So when is it a good time to start customizing your store? This mostly depends on how complex the customization is and how much time it will take. If you are planning to add a few advanced features, it shouldn't take long and you can do it anytime. If you are planning a major overhaul, adequate planning and implementation will be needed before you launch the new features or site. Even if you hire a professional Yahoo! store design company to design or add the advanced features, it will still require some time and effort on your part. Six main stages are involved when customizing your store:
Be sure to ask yourself a few things when planning to customize your store:
Warning: Making Changes in the Staging Area Only one staging area is available for redeveloping or adding features to your site before it is published live. If you are hiring a development company, you will not be able to make other template changes while it is working on the changes to your site. You also cannot publish individual changes. When you publish the site, you upload all current changes in the staging area. If you are planning to release changes in stages, you can make changes to the template only in the current stage. |