Once upon a time, when there were no free & easy-to-use tools for businesses & marketing organizations to manage their Online presence, Yahoo Small Business was launched as a marketing, Web hosting platform. However, its potential wasn’t recognized for long, despite being 1 of the veterans of the dot-com revolution.
Then Verizon, the global communications & technology leader, announced in 2016 its intent of acquiring Yahoo’s operating business. The deal was locked in Q1 2017. However, the protagonist of our story, Yahoo Small Business, remained unaffected, unchanged. Cut to present, the platform claims that it is still committed to empowering small Enterprises & entrepreneurs in their ventures by building an Online presence for their brands.
Yahoo Small Business, which has been around for over 20 years one way or the other, aims at helping Enterprises to launch & scale their ideas, states its Website. As of now, the platform offers e-commerce solutions, easy Website builder, Web hosting, business email, local listings.
Moreover, the platform offers simple to use drag & drop Website building tool with over 150 themes, so as to help entrepreneurs customize & publish Sites instantly. Also, customers can choose from an array of domain names with tailor-made prizing. In addition, the platform hosting system provides Site creation tools. Customers can also host their Websites on its servers.
With Yahoo Small Business, enterprise owners can easily set up branded email for business & as well as for their employees. It believes that having a business email that incorporated your domain name ups your credibility.
Besides, entrepreneurs can extend the presence of their business across over 60 directories via Local, including search engines, Online listings, social networks, voice-activated search, maps & more. Customers can get actionable reports by tracking everything from profile views to calls & procure competitive insights to better their decisions. All of this accessed from a single dashboard, the Website claims.
Furthermore, the platform encourages business owners to open stores with e-commerce, a platform hosted by Yahoo Small Business. With the help of e-commerce, customers can make products, services available for purchase Online. It is supplemented with shipping integration, credit card processing, inventory management, ‘live’ insights, & apps to boost your Enterprise.
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