USING YAHOO STORES

i would like to start this thread by asking" will having a yahoo store
increase sales" due to the fact that my business is associated with a
large and well known company. or will having a cart, and my own domain
be enough.

In article <c9edlc01vmi@enews1.newsguy.com>,
dirtryder@insightbb.com (LETSROCK) wrote:

> i would like to start this thread by asking" will having a yahoo store
> increase sales" due to the fact that my business is associated with a
> large and well known company. or will having a cart, and my own domain
> be enough.

You can still place your products in Yahoo's shopping areas without
having a Yahoo store. I think one of the reasons people go with Yahoo
stores has more to do with the fact that they are a one-stop ecommerce
shop. If you like that convenience and you find their fees acceptable
then it would be worth considering.

It seems like the bigger issue behind this question is that you are
wondering how to increase your online exposure and sales. Maybe you'd
like to tell us more about that.

Doug Kneeland
douglas.kneeland@snet.net

LETSROCK wrote:

> i would like to start this thread by asking" will having a yahoo store
> increase sales" due to the fact that my business is associated with a
> large and well known company. or will having a cart, and my own domain
> be enough.
>
IMHO, Yahoo's brand is tainted by several things. The company is
unethical on several levels, including their marketing endeavors (they
use their software to spy on user activity, for example). The company
is one big bloated mess. I'll give anyone credit who can tell me
Yahoo's business, mission, or core competency. About the only thing
Yahoo is useful for is free e-mail.

I know I'm not being very articulate, I'm sorry. Over the past few
years my opinion of Yahoo has become fairly negative. Maybe it started
when they dabbled in the pornography biz. Ever since then things have
gone downhill...

If I were you, I would consider the impact of negative image transfer.
Geeks generally hate Yahoo, so if your audience contains a significant
portion of technically empowered I would be wary.

But that's just my .02 cents based totally on gut emotion. Good luck.

-Kevin

"KV" <nainlbb@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I know I'm not being very articulate, I'm sorry. Over the past few
> years my opinion of Yahoo has become fairly negative. Maybe it started
> when they dabbled in the pornography biz. Ever since then things have
> gone downhill...

ROFL Dablled in the porn biz and you want to point fingers at Yahoo about
ethics?


--
McWebber
"Richter points to the lack of legal action against his company as proof
that he's operating appropriately."
Information Week, November 10, 2003

>>I know I'm not being very articulate, I'm sorry. Over the past few
>>years my opinion of Yahoo has become fairly negative. Maybe it started
>>when they dabbled in the pornography biz. Ever since then things have
>>gone downhill...
>
>
> ROFL Dablled in the porn biz and you want to point fingers at Yahoo about
> ethics?

Isn't that what I just did? See this link:
http://www.afa.net/pornography/pc041201.asp

I constantly have to remove that stupid spyware toolbar they install
everytime they get a chance. My users seem to install it when they
check their Yahoo e-mail or install Yahoo IM. They even install it on
all their DSL customers (SBC and Yahoo - now THERE'S a combination from
Hell). Yahoo is just an unethical company. They can't be trusted. I
wouldn't want to trust them with my storefront, nor would I want to
trust the impact of their brand image on that storefront.

But, I could be completely wrong...

-Kevin

KV <nainlbb@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<c9r3dv05na@enews4.newsguy.com>...
> LETSROCK wrote:
>
> > i would like to start this thread by asking" will having a yahoo store
> > increase sales" due to the fact that my business is associated with a
> > large and well known company. or will having a cart, and my own domain
> > be enough.
> >
> IMHO, Yahoo's brand is tainted by several things. The company is
> unethical on several levels, including their marketing endeavors (they
> use their software to spy on user activity, for example). The company
> is one big bloated mess. I'll give anyone credit who can tell me
> Yahoo's business, mission, or core competency. About the only thing
> Yahoo is useful for is free e-mail.
>
> I know I'm not being very articulate, I'm sorry. Over the past few
> years my opinion of Yahoo has become fairly negative. Maybe it started
> when they dabbled in the pornography biz. Ever since then things have
> gone downhill...
>
> If I were you, I would consider the impact of negative image transfer.
> Geeks generally hate Yahoo, so if your audience contains a significant
> portion of technically empowered I would be wary.
>
> But that's just my .02 cents based totally on gut emotion. Good luck.
>
> -Kevin

Geeks keeping away from yahoo becuase of porn? I am willing to bet
money that geeks are the cash cow of the internet porn industry! but
on a more serious question. I have started an andale store instead
becuase I can use paypal with out having the "paypal stigma". i then
signed up for goggle adwords. got a terrible response. I am going to
close that down. I think ebay is a far better venue for my products
since they are searching for related keywords in my title. Plus I have
feedbacks over 300.
the biggest problem of being an online merchant is credibility. it is
difficult to establish credibility if you don't have hundreds to pay
to make professional site. it is also my interest to sell this to
clubs and nightspots in large cities.
here is my andale store
http://stores.andale.com/glowhands

> I think ebay is a far better venue for my products
> since they are searching for related keywords in my title. Plus I have
> feedbacks over 300.

Is it easy to set up an eBay store? I've been on their www.ebay.com web site
several times, but I cannot find any good information on the steps necessary
to set up a store. Any thoughts? Pros, cons of an eBay store?