Frequently Asked Questions (Storefront)

A Storefront is the centerpiece of the advertising-benefits portion of Premium Membership in Our Hudson Valley Network.

A Storefront is an attractive, easily customized one-page mini-website that enables you to:

• Post your logo and describe your business
• Provide references and testimonials
• Link to your Our Hudson Valley Network marketplace ads and to other relevant information, including your website
• Post photographs, audio clips and other assets
• Sell your products using Google Checkout
• Show a Google map with the address of your business
• Offer coupons.

A Storefront is a cost-effective way to promote your business, and to establish or enhance your online presence.

A Storefront has many benefits, including the following:

• Prominent visibility on OurHudsonValley.net and all marketplaces powered by the same "community marketplace" software.
• A couponing capability -- a Storefront is more than an ad, it's an action opportunity!
• Enhanced visibility on OurHudsonValley.net and other marketplace websites:
  • Your listings get priority positioning on the "search returns" page.
  • Your Storefront is flagged on the "ad returns" page, inviting prospective customers to visit your Storefront and learn more.
  • If people go to your listing, they'll be invited to visit your Storefront.
  • You get priority placement in our "Featured Businesses" section.
  • Cool built-in features, like a Google map, photos and other assets, links to related information, space for testimonials, and more
• The ability to sell your products directly using Google Checkout
• You can maintain a Storefront yourself. There's no need to pay or wait on (yawn!) a webmaster!
• If you don't already have a website, you get an inexpensive Internet presence. If you do have a website, it gives you a great new online asset -- the equivalent of a billboard on a heavily traveled county road.

We offer a variety of upgrade options:

• We will help you set up your Storefront for only $50.
• We'll provide ongoing marketing and maintenance support, ensuring you get the most value out of your Storefront, for $19.95/month.

A Storefront gets you visibility in ways your website doesn't. People come to Our Hudson Valley Network because they're searching for products and services like yours. These people won't see your website. They will see your Storefront, though -- and when you have a Storefront, it will also increase the prominence of your listings.

Websites are a great way to get the word out about your business. Having a website and a Storefront multiplies the value geometrically.

Yes. Storefronts are websites, and websites get crawled by Google.

This doesn't guarantee high visibility for your Storefront on a Google search. Whether your Storefront hits Google (and other search engine) paydirt will depend on the variables that make for success or failure in this area.

No. Storefronts are easily customized and do not require a webmaster.

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