Yahoo Stores and Your Ecommerce Success

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Your Host – Shawna FennellCEO 1 Choice 4 Your Store

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Introduction to our fictitious store Design Wizard Inputting sections and products Writing solid content for your website Moving around store editor Payment Methods Tax Rates Shipping Methods Opening for Business Resources

Help people create online stores using Yahoo

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Store Name – 1 Choice 4 Frogs Our products – Unique clothing and accessories for frogs We will use Paypal to accept payments Shipping – We will use a flat rate fee of $6.95 Sales Tax Rate – Our local tax rate is 6%

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Choose a layout Select a design by using either:

- Color Palette- Pre-designed Template

Upload a company logo Once completed, you can customize colors for

your text, navigation buttons, and other elements from within your store editor.

Keep in mind - It is better to get open and start selling, and give search engines a chance to find your site, than to keep your store under construction for months trying to perfect the design.

Paypal - You can set up an account very quickly. Can also choose to set up PayPal while waiting for approval on a merchant bank account

Sign up for Chase Paymentech Use existing Merchant Account (A bank account

that allows a merchant to accept online credit card transactions. )◦ Must support FDMS Nashville to be compatible with Yahoo

Store◦ Can process offline but not recommended

Nexus - determining factor of whether an out-of-state business selling products into a state is liable for collecting the tax on sales in the state

Auto Tax Setup Wizard - Select states for which you need to collect sales tax

You can consult the Sales Tax Clearing House web site for current tax rates http://thestc.com/ta.cgi?STRates

Sales Tax Institute FAQ http://www.salestaxinstitute.com/sales-tax-faq.jsp

Consult your state tax agency or tax advisor to learn about your tax responsibilities

Choose Shipping Methods (default methods Air and Ground )

Create rates based on: - Order total- Weight - Percentage- Flat rate

- UPS real-time rates UPS Online Tools

- Offer real-time rates and services - Print UPS labels - Use the UPS WorldShip software

Section – Frog Clothing Name – Blue Windbreaker Jacket Code – bluefj Price - $20.00 Sale Price - $15.00 Options – Small Medium Large Description –

Made specifically for frogs, our Blue Windbreaker Jacket is made of 100% poly micro poplin. Not only will this jacket keep you warm on cold nights, it is also water-repellent and wind-resistant. Makes a great gift too!

Weight – 1.5 Pounds

Should contain enough information to answer buyer questions about the productWho…What…When…Why…Where…How

Who is this product for? What is this product? When do they need or use this product? Why do they need this product? Where do they use this product? How do they use this product?

Made specifically for frogs (who),our Blue Windbreaker Jacket(what) is made of 100% poly micro poplin. Not only will this jacket keep you warm on cold nights (when) on your lily-pad (where), it is also water-repellent and wind-resistant (how).

Makes a great gift too! (why)

• For your customers

• For your conversion rates

• For your search engine rankings

• Patience, Patience, and Patience,

• 3 – 6 Months For Search Engines

• Sales will start slowly

• Did I mention patience?

• Product promotion tools

• Drive traffic to your store

• Free Search Engine Marketing

• Shopping Search Engines

• Email Marketing

Consider adding your top products only to start. You can always add more later.

Product images are critical to selling products online.

You can always return to edit product description and pricing, or change product images.

You can always continue to add products after opening for business.

Keep in mind again- It is better to get open and start selling, and give search engines a chance to find your site, than to keep your store under construction for months.

All steps completed Publish all changes Run a test order Click Open For Business Button Opening your store for business is the first step in

an ongoing process of building a successful online store. You need to continually track and improve your store early on to quickly build repeat customers.

Keep in mind - It is better to get open and start selling, and give search engines a chance to find your site, than to keep your store under construction for months trying to get everything perfect.

You will not pay rent for 2 months

Save $39.95 a month

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Email Us support@1c4y.com

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