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posted on: April 14, 2008
Yahoo has announced that it has acquired IndexTools, a leading web analytics provider and will begin to offer IndexTools stats on the Small Business E-Commerce platform. More information at the Yahoo! Store Blog....
posted on: April 10, 2008
On April 15, From 10pm to 11pm (PDT), we'll be conducting system upgrades on several edit servers, to help improve system performance. If you do not see a notice about the upgrade in your Store Manager, your store is not...
posted on: March 21, 2008
Please join us on Wednesday, March 26th at 2 p.m. EDT as we introduce MiniCart for Yahoo! Merchant Solutions/Store by Solid Cactus. Solid Cactus president and co-founder Scott Sanfilippo will discuss this new offering with members of our engineering and...
posted on: March 7, 2008
Today Yahoo announced some new features they've just released. These include: American Express CID Codes -- you're able to further increase customer confidence and security by requiring these 4-digit security codes in the checkout process. Default Product Images -- yes,...
posted on: February 28, 2008
Yahoo Small Business informed its merchants of updates to its platform today. The following is from the Yahoo! Store Blog: Here in Small Business, we've been making improvements to our systems that we'd like to share with you. Merchants often...
posted on: January 25, 2008
Important Update regarding an e-mail you may have received from Yahoo! Small Business Merchant Solutions. On Friday, January 25, 2008, all Yahoo! Small Business Merchants received an e-mail from Yahoo! Merchant Solutions regarding Pro-Forma. Our management team has met...
posted on: September 25, 2007
Yahoo!'s latest release is very exciting for a variety of reasons. For one, the redesign of the old, clunky, cross-sell tool has always been difficult to manage. Now, Yahoo! will pull items automatically based on previous ordering patterns. It will...
posted on: July 27, 2007
Yahoo! recently launched a new company store on their very own e-commerce system, Yahoo! Merchant Solutions. The site has a nice design, incorporates flash on the home page and dynamic paging on the interior pages. While much of the site...
posted on: June 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...
posted on: April 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...
posted on: April 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...
posted on: March 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...
posted on: March 19, 2007
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...
posted on: March 16, 2007
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...
posted on: February 19, 2007
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?...
posted on: February 12, 2007
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...
posted on: January 2, 2007
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...
posted on: December 11, 2006
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,...
posted on: November 20, 2006
Protected by Cactus” is a suite of intellectual property protection services that Solid Cactus now provides to our clients. We have added Jonathan D. Tenenbaum, Esq. as General Counsel to our staff. With the growth of e-commerce, online store owners...
posted on: November 20, 2006
According to a recent poll conducted through Yahoo! Polls by Harris Interactive, the 12th largest market research firm in the world, approximately 76% of holiday shoppers plan to shop online for their holiday gifts. 75% of which said they are...
posted on: November 1, 2006
The month of October created a huge milestone in the history of the internet. According to Netcraft, an internet monitoring company, the 100 millionth piece of internet real-estate was obtained in the month of Oct. Netcraft began tracking web domains...
posted on: October 24, 2006
As you prepare for the 2006 holiday sales season, now is the time to consider enhancements to your Website design and content and online marketing efforts. Yahoo! Small Business and e-commerce Web developer Solid Cactus offer the following season-specific...
posted on: September 26, 2006
The Yahoo! Small Business newsletter, Insight, was recently published for September 2006. Among the articles on Merchant Solutions and Web Hosting, you'll find Solid Cactus, its vice president, Sean Gove, and its customer, TackleDirect, all found in the heat of...
posted on: September 18, 2006
Once upon a time in the wild and wooly days of the internet, web sites looked like they’d been hacked together yesterday. Buyers were risk takers hoping the company was better than its appearance. That doesn’t work anymore. What follows...
posted on: August 21, 2006
When the Great Near Flood of 2006 threatened the Wyoming Valley I had a front row seat. Aside from my duties with Solid Cactus, I’m also a radio talk show host. As the rain poured and the river rose, I...
posted on: August 17, 2006
Google recently launched its new online checkout to cater to shopper's needs and security worries. Google Checkout is similar in many ways to PayPal, but each service is inherently different. Like PayPal, Google Checkout will indeed keep your credit or...
posted on: August 15, 2006
On August 15th from 9pm to 3 am (PST), Yahoo! will be conducting routine maintenance on all Yahoo! Store and Merchant Solutions accounts. During this time, merchants may have difficulty logging in to their Store Manager or Editor for approximately...
posted on: August 14, 2006
April showers bring May flowers. But what if it rains through May, and rains even harder in June? No one wants to believe that rain could lead to a flood, but when you live in the Wyoming Valley you pay...
posted on: July 17, 2006
For the next month Solid Cactus is offering a written website evaluation, a look at your web site inside and out. I know, I’m the sales guy and this is a sales pitch. But I’ve been lucky at Solid Cactus;...
posted on: June 15, 2006
The other day I read a forum thread on Y Store Forums which asked about the causes of slowed sales. Not only do I own 16 Yahoo Stores myself, I am also an owner of Solid Cactus, and I have...
posted on: June 12, 2006
E-commerce is uniquely positioned to take advantage of rapidly emerging international markets. However, all countries and products come with their own rules. Pay attention! Know the Territory Some underdeveloped countries are breeding grounds for fraud. Nigeria and Indonesia rarely offer...
posted on: May 22, 2006
So, you’ve worked hard. Your online business is running smoothly, orders are steady and sales are up. But you are tired. You’ve been burning the candles at both ends for two years straight without a break. Those 80 hour weeks...
posted on: April 25, 2006
Inside your store manager, if "Domain Redirect Setting" is unselected - Yahoo! will soon default your store to "ONE" domain name, with the address of "storename.stores.yahoo.net". If you currently have no “Domain Redirect Setting” specified, the following warning appears: Yahoo!...
posted on: April 21, 2006
Hurricane Katrina may have struck more than seven months ago, but its devastating impact still looms large in the lives of many who were caught in its path.Immediately following the hurricane, recovery efforts focused on rescue, then on housing. Now...
posted on: April 17, 2006
The web log or blog is a fairly recent development online. It’s a diary that bloggers share with the world and invite responses to the points they make. It has primarily been for personal use. With e-commerce, a blog can...
posted on: April 3, 2006
Competition online can be fierce. Product search ads endlessly proclaim “Absolute Lowest Price,” “Best Price on the Net” etc. Consumers wonder “Who really has the best price?” Vendors wonder, “How can they do that?” It is crucial these days to...
posted on: March 30, 2006
Yahoo! hosts seminar in New Orleans, and teams up with Bell South and Solid Cactus to provide free training and website design to session attendees to help facilitate small businesses recovery in the Gulf Coast WHEN: Friday, April 7,...
posted on: March 22, 2006
You think about it more often as business picks up and you’re burning the candle at both ends. The thought of hiring someone has crossed your mind plenty, but you’re not sure if “now” is the right time. Whenever...
posted on: March 14, 2006
Most people are good people who want to do a good job. Too often we employers get in the way and spoil the mix. Improving the work environment is increasingly the "tech" model for business settings for an important...
posted on: March 8, 2006
Firing an employee is never easy, but sometimes you have to do it in the best interests of your company. Most companies will terminate immediately for things like coming to work impaired by drugs or alcohol, insubordination or rudeness...
posted on: March 4, 2006
posted on: March 4, 2006
posted on: December 15, 2005
Redesigning your site now will give you a leg up on the holiday rush and make you more visible to search engines. When customers visit your web site, they want to see something fresh. A timely site conveys a professional...
posted on: October 1, 2005
Solid Cactus, a web design company, thinks it's a great idea to open a second web site. Okay, that's no surprise. It's good for us if you open another store on-line (unless you choose another designer!), but it's even better for you. You enjoy all the advantages of being on-line while using your second site to mine valuable research about your market, your customers and your first site.
posted on: July 25, 2005
The era of PCI Compliance is here. Are you up to standard? Perhaps more important, do you have any idea what PCI Compliance is? What follows is a primer to help you understand PCI Compliance and what it means for your e-business.
posted on: July 1, 2005
Not every small business owner knows where to begin when building a web site. Some aspects of the process are more important than others, so knowing what to focus on can make the process more effective. Joe Palko, CEO...
posted on: July 1, 2005
Joseph Tantillo, owner of GreekGear.com, an online retailer of fraternity and sorority merchandise, has always followed his instincts. After starting a successful screen printing and graphic design business, he got the inspiration for his next endeavor in the most unlikely...
posted on: June 1, 2005
An entrepreneur follows his passion and opens an online sports memorabilia store. Brian Feeny was ready to do something he loved. A former business process analyst for an insurance company, he yearned for more. "I really wasn't happy at my...
