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Yahoo! Merchant Starter
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STARTER
STANDARD
PROFESSIONAL
Price
Monthly hosting fee
$39.95*
$99.95*
$299.95*
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One-time setup fee
$50
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$50
Waived!
$50
Waived!
Transaction fee
1.5%
1%
0.75%
Best plan for merchants expecting sales of
$0 -
$11,999/mo
$12,000 -
$79,999/mo
More than
$80,000/mo
Order Processing
Accept credit card payments online (PayPal account or merchant account required)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Configurable Risk Tools to verify credit card information
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shopping cart and efficient checkout process
Yes
Yes
Yes
Setup tax tables for automatic calculation in checkout
Yes
Yes
Yes
Central order management system (view, approve, and print orders)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Automated order confirmations and status update emails
Yes
Yes
Yes
Receive orders via fax or email
Email only
Yes
Yes
Post order data in real-time to external databases or applications
No
Yes
Yes
Shipping Tools
Setup shipping methods and rate calculation rules
Yes
Yes
Yes
Automated UPS shipment processing, tracking, and shipping label generation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Export orders to UPS Worldship®
No
Yes
Yes
Product Catalog and Inventory Management
Catalog Manager (view, sort, edit, and organize product information)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Upload and download product information into Catalog Manager, so it can be managed offline
Yes
Yes
Yes
Track (color, size, etc.)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Receive inventory alerts if quantity drops below pre-determined levels
Yes
Yes
Yes
Merchandising
Gift certificates
No
Yes
Yes
Cross-sell engine
No
Yes
Yes
Coupon Manager
No
Yes
Yes
Trackable links for affiliate and other revenue sharing programs
No
Yes
Yes
Statistics
Configurable sales reports and graphs (items sold, orders, revenue, etc.)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page view and referring site statistics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Repeat orders by customer
Yes
Yes
Yes
Click trails (shows pathways customers take through your site when they purchase)
No
Yes
Yes
Frequent search topics for your site
No
Yes
Yes
Exclusive Discounts on Marketing Services
Listings in shopping destinations (Yahoo! Shopping, Shopping.com, BizRate)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search engine keyword ads (Yahoo! Sponsored Search, Google AdWords)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Search engine submissions and optimization (Submitnet)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ad performance tracking (KeyWordMax)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Email marketing solution (Got)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Direct marketing lists (infoUSA)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Affiliate programs (Commission Junction)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Personalized Domain Name
Domain name registration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Domain locking to help prevent unauthorized transfers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yahoo! Private Domain Registration to help protect your privacy
+ $0.75/mo.
+ $0.75/mo.
+ $0.75/mo.
Web site subdomains
500
500
500
Customer Support
24-hour toll-free phone support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Priority email and online help
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Site Management
Disk space for storing files
20GB
20GB
20GB
Data transfer (bandwidth)/month
500GB
500GB
500GB
Multi-user FTP for putting files on server
Yes
Yes
Yes
Web Site Design
Easy-to-use wizard and templates to build a store fast
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yahoo! SiteBuilder software (includes 380+ customizable web site templates and robust tools)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions Extension for Dreamweaver
Yes
Yes
Yes
Support for Microsoft FrontPage
Yes
Yes
Yes
Perl, PHP, and MySQL, for building interactive sites
Yes
Yes
Yes
Email
Yahoo! Business Mail accounts
1000
1000
1000
Email storage (per account)
2GB
2GB
2GB
POP and SMTP email access
Yes
Yes
Yes
SpamGuard Plus junk email protection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Norton AntiVirus screening and cleaning
Yes
Yes
Yes
Site Security
Password-protected user accounts
1000
1000
1000
Regular web site backups and restores
Yes
Yes
Yes
SSL security for all transactions, order processing, and shopping cart pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Assign access privileges to Store Manager tools
Yes
Yes
Yes
STARTER
STANDARD
PROFESSIONAL
How do I sign up?
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions give you everything you need to open an online store, including site building tools, a secure shopping cart, easy to use and efficient tools to manage your orders and inventory, and much more.
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