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How do I set up my online store?
Open for Business
You will need to:
Click the Open for Business button.
We provide:
A way to put your site on the Internet so you can start accepting orders.
Set Up Sales Tax
You will need to:
Gather information on the taxes that you need to collect for your business.
Set up sales tax rates.
We provide:
- A wizard to help you set up tax rates.
- Ability to calculate and display taxes in the customer's shopping cart.
Set Up Shipping
You will need to:
Choose which shipping carriers you will offer your customers.
Set your shipping rates.
We provide:
An easy shipping management tool so you can:
- Use any shipping carrier, including the USPS, UPS, and FedEx.
- Set up shipping rates based on product weight, destination, order total, or other preferences, using a using a simple step-by-step interface.
- Automatically calculate and display shipping fees in the customer's shopping cart.
Set Up Payment Methods
You will need to:
Set up a merchant account with a provider like Chase Paymentech™ or a PayPal account to receive online payments.
Choose which payment options to display at checkout, such as Visa, American Express, or PayPal.
We provide:
- An easy application process to get either a merchant account with Chase Paymentech or a PayPal account, or both.
- Support for existing merchant accounts that are compatible with FDMS.
- A form you can use to select which payment methods you will accept.
Add Products
You will need to:
Enter information about your products, such as their names and images.
We provide:
Two quick ways to enter product details:
- Use our step-by-step wizard
- Upload all your product details from a spreadsheet
Design your Store
You will need to:
Design and build your own store
We provide:
Three easy ways to design and build your store:
- Use our wizard to design your store and customize it using our tools. See wizard demo.
- Use your own design tool, such as Dreamweaver or other popular third-party tools.*
- Have your store built by a professional designer and developer in our network, for an additional fee.
How do I run a successful online store?
Track Site Statistics
You will need to:
View reports and statistics to learn about customers' use of your store.
Update your strategy based on what you learn!
We provide:
- 40 reports that cover key business statistics such as sales results, referring web sites, and web site traffic.
- Ability to export your data for further analysis in Excel or other applications.
Promote your Products
You will need to:
Increase the size of customer orders.
Reward customer loyalty.
Encourage repeat purchases
We provide:
- Up-sell and cross-sell tools to display related items during checkout to encourage shoppers to purchase more products.*
- Ability to set up coupons and gift certificates.*
- Discounting capabilities such as taking a percentage off an item or the total order.
- Only available with Standard and Professional plans
Market your Store
You will need to:
Develop a marketing plan for your store.
Promote your store in search engines and shopping sites.
We provide:
- Resources to learn how to market online.
- Automatic submission of your store to Yahoo! Search and Google
- $100 credit with Yahoo! Search Marketing**
- Discounts on a range of online marketing services, like Yahoo! Shopping.
Receive Payments
You will need to:
Select the "Sale" button in the order management system to charge the buyer's credit card and receive payment for the goods you've sold.
We provide:
Secure transmission of purchase information between your store, the credit card bank, and your merchant account provider, so you can receive payment.
Ship Orders
You will need to:
Ship products to your customers.
Notify customers of their order status.
We provide:
- Ability to print shipping labels and invoices from within your order management system.
- Automatic email updates to customers when their orders ship.
Manage Orders
You will need to:
- Review new orders as they come in.
- Take action on each order:
- - Authorize purchases.
- - Void orders.
- - Process exchanges.
- - Issue refunds.
We provide:
- Automatic fax* or email alerts whenever you receive a new order.
- An easy-to-use order management system so you can process and track orders.
- Risk tools to help you identify fraudulent orders
- Only available with Standard and Professional plans
Merchant Starter Plan
$39.95/month
1.5% transaction fee
$50 setup fee
Talk to our sales team.
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