Open your own StoreFront.
Offer items for Bidding Auction, Buy Now Auction or as a Classified Ad and watch your earnings grow!
If you have multiple items for sell, opening a subscription-based Storefront is the way to go! Choose from a variety of templates for a fun and exciting look that highlights your listings and profiles your company. Display your business logo, listings, unique categories for browsing, personalized pages pertaining to your products, newsletters and more. Manage sales, promote your store, and track your success. Simply print and follow the instructions below for step-by-step instructions.
Storefront Ownership Advantages
As a seller, you will get enjoy the following opportunities, benefits and features:
- Increased listing exposure on Main Street Fair, to increase the likelihood of you selling your items
- Your own unique URL path that you can advertise in emails, on websites, etc
- A "StoreFront" column displayed on the Main Street Fair's main category list to draw the attention of visitors to your StoreFront
- Your listings automatically populate into the Storefront so there's nothing more for you to do
- Upload logos and slogans are easily
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- The ability to create your own category structure unique to your Storefront
- Create and populate your own "extra pages" to provide more information to visitors
- Create your own newsletters and allow visitors to subscribe directly through the Storefront
- Availability of personal traffic information of your Storefront
- Ability to turn your Storefront off so it's not displayed during set up and maintenance
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Storefront Setup Instructions
The following steps will guide you through the process of ordering a storefront subscription.
Once logged in, access your "My Account" home page.
- On your "My Account" home page, you'll see a "Storefront" section.
- To start your storefront subscription, click the "Purchase Storefront Subscription" link.
- Select your desired subscription term.
- Click the "Next" button.
- Click "Checkout".
- Confirm your order and information.
- Make your payment.
- After your order is confirmed and your payment received, return to your "My Account" home page as per Step 1.
- Your storefront section should now show a subscription expiration date, along with additional links to view your
storefront and manage your storefront via the storefront control panel.
- For instructions on how to set up and modify your storefront, see the "Setting Up Your Storefront" instructions
below.
- Storefront Logo - This is where your storefront
logo is displayed.
- Welcome Message - This is where your welcome
message is displayed. You can use this to give
visitors a brief overview of your storefront.
- Storefront Categories - This is where your
storefront cateogires are displayed. Categories
help you to sort your listings so the user is able to
quickly find what they are after.
- Storefront Pages - This is where your storefront
pages are displayed. You can use pages to display
additional information about you or your storefront.
- Newsletter Subscription - This is where visitors
to your store can subscribe to your newsletter. You
can also disable this feature via your storefront
control panel if you do not wish to use it.
- Storefront Content / Listings - This is where the
page content and/or listing results will be displayed.
Don't forget that your listings will still always be
viewable within the categories and search results on
the main website.
This section will guide you through the process of using the storefront control panel to set up and maintain your storefront.
Once logged in, access your "My Account" home page.
- On your my account home page, you'll see a "Storefront" section.
- To access the storefront control panel, click on the "Storefront Control Panel" link.
- At the top of the storefront control panel, you will find two options that
allow you to turn your storefront on or off.
- Simply select the option you want. The page will automatically refresh
and save your setting.
- To visit different sections of the storefront control panel, simply click
the corresponding link at the top of the control panel.
- The control panel home page provides you with valuable statistics
regarding the number of visits that your storefront has received.
- Here you can specify the name of your home (main) category, as well as
add additional categories or pages. Be sure to click "save" once you've
entered your desired information.
- Once you have added new categories, they will appear in this list. You
can then edit the category name or delete the category.
- Once you have added new pages, they will appear in this list. You can
then edit the page name, or delete the page. Editing a page will allow you
to customize the contents of the page using a WYSIWYG editor or HTML.
- For both the categories and pages lists, you can sort the order of them
by clicking and dragging each box up or down on the list.
- You can turn the newsletter system on or off by selecting yes or no here.
Yes means the system is active and will allow new subscribers. No means
the system is off, and visitors cannot register.
- If you are using the newsletter system, anyone who has subscribed will be
listed here. If you wish to remove someone from the list, then follow these
steps:
- Hold down the CNTRL key while selecting each of the names in the
list that you want to remove.
- Once you have selected everyone you wish to remove, check off the
"Check to confirm" box.
- The final step is to click the "Save (and remove highlighted
subscribers)" button.
- The final feature on this page is the actual newsletter creation form. Here
you can enter a subject and your newsletter content. The newsletter content
can be created using the WYSIWYG editor, or via HTML. This enables you to
create a rich looking newsletter that will impress your customers.
- Once you have finished creating your newsletter, it is time to send it. Click
the "Send" button to have your newsletter sent out to your entire subscribers
list.
- First, you will want to customize your storefront by uploading your
logo, which can be done easily using this form. Once you've selected a
logo to upload, be sure to click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page.
- Once successfully uploaded, you will see your current logo here. You can
also refer to the Storefront Overview diagram above to see where your logo
will appear on your actual storefront.
You can also modify the sizing of your logo on your storefront, as well as
the "List all Stores" page found here.
You want to keep the logo smaller so the page does not become too wide
or tall, making it hard for the reader to browse the page efficiently.
For the storefront, keep the width under 900 pixels, and the height under
200 pixels. For the "list all stores" page, we recommend a width of up to
200 pixels and a height of up to 100 pixels.
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You'll also want to write a short welcome note describing your store. You
can use the WYSIWYG editor, or HTML to be creative with your note. Don't
get too carried away or it may become hard for the user to read or look at
your welcome note.
You can refer to the Storefront Overview diagram above to see where this
welcome note is displayed on your actual storefront.
Finally, the last touch you can give your storefront is to select a template
to use. We offer a few different templates for you to pick from, allowing you
to give your storefront the look that suits your tastes.
Remember, be sure to click the "Save" button after any of your changes.