What do you mean by a free online store?

The Free Store program gives you all this at no cost:

• Design and setup of your personalized store, including set up of your splash page and designed pages to add your products.
• On-line display of your store front in our Specialty Shops.
• The ability to accept credit card transactions on line.
• Free Shopping Cart and use of our Secure Server.
• FREE Autoresponders and Database.
• Unlimited Click-thrus to your site.
• Submission to Search engines and Directories.
• Linkage to Shop Net Mall network of stores.
• Free month for referrals who sign up for any option.
• And much more. View a complete list of features and specifications.

What do I need to take advantage of this offer?

You only need two things:

• Products and the ability to ship them
• Internet access with e-mail

Why should I sell Online?

You should join the many retailers now taking advantage of the Internet's 24-hour-a-day convenience? Because your competitors are already there - and so are your customers.  Consider these statistics based on internet surveys:

• More than 40 million US households will shop online by 2003, producing $108 billion in revenues.
• More than half (53 percent ) of US Internet users have purchased online.
• 37 percent of shoppers at online stores have also purchased offline at the physical store location.
• 81 percent of Internet users intend to shop or buy online in the next 12 months.

Opening an online store not only lets you take advantage of this growing audience, it also helps you:

• Protect your customer base
• Create and promote special sales and promotions
• Stay "open" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

You can even use your "virtual" store to drive traffic to your "real" one, by offering special promotions, providing coupons that can be printed out and redeemed in your store, and helping customers find you via online mapping and directions.

How will shoppers find me?

Build a store, and they will come! If they know where to find you. And, there are several ways to point shoppers your way.

1. Via your web address The first thing in promoting an online store is the same as promoting anything: reach + frequency. In other words, get your web address out as FAR, as WIDE, and as OFTEN as you can. This is not a difficult task, just use the same tools you use to promote your retail store. Put your web address anywhere and everywhere, including: shopping bags, register receipts, store windows, newspaper ads, coffee mugs, business cards, flyers, billboards, bumper stickers, counter cards, billing statements, radio advertisments - - just use your imagination.

2. Via search engine and directories To help people locate your online store, we will submit your online store to all the major search engines, including Yahoo!, Excite, Alta Vista, HotBot, Infoseek, and Lycos. Also, to 1000's of directories.

3. Via Shop Net Mall network You instantly become affiliated with the Shop Net Mall network, which has its own super mall, linking to hundreds of participating stores world wide. There has never been an easier way to start selling your merchandise ­ and making money ­ on the NET. Your online store comes with a FREE shopping cart, secure transaction capability & online credit card charge system ­ everything you need to start selling your products.

How do I get started?

Fill out a form. We'll have you up and selling online in a week or less!

How do I get PAID?

After your store is set up, you provide us with your Bank Routing numbers and money received from your customers is deposited directly into your Bank Account!

What will it cost me?

Modest monthly hosting and transaction fees get you:

• Secure hosting on a powerful server
• Promotion via Shop Net Mall network
• All for less than the cost of the average web site hosting service!
• Choose your option.