Here is a nice write-up about PayPal page and consistent look though out your store. Nicely done by my buddy Joshua Ray; Customize your Paypal Page for site consistency

Sorry but I don’t have a Post for you this week, I have been really busy and I need more content.

Back to Basics will cover the main items that any store owner should know. I will not cover any RTML in this post; just the basics like images, image links, links, small CSS changes, and other tips on HTML for everyone that does not like to learn the major items but just the little ones to make managing a store easier. Enjoy.

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Today I am going to talk about Trust marks, Yes the “make your customer feel good” marks. Every online store uses trust marks, Best Buy, New Egg, Dicks sporting goods and many more. those are big name company’s and yet they still need to tell their customer that you can trust our cart. So what can you do? you can go to mcafee.com and buy their badge and that will be around $800 a year, I am not saying to not look into the Badge or VeriSign will run over $500 a year and most be name companies use both of them and it’s a good way to go if you have the funds but most of us don’t have the money to spend on that kind of trust a few options I would like to share with you are free and just take some time. Continue reading “shopping cart abandonment part 2, Trust Marks” »

The merchant summit yahoo is running following the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition in Chicago this June. It’s an excellent opportunity to meet other merchants and engage with the Yahoo Store Community.  If you are interested (and i know i am), sign up by going to ysummit.com. It is in June so it might be too close to get plane tickets now but there is one in September in California coming too and if anyone would love to help a Yahoo Store owner/Developer out and get me a ticket that would be great!