Official Yahoo! Store Blog: Tips and Tricks for Ecommerce Success http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices Thu, 16 May 2013 19:09:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Free webinar: Accelerating revenue with Google Shopping. http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/05/free-webinar-accelerating-revenue-with-google-shopping/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/05/free-webinar-accelerating-revenue-with-google-shopping/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:09:49 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2102 On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT, join Exclusive Concepts to learn how to maximize Google Shopping profits. During their free webinar, learn what Google Shopping is, tips for optimizing your product feed, and new strategies Exclusive Concepts has discovered that can help you consistently produce incredible results.

Register for the webinar today.

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/05/free-webinar-accelerating-revenue-with-google-shopping/feed/ 0 Registration now open for the 2013 Merchant Summit! http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/04/registration-now-open-for-the-2013-merchant-summit/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/04/registration-now-open-for-the-2013-merchant-summit/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:51:01 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2094 The Yahoo! Small Business team invites you to the 2013 Yahoo! Merchant Summit in Santa Clara, California on August 6 and 7.

Now in its fifth year, this exclusive event provides the opportunity to network with others who can help you increase business revenue and efficiency. Meet directly with the Yahoo! Small Business team, select sponsor companies, and most importantly, fellow Yahoo! merchants.

Learn about the latest ecommerce trends and gather actionable tips to help optimize and manage your Yahoo! store. Read more about what the Yahoo! Merchant Summit can do for your business.

Past attendees have told us that the networking opportunities and specific education geared to the Yahoo! store owner have been invaluable in helping them grow their business.

Register by June 30 to take advantage of the special early-bird price of just $249. [...]

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Fix for Template 12 display issue

  • Merchants using the pre-designed "Theme 12" template may have experienced alignment issues after enabling Floating Cart and Customer Registration. A fix for this issue has been released. If you are using the Theme 12 template and are experiencing alignment issues, you may either re-run the Design Wizard to correct this, or you can add several lines of CSS to your store's css-edits file. Please see our help page for the CSS to add and for more information [...]
]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/march-2013-release-notes/feed/ 0 Free webinar: maximizing profits from Google Shopping http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-maximizing-profits-from-google-shopping/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-maximizing-profits-from-google-shopping/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:51:49 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2081 On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT, join Yahoo! Merchant Solutions developer partner Exclusive Concepts to learn how to maximize Google Shopping profits. Learn what Google Shopping is, tips for optimizing your product feed, and new strategies they've discovered that can help you consistently produce incredible results.

Sign up for the webinar.

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-maximizing-profits-from-google-shopping/feed/ 0 Save the dates: 2013 Yahoo! Merchant Summit and IRCE http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/save-the-dates-2013-yahoo-merchant-summit-and-irce/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/save-the-dates-2013-yahoo-merchant-summit-and-irce/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:44:32 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2056 Save the date! Announcing the 2013 Yahoo! Merchant Summit.

The Yahoo! Small Business team is excited to announce the 2013 Yahoo! Merchant Summit on August 6-7 in Santa Clara, CA. This will be our fifth year hosting this exclusive, invitation-only event designed for Yahoo! merchants like you, so be sure to mark your calendars! Last year's event sold out with over 170 merchants in attendance.

Details on when and how to register will follow in the next few weeks. In the meantime, for a taste of what you can expect out of the Yahoo! Merchant Summit, check out highlights [...]

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/save-the-dates-2013-yahoo-merchant-summit-and-irce/feed/ 0 Free webinar: what Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns mean for your PPC account http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-what-google-adwords-enhanced-campaigns-mean-for-your-ppc-account/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-what-google-adwords-enhanced-campaigns-mean-for-your-ppc-account/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:37:47 +0000 Jennifer Farwell http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2050 On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, join Yahoo! Merchant Solutions developer partner Exclusive Concepts for a free webinar designed to help you understand Google's new Enhanced Campaigns for Google AdWords. During the webinar, you'll get an overview of Enhanced Campaigns for Google AdWords, learn how it may affect your current AdWords campaign management, and be able to ask questions during time reserved for Q&A. You can also check out Matthew Umbro's blog post about this topic, Key Takeaways You Need to Know About AdWords Enhanced Campaigns.

Register for the webinar.

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/03/free-webinar-what-google-adwords-enhanced-campaigns-mean-for-your-ppc-account/feed/ 0 Planned system maintenance rescheduled to February 27-28 http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/planned-system-maintenance-rescheduled-to-february-27-28/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/planned-system-maintenance-rescheduled-to-february-27-28/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:58:44 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2043 Yahoo! Merchant Solutions and Yahoo! Store system maintenance previously planned for February 25-26 has been rescheduled. This work will now occur from February 27 at 7:30 p.m. PT, until February 28 at 7:30 a.m. PT.

Please plan to complete any publishes and work in Order Manager prior to the start of the maintenance period. Publishes and sessions in progress will be interrupted when maintenance begins, resulting in partial publishes and interruptions to order processing.

For a list of functional impacts during the maintenance period, please see our help page or System Status page.

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/planned-system-maintenance-rescheduled-to-february-27-28/feed/ 0 Reminder: Planned System Maintenance Tonight (February 19) http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/reminder-planned-system-maintenance-tonight-february-19/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/reminder-planned-system-maintenance-tonight-february-19/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:30:26 +0000 Yahoo! Small Business Team http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2036 We'd like to remind all Yahoo! Merchant Solutions and Yahoo! Store merchants of the planned system maintenance scheduled for tonight, February 19. As communicated via email, in Store Manager, and on our System Status page, this work will begin at 7:30 p.m. PT tonight (February 19), and will continue until 7:30 a.m. PT tomorrow (February 20). Your online store will remain available to customers during this time. This work is being done to help ensure the continued reliability of our Yahoo! Merchant Solutions and Yahoo! Store services.

Please plan to complete any publishes and work in Order Manager prior to the start of the maintenance period. Publishes and sessions in progress will be interrupted when maintenance begins, resulting in partial publishes and interruptions to order processing.

For a list of functional impacts during the maintenance period, please see our help page or System Status page.

]]> http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/reminder-planned-system-maintenance-tonight-february-19/feed/ 0 Free Webinar: The Secret of Mind-Blowing Email Marketing http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/free-webinar-the-secret-of-mind-blowing-email-marketing/ http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2013/02/free-webinar-the-secret-of-mind-blowing-email-marketing/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:36:05 +0000 Jennifer Farwell http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/?p=2027 On Wednesday, February 6th at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, join Yahoo! Merchant Solutions developer partner Exclusive Concepts for their free webinar, The Secret of Mind-Blowing Email Marketing. During the webinar, you'll learn about the basic keys to effective email marketing, and hear about the latest email trends and tricks to help you get your email campaigns out of the junk folder and into the limelight.

Register for the webinar.

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These enhancements include:

  • The addition of <StartIndex> and <EndIndex> to Simple Search and Advanced Search requests and responses, and the addition of <TotalRecordsCount> to Simple Search and Advanced Search responses. This lets you choose the matching [...]

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