Please Review our Frequently Asked Questions List. Use the plus and minus icons
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the answers to any FAQ.
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1) How much does it cost to advertise in your shopping mall?
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1) How much does it cost to advertise in your shopping mall?
Answer - All of our prices for paid advertising in our shopping mall community are listed
on our Advertising page. First Stop Shops prices are
much less than many other online shopping mall websites. Our prices start at $25 for a text link
for a full 12 months of web site promotions, shop around and see.
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2) Why should my company advertise in your online shopping mall?
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2) Why should my company advertise in your online shopping mall?
Answer - FirstStopShops.com targets the shoppers and shops that are looking for and offer unique
items not found on every other affiliate driven mall site. First Stop Shops has 1,000's of targeted
shoppers visit our site every week. All purchased promotions in our online mall run for a full 12
months to build customer loyalty and link popularity, not on a per impression or per click bases. Our
online shopping mall offers a unique venue with very competitive
pricing and excellent
customer service.
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3) Do you offer a pay per impression or pay per click promotion option?
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3) Do you offer a pay per impression or pay per click promotion option?
Answer - No, all of our promotion options are based on 12 month 24-7 constant advertising space to build your
shop's customer loyalty and link popularity. You only pay once for a full years worth of targeted
shopper traffic from our online shopping mall.
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4) Where do visitors to your web site come from?
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4) Where do visitors to your web site come from?
Answer - We have thousands of visitors every week coming from widely used search engines like
Yahoo, MSN, Google, AOL, AltaVista to name a few. Additionally,
we bring in visitors from our large link exchange network, newsletters and ezine campaigns
and our banner and link campaigns with many popular websites like Active Plaza and About.com.
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5) Is this an affiliate only shopping mall?
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5) Is this an affiliate only shopping mall?
Answer - No, we offer only a few affiliate sites currently to round out our offerings to shoppers
visiting our mall. We are a shopping mall community made up of unique shops, not an
affiliate only website, which is what makes us a better advertising choice and promotions
tool for a small business shopping website.
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6) Who can become a First Stop Shops community member?
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6) Who can become a First Stop Shops community member?
Answer - Any online shopping website that has a product to sell, follows our
Terms Of Use policy
and is not a strictly shopping mall site. If you are unsure or have any questions about submitting
your website please feel free to contact us anytime.
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7) We don't have a shopping cart on our site yet, can we still advertise with your shopping mall?
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7) We don't have a shopping cart on our site yet, can we still advertise with your shopping mall?
Answer - Any online shopping website that has a product to sell, follows our
Terms Of Use policy
and is not a strictly shopping mall site. If you are unsure or have any questions about submitting
your website please feel free to contact us anytime.
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8) Is your shopping mall safe to shop at?
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8) Is your shopping mall safe to shop at?
Answer - Yes, our shopping cart credit card verification system is handled by Verisign
and is well encrypted. Please feel free to review our
Terms Of Use policy and
Privacy Policy for more answers to this question.
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9) Are the shops in your shopping mall community safe to shop at?
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9) Are the shops in your shopping mall community safe to shop at?
Answer - All community members and link exchange partners are first verified by our editor
for content and security issues as stated in our
Terms Of Use policy before being linked to by
FirstStopShops.com. We do not guarantee any products or safety of community member websites, only
that we have reviewed them thoroughly before accepting them.
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10) How long would it take for my ad to show up on your website?
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10) How long would it take for my ad to show up on your website?
Answer - Our current standard is to have a 48-hour turn around on all advertising purchases.
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11) Can I purchase more than one ad campaign in your shopping mall?
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11) Can I purchase more than one ad campaign in your shopping mall?
Answer - Yes, as long as you are purchasing in a category of our shopping mall that
truly applies to what your website has to offer as determined by First Stop Shops.
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12) Can I purchase multiple add spots in the same category?
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12) Can I purchase multiple add spots in the same category?
Answer - Yes, our most popular advertising is a category text link but merchants that add
a small 120x60 banner in the same category find they have even better results.
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13) What if I don't have the right sized banner to use with the advertising campaign I want to purchase?
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13) What if I don't have the right sized banner to use with the advertising campaign I want to purchase?
Answer - We will be happy to make a banner for you using your website colors and simple
text in the design free of charge. This will then be your banner to use in other
promotions if you like.
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14) Do you offer design help for a shop just getting started?
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14) Do you offer design help for a shop just getting started?
Answer - Yes, please review all the details at
Set Up Shop.
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15) Is there a way visitors can leave comments about First Stop Shops?
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15) Is there a way visitors can leave comments about First Stop Shops?
Answer - Yes, we always welcome comments or suggestions from any one by using our
Contact Us form. We review and respond to all comments and we
even post some of our Customer Comments for you to review.
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For any other assistance or questions concerning First Stop Shops please email us at
services@firststopshops.com.
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