Entries Tagged as 'Tips & Tricks'

How to Add a Slideshow to your Hyena Cart

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Customizing Hyena Cart, Tips & Tricks

If you’d like to add a snazzy slide show of your product images to your Hyena Cart, you can do it several ways.
Step One: Create Your Slideshow
1) Animated gif — combine several images into an animated gif using software like Adobe Image Ready, Jasc Animation Shop or Banner Maker Pro.
2) Flash — make a flash [...]

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Creating Gift Certificates for your Hyena Cart

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

To sell gift certificates for your Hyena Cart here are some options.
Use the Discount Codes feature in Hyena Cart
Stock your gift certificate for sale like a regular item in your Hyena Cart.  Just create a new listing and put it in whatever category you want and make the total price the amount you want to [...]

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Past Items & Hyena Cart

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

If you’re on Multi Cart it doesn’t have the same “Past Items” feature that the Standard Cart has.
But as a workaround, if you’d like to show off your past items, here are some options:
1) You can make a category called Past Items, then change the category of the sold item to “Past Items.” They’ll show [...]

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How to Setup an Automatic Monthly Subscription Product or Service

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

Got a product or service you want to offer on a monthly subscription through PayPal or another system but still stock the item for sale through your Hyena Cart? It can be done!
Here are the steps:
1) When you enter the description for your new item, include this code in the description box to blank [...]

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How to Remove the “Add to Cart” button from your “About Me” or other Informational Listings

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

If you use your Hyena Cart as your main website and make fake product listings for your “about me” or other informational pages, you can use this code to make the “add to cart” button disappear.
<style type=”text/css”>
.addToCartButton {
font-size: 0px;
color:#ffffff;
border: 0px solid #ffffff;
background-color:#ffffff;
}
</style>
If your main area of your cart has a different background color than [...]

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Resize and Crop Your Photos

January 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Cool Sites, Tips & Tricks

Just found an awesome website that allows you to easily crop and resize your photos online:
http://www.resizeyourimage.com/

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Easy Way to Make Thumbnails

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

Are you using thumbnail photos on your cart? Pages load more quickly for your shoppers if you do.
If you’re on a PC, here’s a nice little program for making thumbnails of your photos:
http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/
Thanks to Danielle of http://www.Dannielle.Etsy.com for sharing the link!

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Helpful Tips About Auctions & Lotteries in Hyena Cart Multi

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

If you’ve been a little curious, or downright confused, about the way auctions and lotteries are handled in Hyena Cart Multi, here are some basics.
When you set up a lottery or auction, it will not appear in searches until it’s “live” and people can bid or enter.  So if you search before your start date [...]

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Thumbnails & Photos on Hyena Cart

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Tips & Tricks

I got the scoop from Karen on what size thumbnails are:
Hyena Cart Standard — no forced sizing, so whatever size you make them
Hyena Cart Multi — forced width of 125, height to whatever keeps aspect ratio
The Image Uploaders — resize thumbnails to 125 width, height to aspect ratio
Search Page — forced width of 75
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The Easy Way to Write/Edit Your Product Descriptions

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Customizing Hyena Cart, Getting Started, Tips & Tricks

The product descriptions field in on the product stocking page allows you to use HTML code to nicely format your descriptions.
Don’t know HTML?  No problem!  Use this handy-dandy free editor:
http://hyenacart.info/html/htmleditor1.html
 

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Using & Tracking Coupon Codes

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Marketing Your Shop, Tips & Tricks

Everyone loves to get a special deal!  Here’s how to use your coupon setup in Hyena Cart Multi.
Log into your Vendor Pages and you’ll see a choice on the left menu titled “Discount Codes” — click there to get started.
For your discount code choose something that is combination of letters and numbers.  For example, BIRTHDAY2007 [...]

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Figuring Out How Shipping Works

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Getting Started, Tips & Tricks

Ready to get your shipping all setup and running smoothly?  It’s a little different for each cart so be sure you’re looking at the right setup for your cart (Standard or Multi).  If you aren’t sure which you have, here’s a quick test.  Go to your Hyena Cart.  Do you see a little shopping cart [...]

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Congos~ Who, what, where, when, why?

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Marketing Your Shop, Tips & Tricks

So, are you curious what a CONGO is?
Congo is short for conglomeration–meaning a group of work at home mom shops all selling together.
You can find all the congos currently hosted on Hyena Cart on this page:
http://hyenacart.com/poweredby_cat.php?hct=6
A congo can be a great way to get started in your business, or to build an existing business. [...]

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Ways to Promote Your Stocking at Hyena Cart

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Getting Started, Marketing Your Shop, Tips & Tricks

Got your products stocked and ready for sale?  Don’t just sit there and twiddle your thumbs.  Get busy promoting your stocking!
Here are some ways you can promote at Hyena Cart:
* Spam in Marketplace forum: Post with a catchy title line and include links to your shop, some of your items, and a few of [...]

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Figuring out the Forums

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Getting Started, Tips & Tricks

Okay, I’ll admit it.  The first time I registered at the HC forums… I was completely lost.  Completely.  What were HC$?  Why was I a cub with one spot?  How could I see what was happening in WAHM Chat–why didn’t the board know I was a WAHM?  LOL  And I do consider myself pretty computer [...]

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