When you decide to set up your new Web site, you have many different choices on design. You can work with an independent web designer and start from scratch. You can also find many ready-made templates just by googling “web site templates.”
Thousands of successful merchants have decided to go another route–getting their web site through Yahoo! Merchant Services. Yahoo! has an all-one e-commerce package that is up and running in days. This is not to say that there is no learning curve–there is. You need to learn some basic RXML (instead of HTML) language and you will need to make a number of different decisions on how you want to tailor the Yahoo! store templates.
Yahoo! actually does everything for you. They host your e-commerce store on their Web servers and give you full access to their fully featured shopping cart solution. They will also give you basic design support on your new Web site. This is only $39.95 a month for the starter package, plus a 1.5 percent fee off your gross sales.
Some merchants would rather place the look of their store in the hands of an experienced Yahoo! web designer. Ventura Web Design, for example, has a whole range of services for putting up a Yahoo! store.
If you want some more information about how to get a Yahoo! store up and running, just click on the book and get going: 
The benefits of Yahoo! Include
Tools and templates for storefront design
Search engine optimized shopping cart
Credit card and payment processing
Web hosting for the store
Many different additional features and add ons
The Yahoo! brand on your Web site to reinforce security
Round-the-clock technical support
Powerful analytics to keep on improving your site
readmoreThere are many ways that you can build a Web site when starting your online business. You can create it yourself, purchase a template from many online services, or you can get a Web site from a larger provider, such as Amazon and Yahoo!
When writing my book
Yahoo Income: How Anyone of Any Age, Location, And/Or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with Yahoo, I spoke with many highly profitable businesses that were using Yahoo! as their Web site platform.
In the book, you can find a load of information on how to start up your business with Yahoo! In future blog articles, I will write about some of the information I learned through my research and interviews with Yahoo! businesses. My case studies included:
eHobbies http://www.ehobbies.com
Greek Gear http://www.greekgear.com/
Exclusive Concepts http://www.exclusiveconcepts.com
Colorado Web Solutions http://www.coloradowebsolutions.com/
Order Motion http://www.ordermotion.com/
Children’s Organizer http://www.childrensorganizers.com/
Coffee Cakes http://www.coffeecakes.com/
World Wide Brands http://www.worldwidebrands.com/
Monitus www.monitus.net
HT Market http://www.htmarket.com
Ventura Web Design http://www.venturawebdesign.com
Pop Deluxe www.popdeluxe.net
Chips V6 Specialties http://www.chipsv6specialties.com/
1 Choice 4 Your Store http://www.1choice4yourstore.com/
Rock Solid Results http://www.rocksolidresults.com/
Check these sites out and see how they have used Yahoo! to start and grow their business.
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