Archive for the ‘Merchant Questions’ Category

Adding a Little Bling to Your Site

Friday, January 26th, 2007

I’ve seen a few merchants ask how to add a favicon to their site. If you don’t know what a favicon is, it’s the small icon that appears for some sites in the address bar of your browser or in the bookmarks or favorites listings.

Figure 1: Favicon appearing in the Address bar

Figure 2: Favicon appearing [...]

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Merchant Question: Vacation All I Ever Wanted, Vacation Had to Get Away

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

I recently received the following question from a merchant:
I run a Yahoo store that is still small enough to be in my home. I anticipate taking it into a real office space and hiring employees within 2 years. On average, [I receive] about 12 orders per day.
In the past our store when we went on [...]

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Merchant Question—“Ship” is a Four Letter Word Sometimes

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

A merchant sent in this question recently:
What is the best way to deal with a customer who orders using an incomplete address (for example, a work address at a large building and they don’t include the floor number or company name) and then they contact you all mad that they haven’t gotten their order? The [...]

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