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Yahoo Planned System Maintenance

Posted on February 27th, 2013 by Brent Carey

A reminder for all Yahoo merchants that Yahoo is performing their second planned system maintenance this evening from 7:30 PM PST until 7:30 AM PST on the 28th of February. Yahoo suggests having any publishes completed and any work in Order Manager finished before this period.

For a detailed list of the interruptions that may occur during this period, please see Yahoo’s Help Page.

– CWS Staff

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Yahoo! Merchant Solutions Planned System Maintenance

Posted on February 18th, 2013 by Brent Carey

A quick reminder for all Yahoo store merchants – Yahoo will be performing their first of two planned system maintenance periods February 19-20th. The maintenance will last from 7:30pm PT on the 19th until 7:30am PT on the 20th. During this time period:

• Store Manager will not be available
• Store publishes/Order Manager sessions will be stopped
• Database Inventory will not be available
• Real-time order posting will be delayed
• Order numbers will not be generated, Order Confirmations/Order Ship status will be delayed
• Order, Payment and Catalog API’s won’t be available
• Promotions Center and Coupon Manager will not be accessible
• Redeeming Gift Certificates will not be available
• Registered customers will not be able to access order history
• FDMS batch submissions and site statistics will be delayed
• FTP upload will not be available
• Please do not change user access during this period

Make sure to check Yahoo’s System status page for updates during this planned maintenance. You can find that here.

– CWS Staff

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Yahoo Small Business Shipping Rate Change

Posted on February 12th, 2013 by Brent Carey

All Yahoo store owners need to remember that the United States Postal Service has recently updated their shipping rates. If your Yahoo store is currently offering USPS and  you are using a Rate Table, chances are you’ll need to update your rates. Yahoo has provided some good links for review if you plan on updating your Shipping Manager.

• How To Create a Flat Rate Shipping Rule
• Creating a Table-based Shipping Rate
• Setting Up Shipping Rates and Rules

If Yahoo’s current shipping module doesn’t meet your needs, you might consider an upgrade to a 3rd party shipping module. For more information please see this page:

Yahoo Advanced Shipping Manager

If you have questions – don’t hesitate to contact us here

Thanks –

CWS staff

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