With the May 30th release, Yahoo has made a huge improvement to the Domain Redirect Settings which will help to improve search engine visiblity. According the the Yahoo Store Blog, the change will allow the store ownder to do a 301 redirect for all domains to a single store domain of your choice. Which expands the… Read More

According to Terry Semel, Yahoo! CEO, their new feature will involve eBay’s Paypal online payments feature, and give merchants an easier way for processing online payments. This new feature will benefit qualifying Yahoo! Store Merchants because there are no Paypal transaction fees through the end of this year, there is a special shopping cart icon… Read More

The numbers are staggering. A billion people use credit cards for all manner of financial transactions. Increasing credit card use has led to increasing abuses. Bank of America, Citigroup, Hotels.com, LexisNexis and Polo by Ralph Lauren are but a few major companies that have suffered major data security breaches. A Brief History of… Read More

Yahoo! Store is releasing new updates to help you streamline your store and check process late tomorrow night (3/22/07 PDT). The scheduled updates will include An updated Paypal Checkout Button The creation of Payment Center (which will replace the current Payment Methods section of the store manager) The inclusion of Paypal Website Payments Pro (which allows for the… Read More

Many traditional store owners view the web as a threat, but they shouldn’t. Instead, they should look ahead, see giant retailers like Walmart squeezing them, and turn to the online world as the solution to an ever-encroaching problem. Making the change to a world of digital merchandising and advertising can be scary. Most of… Read More

Scott Sanfilippo, Solid Cactus co-founder and President, made an appearance on the Yahoo! Store Blog as a guest blogger today, March 16, 2007. His post came around as a result of a recent two-part post on the Yahoo! Store Blog from Brian Smith of SingleFeed. Sanfilippo’s article discusses the rising use of Shopping Comparison Engines… Read More

The biggest deterrent to shopping online is customers’ fear of having their private information compromised. A newsletter subscriber asked “is it worth it to display an emblem on my web site from Hacker Safe® or some other security certification service? They can be very expensive. And if I don’t have an emblem,… Read More

If your business takes credit cards, you need a merchant account with a bank. Everyone who takes plastic has one, and nearly every bank offers them. A merchant account basically bundles your credit card transactions and then settles with the credit card companies. Merchants get their money within 24 to 72 hours Good… Read More

Another holiday season is over. You made moves to drive traffic to various places on your site. Well, did they work? No time like the present to review the past! Web Site Activity If you provided visitors with navigation to your gift sections did it work? Check your store stats to see… Read More

Sure, they love you in December. But will they still love you in January? You’ve just invested big money in search engines to attract customers to your website for the holidays. It worked, and not only are seasonal sales up, you have a batch of new customers. Now, how do you keep them… Read More