Welcome: Discover How to Setup Your Online Store Welcome to MerchantKit.com. On this web site you will discover how to setup your own online store. Here are the menu sections of this site: What To Sell In this section, we explain some of the types of products that you can sell on the Internet. Of course, if you are looking to move an existing business online, then you may already know what you want to sell (and hence may choose to skip this section). On the other hand, if you are just starting out it business and don't know what to sell, you can find some ideas here. Setup Web Site In this section, we discuss setting up your web site. We'll tell you how to get a domain name, how to choose your web host, about HTML design software that you can use to design your pages, and about templates that you can use as a nice starting point for your design (or even get others to customize for you). Accept Payments In this section, we review different ways of accepting payments and selling online, including methods of receiving and accepting credit card payments made by customers. Shopping Carts In this section, we talk about shopping carts (software that allows your visitors to select multiple products to buy, and then order them in one go). Start Affiliate Program One of the most powerful ways to promote your online store is to start an affiliate program (also known as an associate program). This is a technique used by many of the most successful Internet companies including Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, as well as by many smaller, more specialized businesses. Marketing You set up your store, it's all working, but nobody's visiting? In this section, we discuss marketing strategies to drive more visitors to your site ("increase traffic"). Copywriting What if people come to your store, look around and don't buy? We explain why, and what you can do about it. Even if some people are buying from your store, I'm sure you'd prefer to have even more buyers: so be sure to read this section! Customer Service The hardest part in Internet (and perhaps any) business is finding new customers. But, look after the customers you already have, and they'll return to buy again and again...   MENU Home What To Sell Setup Web Site Accept Payments Shopping Carts Start Affiliate Program Marketing Copywriting Customer Service Books Links Affiliate Programs Graphics Tutorials Increase Traffic Internet Auctions Webmaster Resources     Privacy    Terms and Conditions    Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures Copyright © 2001-2009, Answers 2000 Limited With any business, it is up to the individual owner of said business to ensure the success of the business. You may make more or less than any sample figures or results that might be quoted on our web sites or other publications. All business involves risk, and many businesses do not succeed. Further, Answers 2000 Limited does NOT represent that any particular individual or business is typical, or that any results or experiences achieved by any particular individual/business is necessarily typical. Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures In Association With Amazon.com CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All third party content and adverts are copyright of their respective owners. Some graphics on our web sites are Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Hemera Technologies Inc., and used under license. All such pictures are provided for viewing purposes only and are not to be saved or downloaded. All such pictures of recognizable individuals are models and used for illustrative purposes only, and not meant to imply any association or endorsement of said individual with any product or service.