Your Search for Tips That Help to Maintain Your eCommerce Store Ends Here
Building your own business is a fun experience that pays off — literally. Being a new entrepreneur is exciting because everything is new. However, sometimes, new entrepreneurs get a little too excited about the wrong things. As an experienced entrepreneur, I’ve made my fair share of mistakes. That’s why I created some crucial eCommerce tips for new entrepreneurs like you, so you can get on the right track from the beginning and actually make some money on your new store.
1. Experiment Like Your Business Depends on It
To really succeed, you’re going to need to experiment a lot. You’ll need to create ads for different products. Test different copy, formats, and images. Experimenting with ads is what will eventually bring in customers and drive sales. Once you’ve created profitable ads you can start experimenting on your website. Avoid making assumptions about your customers — be open to being wrong about what really works, you won’t know the truth until you look at the data.
2. Commit to a Schedule for Consistency
When starting a new eCommerce store, you’ll want to follow a consistent schedule so that your customers can know when to check back. If you commit to a blog, adding posts on the same days will encourage people to keep checking back. As soon as you become inconsistent, you start to lose your customer loyalty.
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3. Start Building Relationships with Relevant Influencers
It takes a few months to find the best influencers to promote your products, and even then it’s not guaranteed. Finding a great influencer is a lot harder than it looks — sometimes an influencer has a high price but it doesn’t convert to sales.
4. Make Your Website Visually Appealing
Your entire website should be very visually appealing. Product pages should have multiple product images showcasing different angles and uses. Your homepage should have an attention-grabbing banner image that allows the customer to picture themselves with the product.
5. Be Specific with Your Product Categories
As you grow your store, you’ll want to be a bit more specific in your product categorization. Having generic categories such as ‘Women,’ ‘Men’ and ‘Children’ doesn’t do much for SEO purposes. Look at how Amazon organizes its product categories — the easier you make it for a customer to find exactly what they’re looking for, the more likely they’ll buy from your store.
6. Create Unique Content
If you’re dropshipping products, odds are you need to find a way to stand out among your competitors. The easiest way to do this is by creating unique content — pumping out blog posts several times a week is a great way to build an audience while keeping your website looking fresh and up to date.
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7. Learn to Recover Abandoned Carts
Experiment with different abandoned cart apps and email formats. Even if you can convert between 1-5% of them, you’ll be better off financially. You should have the first email sent within six hours of the cart abandonment, and consider sending at least 3 emails afterward with an increasing discount to help convert the sale.
8. Start Building Links
To reduce ad spend while increasing revenue, it’s important to build external backlinks — promoting your products on relevant and popular blogs or magazines, or writing guest posts. The more sources you have driving traffic to your website, the less you’ll spend on ads.
9. Make Sure Your Store Is Finished Before You Start Selling
When someone launches an online store for the first time, they often fail to complete several steps. Don’t forget to fill in placeholder text with your own copy, logo, and graphics. Adding contact information, refund policies, and shipping details are also important to include.
10. Outsource Your Weaknesses
While being an entrepreneur requires you to be a jack of all trades, there will be tasks you struggle with. Find someone to do the things you’re worst at — collaboration is the secret to success. If you outsource your weaknesses, you’ll create a balanced and profitable business.
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Sharmila specializes in business development, lead generation, and customer service. She has an interest in bringing traditional businesses online, and currently handles business development and customer support at Libra Web Solutions.