Yahoo! Merchant Solutions

E-commerce Plans and Yahoo! Merchant Solutions

If you are looking to sell goods and services online via your own website, we suggest an e-commerce hosting solution like Yahoo! Merchant Solutions.  Hosted e-commerce solutions provide both e-commerce and hosting functionality like authoring tools, product catalog, shopping cart, transaction processing, and order management, all on the domain name of your choice. Yahoo Merchant Solutions is the #1 provider of hosted ecommerce in the world with customers like Vermont Teddy Bear and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation.
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions offers several different plans to suit your business's specific needs. Get your store online today starting for as low as $25.97 per month.

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Tips and Hints for E-commerce and selling online

Many people are confused about the types of e-commerce services available on the internet, so we have listed the alternatives to E-commerce hosting below:

• Paid listing services are not full e-commerce solutions, but allow you to list your goods and services via a marketplace. Ebay is the most prominent example of a paid listing marketplace.
• Shopping Cart Software allows a shopper to collect items and then, when the user is ready, purchase the chosen items.  Shopping cart solutions are generally "bolted" on after a website is built, have limited functionality, and are not fully integrated with your web hosting solution.  Paypal is the leading shopping cart provider on the internet.
• Large companies like Amazon.com and the Gap use dedicated e-commerce solutions that are custom built.  They require a substantial investment of upfront capital, time, and ongoing maintenance and can cost thousands to hundred of thousand of dollars per month.

For most people and businesses looking to sell online, an E-Commerce Hosting solutions like Yahoo! Merchant Solutions provides advanced e-commerce functionality without substantial investment and contracts.  It is truly the best of both worlds.

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If you are looking just for a domain or web hosting services, Yahoo! also provides cheap and reliable services through Yahoo! Domains and Yahoo! Web Hosting.  If you want to learn more click here for domains or web hosting.