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Plan Merchant Starter $39.95 USD/year, $50 USD setup fee | Plan info date:2005-08-17
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Merchant STARTER Yahoo Web Hosting
Set up your online store the easy way — using Yahoo! Merchant Starter

Merchant Starter delivers the basic tools and support you need to build, manage, and market your first online store. Don't worry if you're new to e-commerce; this product is designed to help you every step of the way.

PRICES:
Transaction fee                     1.5%
Best plan for merchants expecting sales of  $0- $11,999/mo

ORDER PROCESSING
Accept credit card payments online (merchant account required)  YES
Configurable Risk Tools to verify credit card information       YES
Shopping cart and efficient checkout process    YES
Setup tax tables for automatic calculation in checkout  YES
Central order management system (view, approve, and print orders)   YES
Automated order confirmations and status update emails  YES
Receive orders via fax or email                 Email only
Post order data in real-time to external databases or applications  NO

SHIPPING TOOLS
Setup shipping methods and rate calculation rules   YES
Automated UPS shipment processing, tracking, and shipping label generation  YES
Export orders to UPS Worldship                     NO

PRODUCT CATALOG AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Catalog Manager (view, sort, edit, and organize product information)    YES
Upload and download product information into Catalog Manager, so it can be managed offline  YES
Track inventory by option (color, size, etc.)       YES
Receive inventory alerts if quantity drops below pre-determined levels  YES

MERCHANDISING
Gift certificates       NO
Cross-sell engine       NO
Coupon Manager          NO
Trackable links for affiliate and other revenue sharing programs    NO

STATISTICS
Configurable sales reports and graphs (items sold, orders, revenue, etc.)   YES
Page view and referring site statistics     YES
Repeat orders by custome                    YES
Click trails (shows pathways customers take through your site when they purchase)   NO
Frequent search topics for your site        NO

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS ON MARKETING SERVICES
Listings in shopping destinations (Yahoo! Shopping, Shopping.com, BizRate)  YES
Search engine keyword ads (Yahoo! Sponsored Search, Google AdWords)         YES
Search engine submissions and optimization (Submitnet)      YES
Ad performance tracking (KeyWordMax)    YES
Email marketing solution (Got)          YES
Direct marketing lists (infoUSA)        YES
Affiliate programs (Commission Junction)    YES

PERSONALIZED DOMAIN NAME
Domain name registration        YES
Web site subdomains             500

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
24-hour toll-free phone support YES
Priority email and online help  YES

WEB SITE MANAGEMENT
Disk space for storing files    10 GB
Data transfer (bandwidth)/month 200 GB
Multi-user FTP for putting files on server  YES

WEB SITE DESIGN
Easy-to-use wizard and templates to build a store fast  YES
Yahoo! SiteBuilder software (includes 380+ customizable web site templates and robust tools)    YES
Yahoo! Merchant Solutions Extension for Dreamweaver YES
Support for Microsoft FrontPage**   YES
Perl, PHP, and MySQL, for building interactive sites*** YES

EMAIL
Yahoo! Business Mail accounts       100
Email storage (per account)         2 GB
POP and SMTP email access           YES
SpamGuard Plus junk email protection    YES
Norton AntiVirus screening and cleaning YES

SITE SECURITY
Password-protected user accounts        100
Regular web site backups and restores   YES
SSL security for all transactions, order processing, and shopping cart pages    YES
Assign access privileges to Store Manager tools YES

** Third-party tools like Microsoft FrontPage must be purchased separately. *** Does not work with Store Tags and the Product Catalog
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