Tips for Creating an Online Store

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How do I use my PayPal Tax Settings?

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

If you want to charge tax to customers in your state only OR if you want to charge different tax rates depending on the customer location, we suggest using your PayPal Tax Settings option.  Here are step-by-step instructions:

1. Login to your store headquarters

2. Navigate to “Store” -> “Settings”

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3. Scroll down the page  to the “PayPal Checkout” section and select “Use my PayPal tax settings”

PayPal Override Tax Settings

4. Hit “Update Settings” at the bottom of the page to save your changes

5. Login to your PayPal account

6. Click on “Profile”

PayPal -> Profile Navigation Menu Screen Shot

7. Click on “Sales Tax”

PayPal Sales Tax Screen Shot

8. Click on “Add New Sales Tax”

PayPal Sales Tax Screen Shot

9. Follow the PayPal instructions, repeat to setup more than one location

Please Note: If you are using Google Checkout and/or PayPal Express, your PayPal Tax settings will not be applied when a customer makes a purchase via PayPal Express.  We highly reccommend deleting all Google Checkout and PayPal Express information on your store settings page.  Your customers will still be able to pay with PayPal or any major credit card.

How do I use PayPal Shipping Settings?

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

If you need advanced shipping options, using your PayPal shipping settings is the way to go.  Here are step by step instructions on using your PayPal Shipping Settings.

1. Login to your store Head Quarters

2. Navigate to “Store” -> “Settings”

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3. Scroll down the page  to the “PayPal Checkout” section and select “Use my PayPal shipping settings”

PayPal Override Shipping Settings

4. Click “Update Settings” at the bottom of the page.

5. Login to your PayPal account

6. Click on “Profile”

7. Click “Setup Shipping Calculations”

8. Follow the PayPal setup instructions to setup your shipping settings

Please Note: If you are using Google Checkout and/or PayPal Express your PayPal Shipping settings will not be applied when a customer makes a purchase via Google Checkout or PayPal Express.  We highly reccommend deleting all Google Checkout and PayPal Express information on your store settings page.  Your customers will still be able to pay with PayPal or any major credit card.

New! Flashy Backgrounds

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Looking for a way to spice up the look of your store? Give it a slick makeover by choosing from our 24 new default background images. No uploading required – just point and click. Check it out in your headquarters under the “Store” tab.

How to delete fan postings

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Occasionally someone might post something negative on you fan club that you don’t want your customers to see. When you are logged in to your own fan club, you have the authority to delete fan postings by clicking on the red x’s that appear next to each one.

If you have a Flying Cart store account, you automatically have a Flying Cart fan account. Your store login and password can be used to log in to any Flying Cart store fan club including your own.

New! Start a Conversation with your Customers

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Freshly launched Fan Feedback as a super easy way for you to create a conversation with your customers.  We really want you to generate a community around your products.  Let me know what you think.

START GETTING CUSTOMERS PUMPED!

Zip Zip Zip – Faster Stores are Here

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Your store just got 5 times faster.  Thanks to a bunch of behind the scenes optimization.  Enjoy!

Brand New About Us Pages

Friday, August 15th, 2008

I am one of those people that likes to stalk web companies.  I want to know everything about them before I buy.  That is why we spiced up our about us pages so your customers can get to know you a lot better.

Now you can add a picture, talk about yourself a little more, AND even add a video of yourself talking about your store.  All fields are HTML friendly so you can pretty much go nuts!

Below is a sample screen shot of what Andre Agassi’s About US page would look like.

A great about us page (to me) has three things:

1. An awesome picture of you, your store, or your team

2. A super cool description of you, why you started your store, some things you like to do, and some personal information that most people won’t know about you (like how you like jokes, or how you can juggle swords, or how you were Miss America)

3. A video of you talking about your products

Leave a link to your about us page in the comments.

New! Start a Fan Club

Friday, August 8th, 2008

I love Fans.  People that love you for what you do.  They are the best marketing tool you have.  Someone that tells all their friends about your products.  It is priceless!

Now you can invite customers, friends, and family members to join your store fan club.  Each fan can easily create a profile, upload a picture, bookmark products, and invite their friends.

We also added a way for you to stay in touch with all your fans via HTML newsletter to announce sales, events, new product additions, or just to say hi.

Why we launched this feature:

A big part of creating a successful online store is keeping old customers.  If you can create a community around your products, get people excited, and generate repeat customers you no longer have to rely on external factors like search engine rankings.  We have a lot more in store regarding the fan club (we have only launched a very basic version today) so stay tuned and PLEASE let us know if you have any ideas on what to add.

HOW TO START?

You can easily turn your Fan Club on or off at the bottom of your store settings page of your headquarters.  Can’t wait to see how people use this!

New! Friendly 404 Error pages

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

What happens when you go to a store product page that has been deleted or hasn’t been made yet?  On most sites you would get an ugly error message… but not on your store!

Now you will get a friendly message telling your customer to get back to your store.

Here is an example of what your customer will see:

New! No PayPal, No Problem

Friday, July 11th, 2008

If you don’t have a PayPal account installed on your store.  We will simply put a link to your contact us page to allow customers to directly email you right away.