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Scratch & Save - Yet ANOTHER New Product From Solid Cactus

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on May 7, 2009

Earlier this week you learned about eight new features Solid Cactus released for Yahoo! Stores. Today, I’m introducing yet another feature, designed to drive your sales with minimal investment and measurable return!
At Solid Cactus Boot Camp a few weeks ago, the improved functionality of the coupon manager in the back-end of the Yahoo! Store [...]

The Leader in New Product Development. That’s us.

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 30, 2009

When it comes to new products and features for Yahoo! Store, Solid Cactus is the clear leader among developers. This is evidenced by the recent unveiling of 8 new products for Yahoo! Store. These products were first introduced at Boot Camp last week and were released to the public yesterday during a live webinar.
Researching, [...]

From the Labs of Solid Cactus….

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 28, 2009

One of the benefits of attending a Solid Cactus Boot Camp is the opportunity to see the new products that have come out of the Solid Cactus Development Lab before the public. At last week’s Boot Camp, we unveiled 8, yes 8, new products for your Yahoo! Store. That is an incredible number [...]

Solid Cactus Boot Camp - Customer Service

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 24, 2009

Greg Kosicki and Karen Snyder did a presentation this morning at Solid Cactus Boot Camp on the importance of good customer service. One of the things they did was role playing through a “difficult” customer call and how to handle those instances when they come up. Check out this skit in this video.
For [...]

Google Comes to Solid Cactus Boot Camp

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 24, 2009

Laura Odorczyk and Jackie Gill from Google came to Solid Cactus Boot Camp to present on important PPC strategies and how to write effective Google Ads. One of the things they spoke about was Google’s Impression Share. What is Impression Share? Find out in this short video.
To learn more about [...]

Arhh You Getting Your Fair Share Of PPC Booty?

Posted by Solid Cactus on Apr 24, 2009

Yesterday, Solid Cactus Boot Camp proudly welcomed Laura Odorczyk and Jackie Gill from Google. Laura and Jackie joined Search Engine Marketing Team Leader Jean Lloyd and Senior Search Engine Marketing Manager Leigh McGlynn to present “Advanced PPC Ad Techniques”.  Our Search Engine Marketing/Pay-per-click (PPC) Team works very closely with Laura, Jackie, and Rachel Honeth [...]

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Solid Cactus Boot Camp - Video & E-Commerce

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 24, 2009

Kurt Illian and Lou Pagnotti did a great presentation at Boot Camp on the importance of video in e-commerce. Not just regular YouTube video, but interactive video. Interactive video allows the viewer to click on different buttons or calls to action while the video is playing. In this short video, Kurt explains [...]

Yahoo! Small Business @ Solid Cactus Boot Camp

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 23, 2009

On the first day of Solid Cactus Boot Camp, one of our guest speakers was Mike Ober from Yahoo! Small Business. Mike spent several hours talking about new features either currently available or coming soon to the Yahoo! Store platform. He also discussed Yahoo! Analytics and Y! Search Marketing along with a lengthy [...]

April is Customer Service Month @ Solid Cactus

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Apr 1, 2009

Learn more about Call Center Services from Solid Cactus.

Introducing the Solid Cactus Toolbar for Firefox

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Feb 26, 2009

If you have a Yahoo! Store and are an avid user of the Firefox web browser, we’ve got a time saving, free tool just for you.
I’m not a big fan of toolbars, and the only two that I use are Google Toolbar and the Solid Cactus one which I have been beta testing for about [...]

Yahoo! Updates URL for Cart

Posted by Solid Cactus on Jan 22, 2009

Back in August 2008, Yahoo! announced that it would be retiring its old checkout system and migrating over to a new system.  Today, that system took full effect.
Today, that migration was complete.   For some Yahoo! stores, when shoppers go to add a product to cart they are greeted with the following message:
Error: order.store.yahoo.com is not [...]

Yahoo makes updates to Domain Redirect Settings

Posted by Solid Cactus on Jun 1, 2007

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

Yahoo introducing new payment features

Posted by Solid Cactus on Apr 19, 2007

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

PCI Compliance: What It Means For E-Merchants

Posted by Solid Cactus on Apr 16, 2007

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 Updates: Payment Center, Paypal Website Payments Pro and Additonal Features

Posted by Solid Cactus on Mar 22, 2007

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
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