Michael Roebuck's Blog

I was eating lunch at the Hotel here in San Jose and decided to check email from my phone. I received a blog post that really caught my eye. Scott Smigler of Exclusive Concepts had written a great article on why Yahoo Store was the best e-commerce platform.

Scott's company is like mine and they are also a Yahoo Partner. Anyway, I highly recommend you go and read his article titled: Yahoo Store | The Best E commerce Platform for SEO.

I don't want to copy any of his text because it's a new post and I want to be sure Google picks his article up first. But in my opinion, it's a good read all but one major flaw.

He specifically states Yahoo Merchant Solutions is a great platform if you plan on or are doing a minimum of $500,000 annual sales. I respectfully disagree. Yahoo Merchant Solutions is an excellent platform for EVERYONE, with no suggestion of minimum annual sales. Where else can you have an easy to design website that includes a secure shopping cart for $39 month? He does mention it's scalable so as your business grows you can access more features but for the new person starting out, it's an excellent vehicle. We too looked at other platforms and seriously considered designing eBay ProStores at one time but no-one, and I mean No-One comes close to what Yahoo Merchant Solutions offers. As Scott mentions, That probably explains why 1 in 8 e-commerce sites are hosted by Yahoo!

So, great story Scott! I enjoyed reading it. And maybe you placed a minimum to ward off the low end design clients. The ones who want a site like Amazon for $300. That's OK. We have a $299 package and can work with them! (No Amazon though. Not even close for $299)

If you are on the fence about if you should use Yahoo Merchant Solutions, Go read Scott's article!

Labels: merchant, solutions, yahoo