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4 Key Reasons to Sell On Amazon

4 Key Reasons to Sell On Amazon

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Ecommerce

1. Shoppers Often Begin Their Search on Amazon
A recent study by BloomReach stated that shoppers are twice as likely to start product research on Amazon than Google. As this trend continues, it’s inevitable that customers will search for your product on Amazon, whether you decide to sell on its marketplace or not. Nearly 9 out of 10 customers check Amazon even if they find a product they want directly on a retailer’s site. I have seen dozens of instances where selling on Amazon led to growth on branded sites. We’ve all been there: just before purchasing an item we pull out our phones to check the reviews on Amazon.

2. Amazon is a Great Additional Sales Channel
While conventional wisdom is that you should focus solely on a “direct” relationship with your customer, and mitigate reliance on retailers generating most of your revenue, as discussed, Amazon is a great sales channel to utilize in addition to your own Shopify site. Chapter 2 The Opportunity in Marketplaces 6 Often the worry is that Amazon will cannibalize all of your sales but the reality is that you can often maintain a healthy branded website in addition to Amazon. If done correctly, Amazon can become a great complement to your Shopify business very quickly.

3. Amazon Can Help Shoppers Discover Your Brand
Amazon can help build a sales funnel of potential customers that can eventually shop on your branded site. Many successful brands have launched on Amazon, and eventually get customers to purchase the same or additional items on their own site. For example, Casper Mattress has healthy reviews on Amazon, but has almost 9x more reviews on their own site. The positive reviews on Amazon give Casper strong credibility for those considering buying on Casper’s site, and it also helps Amazon customers discover Casper’s recommended products. Additionally, there are several value-added services offered on Casper.com that can win over customers from purchasing on Amazon.

4. Amazon is an Open Marketplace
If you don’t create a listing for your brand on Amazon, than be prepared that a third-party seller can create it. Should you trust an unknown party to manage the content, pricing, and exchange with customers on behalf of your brand? I assume most of you are shaking your head saying “no”, and with good reason. For example, below are customer complaints about a Shark Tank product being sold by a thirdparty seller with no affiliation to the brand, and with a list price nearly 3x the price on the brand’s store.

7 Reasons why Indian Brands looking for growth in their E-Commerce business should opt for Shopify Gold

7 Reasons why Indian Brands looking for growth in their E-Commerce business should opt for Shopify Gold

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Ecommerce Shopify

Shopify has launched Shopify Gold in India in 2017, for rapidly growing and enterprise e-commerce websites in mind. These businesses require hands-on support and the ability to handle larger amounts of traffic and transactions to serve enterprise and high-volume customers.

Why we have taken this topic is, as we meet or interact with many brands on a weekly basis and they always ask us why they will opt for Shopify gold as the preferred e-commerce platform against the other platform or even why not they choose from other options which are given by Shopify only at a cheaper rate.

So here are the Seven reasons why a Brand need to Choose Shopify Gold

    1. The Technology:
      The key Benefit of choosing Shopify Gold is the technology they offer to their enterprise customer at Minimal cost considering the large investment brand need to do initially in terms of E-commerce Development, Implementation, Compliances, Hosting, UI / UX followed by Ongoing Maintenance in terms Integration, Database management, Security Patches, Upgrades etc.Imagine there no charge for extra bandwidth, unlimited SKUs, 99.99% uptime, 600,000 orders per minute, and 7000+ CPU Cores.

       

      So mainly Brand can focus on their growth strategy and ROI in terms of Conversion optimization, Social or Inbound Marketing

       

    2. Option to Create Multistore:Shopify Gold gives facility to brand to create and maintain their multi e-commerce store.
        • Multistore option to serve their customers in different regions to give personalized product and maintain inventory or product listing for that particular region

       

        • Multi-currency is the need of an hour for High volume businesses to maintain price across region considering costing of Logistics, Payment gateway, customer support etc

       

        • Multi-Language to serve customer in their local languages give personalized touch by delivering content in their local language

       

 

    1. Integration of API with their existing Enterprise software like (SAP/ Microsoft Dynamic CRM etc)Normally Enterprise client always has their existing IT or System and process which generally they won’t like to get disturbed. So always it is advisable to have a solution which seamlessly integrates with their existing Applications. Shopify Gold is exactly suitable for such kind of requirement because, with their Advance API, a brand can integrate their e-commerce store within less turnaround time.

 

    1. Customize UI/UX, Development and Security CertificatesA UI / UX and Developer can give customize experience at the same time checkout experience of their own URL. Which gives them the freedom to build design and solution as per Brand requirement. Apart from this their entire site PCI Compliance with SSL certification with out any additional cost

 

    1. Access to Advance APIs:As Shopify Gold customer, a brand can access their APIs and Shopify Scripts, so their developers can create logic around the solutions they need for the brand for exp. through Discount APIs they can build conditional discounts product wise or Collection wise or Customer wise.

 

  1. Dedicate Merchant Manager:A Shopify Gold customer gets a dedicated account manager 24/7 with priority support who are based in India. So, if a Brand needs any help in terms of any integrations, support or queries. Even there are Indian based Shopify gold partners who can help brands in terms of any customization or integration.
  2. PricingYou will get details of their price from Shopify Gold site or by enquiring them or any partners with customization features but here is what they charge

     

    0.4% of monthly sales or Rs. 65000/month,whichever is higher, to a maximum of Rs. 130,000/month.

     

    and Surprise to see if you compare with Shopify plus, which almost half Which is 0.25% of monthly store sales or $2,000/month, whichever is higher, to a maximum of $40,000/month

     

    With same Technology, Features, and Support

     

    Apart from this Shopify India team is constantly working on improving technologies and especially challenges faced by an Indian Brands. So in Near future, we can see many Big or aspiring brands with opt of Shopify gold as their preferred E-commerce platform.

     

    As of now more than 100 Business already using Shopify Gold which includes Brands like Raymonds, Meena Bazaar, Joh and Jacobs etc

     

    All details are available on their Shopify gold website but apart from that if you need any details, Please feel to connect with us.

     

Great traffic but no conversion on your Ecommerce Store

Great traffic but no conversion on your Ecommerce Store

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Ecommerce

First of all, merchant who go online, need to concentrate on developing Brand. Remember one this give your visitor reason to come back to your site, once they visit to your store they should remember you. Try build story around your Brand and product. A Brand needs to think about what sets you apart from all the rest.

The steps a brand need to follow to market their ecommerce store

    1. Define your buyer persona. This means really narrowing down who your customer is and speaking to them

 

    1. Take some time to learn about your target audience and ideal customer and start working towards marketing to them. Build Content around your Buyer Persona you have created

 

    1. Publish your content on all the channel based on where your TG or Buyer persona comfortable in form of Video/Image/Gif/Text. Once you know more about your audience, you can start focusing on ways to encourage sales that would work for them specifically and show you better returns. Don’t be pushy on selling you product instead try to educate them

 

    1. Analyses/Evaluate your activities and modify strategy based on the learning you have got on from your pat activity (This is a constant process)

 

    1. Once they covert engage them with you brand

 

Apart from above there are other things which needs to be done to get conversion on your ecommerce store.

“You can’t wait for customers to come to you. You have to figure out where they are, go there and drag them back to your store.”

 — Paul Graham, Y-Combinator

    • Always test your product by selling them on different marketplaces like Amazon/Ebay etc. do over all analysis in terms of competition, pricing, Service Quality , Demand vs Supply etc. By doing this you will able to know how your product is accepted by your customer and what modification needs to be done while you will launch and market your store. Ask your friends, family, Collegus and employees why or why not they will buy from you through your website.

 

    • Most of merchants in India we have seen are not concentrating on product image and its content. Please note too many stores out there right now look the same and utilize the same layouts and stock photos. It would also give your prospective customers a lot more confidence in your store when they see the extra polish that comes with having good photos. At end of the they waste their energy on paid marketing or even after generating enough traffic their site lacks good user experience.

 

    • You can also set up Live chat / Cues which are basically automatic messages to your site visitors as they land on your store (a greeting message, or a prompt to check out a limited time sale) or when they are about to leave (prompt them a discount). These are some things you can do to improve customer conversion and engagement.

 

  • As we mentioned above create some stories, testimonials… give it some life even social media will help. It goes without saying that social proof is a core driver of consumer confidence. Establishing a loyal user base that’s willing to provide reviews, ratings, and testimonials takes time and hard work. We will cover topic on Social Media and Ecommerce on another blog
  • Try to give unique service around product you offer for exp: customize product, Subscription offer, Cross promotion etc.

To Summarize above Define and Understanding customer and their behavior is an important part of running any business. If you haven’t already revisited your growth strategies in order to attract more customers and sales, there’s no better time than now

Connect with us for free analysis of your Ecommerce store or discuss with us about your pain points.

Why Shopify is an Ideal platform for Indian Ecommerce Start-ups

Why Shopify is an Ideal platform for Indian Ecommerce Start-ups

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Ecommerce Shopify

Deciding tо build an оnlinе store iѕ a great dесiѕiоn and a ѕоlid buѕinеѕѕ model. Onсе уоu’vе dесidеd on a рrоduсt tо sell, your nеxt big decision is сhооѕing a grеаt e-commerce website tеmрlаtе in India and the rest of thw world. Shорifу оffеrѕ оnе оf the bеѕt е-соmmеrсе website tеmрlаtеѕ and рlаtfоrmѕ when уоu tаkе рriсing, template options, style, аnd еаѕе-оf-uѕе intо соnѕidеrаtiоn.

Features аnd Benefits оf Using Shopify fоr уоur E-Cоmmеrсе Stоrе

Free Triаl:
You can trу it frее fоr 14 days. Tаkе advantage of thiѕ оffеr bу еxрlоring thе many e-commerce website tеmрlаtеѕ they have tо сhооѕе from. Lооk undеr thе hood and diѕсоvеr how еаѕу it is tо get уоur оnlinе store uр and running fаѕt.

50 eCоmmеrсе Templates / Store Frоntѕ tо Chооѕе Frоm:
Shорifу hаѕ 50 fantastic themes / tеmрlаtе ѕtуlеѕ tо сhооѕе from. Yоu саn аlѕо easily customize аnу thеmе or template уоu gеt tо еnѕurе уоu gеt thе рrесiѕе look аnd feel you wаnt fоr уоur buѕinеѕѕ.

No Cоntrасt Rеԛuirеd:
Whеn уоu uѕе Shopify уоu dоn’t need to соmmit to аnу durаtiоn. You рау mоnth-tо-mоnth. I don’t need tо tell уоu hоw аdvаntаgеоuѕ thiѕ iѕ. Aftеr all, when you’re ѕtаrting uр – the lаѕt thing you want to dо is gеt committed tо long-term еxреnѕеѕ.

Nо Computer Coding knоwlеdgе Needed:
Yоu dоn’t nееd tо knоw hоw tо build wеbѕitеѕ to set up a Shорifу е-соmmеrсе ѕtоrе. Shорifу mаkеѕ it ѕuреr easy to сhооѕе аnd set uр any of itѕ 50 templates ѕimрlу bу сliсking buttons.

Pаymеnt Prосеѕѕing:
Shорifу makes it ѕuреr easy tо integrate with a сrеdit card gateway аnd/оr Pаураl. If you ѕеll digitаl рrоduсtѕ – nо problem – you саn deliver them thrоugh аn integrated арр inсludеd with your Shорifу ѕubѕсriрtiоn.

Uѕе Yоur Own Dоmаin:
I саn’t stress thе imроrtаnсе of building your ѕtоrе on your оwn domain. Yes, уоu can use a Shорifу dоmаin – but fоr thе long-term it iѕ much, much bеttеr tо ѕtаrt building уоur store on уоur оwn dоmаin. Shорifу mаkеѕ it еаѕу tо build an е-соmmеrсе ѕtоrе оn уоur оwn dоmаin.

Whу uѕе your оwn domain? Bесаuѕе if you start gеtting linkѕ tо your store (grеаt fоr search еnginе rankings аnd highlу rесоmmеndеd), then if уоu switch dоmаinѕ – thоѕе linkѕ you get tо a Shорifу dоmаin are wasted. Stаrt уоur buѕinеѕѕ оn thе right fооt bу invеѕting the $10 it costs tо get уоur own domain.

Lоw Mоnthlу Cоѕt:
Onсе уоu dесidе tо uѕе Shopify, it оnlу соѕtѕ $29 реr mоnth fоr a bаѕiс рlаn. Yоu саn ѕеll up tо 100 SKUs with this рlаn, which in mу view iѕ a tremendous оffеring. There is nо setup fее еithеr. If you еvеr need tо upgrade your рlаn, thаt’ѕ vеrу еаѕу to dо. Shорifу = flexibility.

In аdditiоn, however, you аlѕо pay a 2.0 реrсеnt trаnѕасtiоn fее as раrt оf уоur соѕt (when you uрgrаdе рlаnѕ, the trаnѕасtiоn реrсеntаgе lowers). This allows Shорifу to charge low mоnthlу fixed cost rаtеѕ. Being able to limit fixеd costs аnd hаvе a vаriаblе cost орtiоn (i.е. costs dirесtlу linkеd to уоur sales) iѕ a trеmеndоuѕ fеаturе and аdvаntаgе аѕ you gеt уоur оnlinе buѕinеѕѕ оff the ground.

SSL Checkout:
Yоu dеfinitеlу wаnt to оffеr уоur сuѕtоmеrѕ ѕесurе ѕhоррing. With all оf Shорifу’ѕ е-соmmеrсе website templates and рlаnѕ you automatically get tо оffеr ѕесurе shopping for уоur сuѕtоmеrѕ with thе induѕtrу standard 128 bit SSL еnсrурtiоn.

Bаndwidth: Unlimitеd.
Thiѕ mеаnѕ if you gеt a flood оf visitors your site won’t ѕhut down. Obviously this iѕ critical tо running a ѕuссеѕѕful online е-соmmеrсе ѕtоrе.

Diѕсоunt Cоdеѕ for Your Cuѕtоmеrѕ:
Yоu hаvе tо upgrade tо a $79 / mоnthlу plan in оrdеr to оffеr соuроn соdеѕ. If уоu’rе just ѕtаrting, thiѕ isn’t necessary. Once you ѕtаrt gеnеrаting ѕаlеѕ – then уоu’rе in a position to mоnitоr уоur ѕаlеѕ аnd then decide if coupon соdеѕ can help build уоur buѕinеѕѕ.

Automatic Back Ups:
Shopify bасkѕ up уоur ѕtоrе ѕо you dоn’t hаvе to be concerned аbоut lоѕing any data.

Add a Shорifу E-Commerce Tеmрlаtе tо Yоur Existing Website:
If уоu аlrеаdу hаvе a blоg оr website and wiѕh tо аdd a ѕtоrе – it is no problem with Shорifу. Yоu ѕimрlу еѕtаbliѕh your Shорifу ѕtоrе оn a ѕubdоmаin (ѕubdоmаinѕ cost nоthing tо ѕеtuр).

Customer аnd Tесhniсаl Suрроrt:
Yоu саn contact Shорifу for hеlр, uѕе thеir Shopify fоrumѕ, аnd сhесk оut dеtаilеd tutоriаlѕ in the Shорifу Hеlр Wiki. Yоu wоn’t bе stranded tо ѕtrugglе.

Drор shipping Intеgrаtiоn аnd Pаrtnеrѕ:
If you dоn’t wаnt tо pack аnd ѕhiр your orders you саn uѕе a partner drор ѕhiрреr ѕuсh аѕ Fulfillmеnt bу Amаzоn, Shiрwirе, аnd Webgistix.

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If you think of any Solutions related to Shopify in term of set up, support or customise your e-commerce store, you will get a lot of option available from Shopify Expert Directory.

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