Thinking of selling online or wondered why your online shop isn't lighting up the Internet buyers?!
Lots of obvious things are easily overlooked when setting up an online shop, and many of the following crucial online selling fundamentals are still overlooked by a huge majority of online stores! eCommerce is so easy to get wrong, and today there is serious competition out for the online buyer. You have to be right on the money in every area in order to realistically compete.
1.) Publish your shipping, exchange and returns policies on your website and make them easy to find
2.) Offer free shipping on orders over a certain amount
3.) Capture the email address of shoppers and start a regular email newsletter
4.) Encourage customers to review products
5.) Make a great first impression by having a professional-looking website design
6.) Link directly to the product-pages when marketing
7.) Promote your best-selling products and brand choices on your Home Page
8.) Make your online store secure by purchasing your own SSL certificate
9.) Let shoppers compare products in your store
10.) Keep visitors coming back by publishing regular News and using RSS Feeds
Bonus Tip - Use great Pictures!
Summary
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