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Module 3: Customizing your WebStore

 

 
It’s time to be creative. WebStore only has one limitation 
when designing your store: your imagination! With the 
power to add custom CSS, Flash, and many other 
preloaded widgets to your WebStore you can create the 
perfect WebStore for your business. 
 
Customizing your WebStore includes: 
 

 A 

comprehensive 

Template Manager

 to easily 

design various pages of your WebStore 

 

The abiltity to add custom tags and content to 
your WebStore, such as 

CSS

HTML

Images 

and 

Flash

.  

 Simple 

widgets

 to make designing your store 

easy. 

 

The ability to optimize for search engines. 

 

 

Template Manager 

  
The Template Manager provides a robust set of 
templates and tools to help you design the perfect 
WebStore. Here you can customize the appearance of 
your store pages and create content pages. You can 
also optimize your pages for search engines by adding 
your own title, keywords and description tags. 
 

Widgets 

 
WebStore provides the following widgets: 
 

 

HTML widget – 

to add your own text or scripts

 

 

Menu bar – 

to create a custom menu bar using your store pages and categories

 

 

Constant Contact – 

to add constant contact to your WebStore

 

 

Category – 

to create a section with specific category of products

 

 

Product – 

to create a section with specific products

 

 

Product Recommendation – 

to create section for recommended products

 

 

Image – 

to add an image 

 

 

CSS

 

 
Customize the appearance of your WebStore, by adding your own custom CSS or by overriding the 
existing CSS tags for the template. 
 

Flash

 

 
Easily embed Flash by using the HTML/Custom Script widget. You can upload your Flash files using the 
image upload link in the File Menu. 

Summary of Contents for WebStore

Page 1: ...2008 Amazon Services WebStore by Amazon TRAINING MANUAL ver 0 9...

Page 2: ...omprehensive yet easy to use The following modules will walk you through setting up your account customizing your WebStore and all the way to using the advanced management features in Seller Central W...

Page 3: ...Name as it should appear on the store 2 Enter Business Address 3 Enter Credit Card Information 4 Complete Identity Verification by phone 5 Review information 6 Submit and log in to Seller Central Once...

Page 4: ...onal WebStore will produce an on screen progress bar indicating the status of your store creation You can also choose to have an email sent to you when the process is complete WebStore Setup Wizard Th...

Page 5: ...on Services Page 4 Getting Help For detailed help on the WebStore Setup Wizard visit https sellercentral amazon com gp help 51741 For detailed help with themes visit https sellercentral amazon com gp...

Page 6: ...list 2 Select the Blue Style for your WebStore 3 Enter a name that will appear at the top of your WebStore If you would like to upload a custom image choose Use an Image I Provide and select that imag...

Page 7: ...the perfect WebStore Here you can customize the appearance of your store pages and create content pages You can also optimize your pages for search engines by adding your own title keywords and descr...

Page 8: ...images amazon com images G 01 webstore help video HowToUseTheImageWidget HowTo UseTheImageWidget _V45004116_ html HTML Widget http g images amazon com images G 01 webstore help video HowToUseTheHTMLWi...

Page 9: ...by specifying a series of small tasks 1 Go to the Template Manager 2 Upload a header image for your WebStore 3 Replace the header image in your design with this image 4 Override the class name wba_mai...

Page 10: ...ot currently assigned to a category 3 Category This tab displays products in the selected category You can change the category using the breadcrumbs 4 Search This tab allows you to search for products...

Page 11: ...ort video http g images amazon com images G 01 webstore help video HowToAddProductsToACategory HowToA ddProductsToACategory _V44991355_ html To download a copy of the Excel Upload template visit https...

Page 12: ...ough the steps on assigning in the Category Manager 1 Navigate to the Category Manager under the WebStore Design tab 2 Add a New Category 3 Enter a name for your Category 4 Use the Search tab to find...

Page 13: ...catalog in the Inventory tab to find products sold on Amazon that match your item Now use the matched product to enter your own item information Search the Amazon catalog to find your item e g ipod t...

Page 14: ...ItemAttributes SubjectContent Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP allows you to call API s from a remote server to send and receive inventory data with Amazon Amazon Merchant Transportation Utility AMT...

Page 15: ...arn how to add a simple new product to your inventory Find it on Amazon and list yours 1 Go to the Inventory Tab 2 Select Add a Product 3 Search for a Product 4 Find your product in the results 5 Sele...

Page 16: ...ublish changes to existing items Setting your DNS DNS settings must be changed in order to publish to a public domain To configure DNS settings for your WebStore 1 Enter your public domain on the Laun...

Page 17: ...dditional Products Signup for an Amazon Associates Account and enter your ID to earn commissions on Associate orders Google Sitemaps Sign up for a Google Webmaster tools account and verify your WebSto...

Page 18: ...e orders 1 Search for an Order 2 Confirm shipment of your order 3 Receive settlement for your order 4 Download a settlement report for your orders Other order management tasks that can be completed ar...

Page 19: ...laims 5 Filter by date 6 View payment details 7 Shipments 8 Refunds Settlement Report 1 Amazon gives you money 2 Settlement report details the sources of the money 3 Order total 4 Fees 5 Tax 6 Shippin...

Page 20: ...s that promotion applies to 4 Provide any additional details about the promotion 5 Review your new promotion and submit it Manage Product Lists Create product lists to group items for which you want t...

Page 21: ...ontact TAM who will work with them through the process User Management Multiple users can be added to your Seller Central account to conduct specific tasks such as manage inventory This is completed f...

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