Version2.0's amazing features were:
1. A WYSIWYG HTML Editor has been incorporated into the store and content page areas so you can develop great looking pages without the need of knowing ANY HTML.
2. A new page ordering system has been created to allow you to re-order both your content and store page navigation.
3. A new multiple delete feature has been created to allow quick stripping of unwanted categories and pages.
4. A choice of 3 product layouts are now available inside your store 'Setup' Area so you can test different product layouts and conversions.
5. A new Min and Max bid facility has been added into the search engine.
6. SID affiliate tracking has been included so that you can tell what page or search query was used to bring you a sale/registration.
7. 9 new CSS template layouts have been created which will provide you with a professional store design that you can easily customize by uploading a logo and editing the CSS colors.
8. Sites built with v2.0 are now valid XHTML 1.0 (perfect coding)...you will see an increase in speed!
9. AND...You can now create a Custom Store based on Multiple Categories!
Being limited to ONE category has always been a downfall with previous versions of Build A Niche Store...Now you can start with a blank canvas and quickly build your own custom store based on multiple category choices...this should really open up what you can do with your store(s)!
Example Custom Store:
1. Start with a blank canvas
2. Include the Motorcycles for sale category (6024)
3. Include the Motorcycle Parts category (10063)
4. Include the Motorcycle Apparel category (34352)...
Your store will now contain ALL of the motorcycles for sale, parts and apparel categories making it much more specific to the Motorcycle niche.
And you can also have US, UK, Australian and Canadian versions of your affiliate stores!
Version 3.0 (released early 2008) also includes these "straight out of the box" store features:
* Store Navigation Features
o Sub-category navigation automatically created.
o Have an "open" (view all categories and sub-categories) or "closed" (hierarchical category structure) store navigation.
* Store Page Features
o Display between 1 and 100 products per page.
o Choose from 3 different product layouts.
o Display your products by "Highest Priced First, Lowest Price First, Ending Soonest or Newly Listed".
o Display only "Buy It Now" items.
* Store Search Features
o Search all of your store categories or particular sub-categories.
o Search the product description as well as the product title.
o Advanced search features: search for "Buy It Now" items only, search for items with min/max bid or search for items within a price range.
* Home Page Features
o Choose to display or not display products on your home page.
* SEO Features
o All product content is keyword rich and readable by the search engine spiders.
o Fresh content 24 hours a day as product listings automatically update direct from the eBay marketplace.
o All page URLs are search engine friendly.
o Pre-populated keyword targeted title, meta and header tags.
Once you've installed BANs and customized it from the very easy to use Admin Panel, you can then go onto developing your store in so many ways....
* Home Page
o Add content to your home page using the WYSIWYG html editor.
* Store Pages
o Create new store pages.
o Delete store pages (including multiple delete feature).
o Re-order your store navigation.
o Edit the title tag, meta tags, page names and URL addresses for better keyword targeting.
o Add content above the product listing to pre-sell products using the WYSIWYG html editor.
o Incorporate more related eBay categories into your store.
* Content Pages
o Create new content pages using the WYSIWYG html editor.
o Edit the title tag, meta tags, page names and URL addresses for better keyword targeting.
o Delete content pages (including multiple delete feature).
o Re-order your content navigation.
o Have an "open" (view all pages and sub-pages) or "closed" (hierarchical page structure) content page navigation.
* Templates
o Modify your selected template header, footer and CSS style sheet to make your store unique.
o Upload a new logo for your site.
o Upload and select a new template.
* Ads
o Place supplementary ads to the left, right, above or below your stores product listings for additional monetizing of your visitors.
This niche store creating opportunity comes with amazing support from the developers. There is also a very active members forum! You won't be abandoned and left alone once you've taken up this great chance to create your own niche stores and started to make easy eBay money - today!
