May 07 2010

shopping cart abandonment

shopping-cart You have your store, you have your products, now it’s just a waiting game for customers, Right? wrong! I would like to know if you take the time to shop your own store, and how often? I browse and shop my site once a week, and not just to add an item to my cart but to place a full order, yes, a full order.  You might think “that will mess up my stats!” well, would you rather have stats that are off every so often, or a failed shopping cart?  You need to see if your card processor is working, and to know what to expect when a customer goes into your cart.  If you miss something, then your customer is going to miss something.

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Apr 23 2010

Your cart on Your store

When you start a Yahoo Merchant Solutions online store the cart will not match the store, unlike most other shopping cart systems the template will not pass through. this is not a flaw with the yahoo cart but a way to make it more secure and safe for you and your customer but at the same time you will not have the same look and feel of your real store. I would like to provide you some fast easy ways to change the look and feel of the yahoo store shopping cart and help reduce bounce rates from your customer. Continue reading “Your cart on Your store” »