way you feel about it The registration with the Affiliate Program is completely free and will be easy to use (please refer to MyTemplateStorage.com for registration and more details).

But we won’t deny that there was a couple of customers who were not satisfied with their experience of working with the Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries. Without any doubt we will keep working with these people to solve their problems and we’ll do our best to fix their negative impressions.

From this post we sincerely thank all of the customers who have taken part in our survey. As for the people who didn’t have a chance to take part in a survey we always welcome their feedback about our products in general and about Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries in particular. For example feel free to let us know your opinion in the comments to this post, we would appreciate that.

In the third release of Dynamic Flash Photo Galleries that we are planning currently not only we promise to fix all of the bugs that we were shown in this survey but we’ll also add new striking features and functionality to this great product.

What we have for you today is the new portion of templates for projects that are not standard (for some reason). We thought these would be interesting for you not only as for potential buyers but also as for audience that knows what the good design is. Anyways, enjoy the works below.

Car Body Shop Template

This website template with amazing Flash effects will be right for any car body shops, car tuning services or even for maintenance stations. The black color scheme contrasts well with the yellow color highlighting the most important elements of the design and making the web template more elegant, stylish and impressive.

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Honey Commerce Template

This website template with Flash effects and “sweet” animated images of honey jar with saucer of honey looks very tempting and enticing. That’s why this web template will be a good solution for honey commerce or any sweet-shop. The only thing you need to do is to personalize the template to suit your business. The customization is very easy and won’t take a lot of time.

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Sexual Health Center Template

A smooth design with the sections that are essential for a project like this. Delicate design for a delicate issue like this one - everything is just the way it should be. Besides, due to how good this design is the template can be also used for any other kind of health care facilities. It goes without saying that it is easy to customize as any other of our products.

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That’s it for today, people. But just like last time - I promise you that soon there will be a new set of templates for non-standard businesses. It’s only a matter of time