Does anyone know how to start a store on AOL or MSN?

[alex_cross]

I cannot find a link to begin an Ecommerce Store on MSN or AOL. Does anyone have the correct link?

Also, has anyone had any luck with a Lycos Store or MySimon.com

[karyam]

Alex, I don't know about AOL, but for MSN it seems you'll have to fill out the following form, then MSN will contact you (see the "Help" section in MSN shopping):

[eshop.msn.com...]

Good luck!

[4crests]

It might be easier to apply for an account with GoAntiques, CatalogCity or GoodCatalog, or one of those type places. I'm not sure how well these services do, but i do know they will get you into the shopping sections of most of the large search engines including AOL, MSN, YAHOO, LYCOS, etc. I just signed up for GoAntiques. I will let you know what the results are after i've been in it a while. I have to finish inputing all my inventory. GoAntiques was $200 for a non-antiques vendor and i think $60 for a antique vendor. I'm not sure how much CatalogCity and GoodCatalog charge. But it seemed GoAntiques had better placement so i went with them.

If you find out how much it is to place your products into MSN/AOL directly, let me know. I would be curious to know. But, i never had much luck getting a response from them.

[alex_cross]

AOL wanted a minimum advertising budget of $64,000 a year ago when I inquired.