View the revised Yahoo! Store Merchant Service Agreement

For additional information, visit the Yahoo! Store Pricing Help Center

Store Building Tip: Improve product categorization in Yahoo! Shopping

Ypath (or YPATH) stands for Yahoo! path and refers to a method used in Yahoo! Shopping to categorize products so they appear in the correct Yahoo! Shopping department. You can create a ypath field when you upload your product database. This is a way to provide additional information about where your merchandise belongs within Yahoo! Shopping.

Don't let the funny name scare you, adding a ypath field is not rocket science:

If you build your store manually, you can edit the ypath field in your Yahoo! Store editor by overriding the ypath variable for a specific item page. This is done in the Advanced Editor using the "Override Variable" function. For step by step instructions on changing ypath information for one or several items in your store, please visit: Ypath Help.

If you typically update your store by CSV database upload, you can create a new field titled ypath to your file before the upload. First, select the Yahoo! Shopping department that's the most appropriate match for your merchandise. Once you've selected your department, simply copy and paste the department "path" into the ypath field. Use this format: "dept:department name" and make sure that the information in the ypath field matches the Yahoo! Shopping Department information exactly.

Yahoo! Shopping Departments

Here's an example: Clothing products should be categorized with the following information in the ypath field: "dept:Apparel, Accessories, and Shoes" Don't forget those commas!

If you are including the ypath field in your CSV file, don't forget to add "ypath" to the first line of your file.

If you sell computers or electronics products, you can use ypaths to provide even more category information for Yahoo! Shopping. For complete details, please visit: Ypath Computers and Electronics

For everything else you were afraid to ask about ypaths, visit the ypath help pages.

Customer Service Tip: Shipping updates and delays

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 will impact our lives in many ways, both large and small. In the short term, it is possible that you and your customers may be affected by shipping delays, as shipping carriers, including the United States Postal Service, experience delays or restrictions in the resumption of air service. We suggest that you update the shipping information on your web site, or communicate with those customers most likely to be affected by delayed shipments. Consider providing a prominent front-page link to shipping policies, updates, and information.

Both UPS and Fedex announced Monday that they are reinstating money-back guarantees on specific domestic and international destinations this week -- you'll find details on their web sites. Meantime, let's show extra consideration for our customers during the challenging days and weeks ahead.

Here are the latest links to information from some of the major carriers:

United States Postal Service

United States Post Office Mail Services Update

Fedex: United States

Update on FedEx Service to Manhattan

UPS Home Page

UPS Service for New York City

Spotlight: Emergency and relief information on Yahoo!

The Yahoo! News team has created a web page that points to ongoing relief efforts and emergency resources in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S.

You can find news and information on the emergency response and how you can help at Yahoo! News.

Yahoo! is actively lending assistance to relief organizations by means of the Yahoo! Store platform. Yahoo! has helped facilitate millions of dollars of donations through Yahoo! PayDirect and these online relief sites.

NY Firefighters Fund

Red Cross

Salvation Army