| Step
1: |
Sign up for Yahoo! Merchant
Solutions. |
|
Just pick a Yahoo! Merchant Solutions package and speed through our sign up
process to get started fast. You'll choose your store domain name (like
www.your-store.com). |
| Step
2: |
Welcome to Manage My Services -- please
explore! |
| |
This is the central headquarters for your business where you can oversee:
Web Hosting and site design features
Store inventory, orders, and reporting
Mail accounts and storage preferences
Domain management |
| Step
3: |
Prepare to accept online
payments. |
| |
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions comes with a secure payment gateway. In order to
open for business, you will need to add an online payment processing service to
your online store. You can use a PayPal account, a merchant account, or both to process your payments.
Be sure to
establish your payment options early so they're enabled when you're ready to
open for business. |
| Step
4: |
Organize and load your products into the
Catalog Manager. |
| |
The Catalog Manager is a powerful built-in tool that allows you to manage
your inventory of products, including pricing and detailed information about
each item. You can enter your products one by one or upload them from a
database. |
| Step
5: |
Plan and organize your web site
content. |
| |
A world-class web presence requires clear content that makes your products
sound appealing and sets expectations for your customers.
You'll find
it's easier to build your store if you outline your web site and write out the
necessary content prior to building your pages. |
| Step
6: |
Start building your
store! |
| |
Our flexible design options make it easy for every business to build a
professional, well-organized, online store where customers enjoy shopping. |
| Step
7: |
Set up backend systems and
operations. |
| |
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions makes serious business seriously easy.
Automatically set up tax and shipping options, integrate your online store into
your existing business infrastructure, establish your checkout preferences, and
more. You can also determine how you'd like to receive orders: online, or via
fax, email, or your own servers. |
| Step
8: |
Develop your merchandising
strategy. |
| |
Just like a brick and mortar business, you need to design your online store
to effectively merchandise your products. Yahoo! Merchant Solutions offers a
powerful set of tools that will help you improve your product presentation and
boost incremental sales. |
| Step
9: |
Open for business and attract new
customers. |
| |
After launching your store you'll leverage our comprehensive marketing
services to attract customers to shop in your new online business. |
| Step
10: |
Accept and manage your
orders. |
| |
As soon as you open, customers can start placing orders. Depending on the
preferences you've established, you can receive these orders via the Store
Manager, your own servers, fax, or email, and process the orders
accordingly. |
| Step
11: |
Learn from your success and
grow. |
| |
Congratulations on taking the first steps towards your online goals! Now
that you've gotten started, the best way to ensure your success going forward is
to monitor your site sales and performance, and to integrate this learning into
your evolving business strategies. |
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