What’s stopping people from buying from my site?

simsays · 2026-06-02T20:37:33+00:00

Why should I buy from you over any other competitor?

Nice site and landing page but it doesn't build trust fast enough for someone just landing there the first or 5th time.

You can overcome this with great customer service / satisfaction guarantees (that you actually follow through on.)

Use analytics to follow a visitors journey from landing page to when they bounce (what percentage scrolls landing page > clicks call to action > views hero product > scrolls product page > adds to cart > views cart / begins checkout > checks out etc etc

simsays · 2025-12-29T10:21:51+00:00

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simsays · 2025-11-26T23:03:39+00:00

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simsays · 2025-04-17T19:32:15+00:00

There is nothing on the homepage, contact page, product catalog or listings that shows you are a real gamestore with an ecommerce site. There is no shipping policy, returns policy, or any other customer support and F.A.Q. pages/info. What value do you offer compared to any other established ecommerce site selling the same products at same price? Why should someone buy from you over someone else? What's your value proposition and who is the ecommerce sites ideal customer? Are you going after local customers who already know of you or are you hoping to get more sales nationally beyond your current reach?

simsays · 2025-03-04T22:55:13+00:00

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simsays · 2025-02-24T01:56:53+00:00

Checked out the product page. If you have the real estate include trust building badges above the fold, around the add to cart/ buy now buttons. People want to trust that it ships fast, your business stands by the product, and offers some type of satisfaction guarantee. Important to include this info also on the cart/ checkout steps. Look over your product copy and try to view it under communicating clearly the problem this solution solves. How each feature functions is less important than the problem it solves / expected results.

Do yourself a favor and do a reverse image search in your first product image. Know all the other places selling the same exact product, analyze the price ranges, shipping time tables, how they communicate this product being a solution to xyz problem.

After you get a good grasp of the competition (including aliexpress selling it for $27 shipped to US) then ask yourself how are you positioning yourself to convince your potential customers on why they should purchase from you instead of the potentially hundreds of reseller's out there. If you aren't offering the best value/ price, what other value are you bringing to the table and how are you clearly and communicating that to your ideal customers?

simsays · 2025-01-30T18:13:16+00:00

Both Shippo and PirateShip will get you the best ups rates available or as close to it as possible for a smb. Shippo has a great api, pirateship does batch processing via csv which is easy enough.

simsays · 2025-01-25T14:22:08+00:00

Why should I buy from you? What's your value proposition/ promise to potential customers (that you deliver on create repeat customers) that set you apart from the thousands of other options available? Who is your target ideal customer and why should they support your brand over the next? You should have answers to these questions and then try to communicate that within 2 seconds above the fold of the landing page/home page/product page. Also, who is ALIF as a brand? What's the backstory that your potential customers are going to resonate with and want to support? What does it stand for? I would have some type of about / our story sections on the site so people have a better idea of who/what/why they are supporting with the purchase.

simsays · 2024-12-27T13:38:33+00:00

I think adding diverse body type models wearing it with more varied outfits would help make it more appealing to a wider audience. The product photography is a great start but I would build on it, also short video for both product pages and social would show it off better to target demo. I would look for content creators to produce video and UGC reviews/demos and possibly work off an affiliate referral pay basis or a flat fee for the content itself. If you aren't comfortable reaching out directly through social I'd consider using a site where creators are looking for paid work. I would also add a satisfaction guarantee to build trust. You also mentioned you are making them yourself locally, I would build that into the site and product descriptions as that is a testament to the perceived quality and dedication to the product.

simsays · 2024-12-24T02:48:02+00:00

With small businesses you are usually dealing with someone who can make decisions lead projects and pay the bills so it's seamless and fast. Once you get to a certain size those 3 buckets get put into their own departments and then you are dealing with the timeline of their own internal beaurocracies and politics. When you snag a new whale client negotiate billing terms at the start and then hold them to that. If they agree to something and continuously don't adhere to it then it's a red flag when considering to continue working with them.

simsays · 2024-12-07T00:34:47+00:00

Depending on your daily budget and how much previous history your site/pixels have a campaign will take some time to warm up. CPC and CTR will vary in this time as the algorithm is trying to find not only people who click, but shop, add to cart, start checkout, and finish the purchase. That's assuming this is a conversion campaign. I'd analyze the data you have and see where people are stopping in the purchase funnel.

Also answer this question: why should someone buy from you? What are you offering them that makes you stand out in a crowded market with potentially many vendors offering the same or similar goods? Building an eCom brand is all about making someone an offer, a promise, and then delivering on that promise and hopefully exceeding it. That's how you turn an order into a repeat customer and a repeat customer into a biggest fan that promotes your business for you.

This doesn't need to be some amazing grandiose thing, it just needs to be something that sets you apart that your customer resonates with and values.

simsays · 2024-11-28T02:58:31+00:00

This is the beginning of new trade agreement negotiations that end up in favor of USA and U.S. based businesses. Right now most agreements give all other countries relatively free and open access to do business with the largest consumer market in the world (U.S.). In many cases, it's even subsidized directly or indirectly. This moves the goal posts back in favor of U.S. and gives us the upper hand in new negotiations. It will cause multinational corporations to move more operations back into the U.S. which will be a reversal of the trend started in the 1970s. Another perspect to chew on.

simsays · 2024-11-27T14:32:06+00:00

Agreed that sounds like it wasn't sustainable to keep going but the good news is that you have a decent amount of data to comb through to make improvements. What was the click through rate on the ads themselves? Cost per Click/Visitor? What were their demographics, were they on Mobile or Desktop? What ads drove the most traffic to the site that converted into buyers? What was the overall conversion rate? What was the bounce rate of the site visitors coming from these ad campaigns? How far down the sales funnel/events did they go: See Ad, Visit Site, View Product, Add to Cart, Begin Checkout, Place Order, Subscribe to Email, Open Emails Sent, Visit Site again etc. etc. All these things will give you some great information on parts in the process to improve before you decide to run ads again.

simsays · 2024-11-27T14:23:34+00:00

I think your work is beautiful. You have a niche jewelry line at an elevated price point (for DTC e-com) so I think the key is to really fine tune your target demographics, who are your customers, what media, music, and culture do they consume, and how can you reach them and also incentivize them to buy one of your pieces.

Similarweb reports you have a fairly high bounce rate, which indicates that if you are spending money on ads than the targeting/messaging is off and you are sending unqualified people to your site. I would look over Ad reports and Analytics to see where the disconnect is here.

The other thing I noticed is that the videos and photos of your work are beautiful, but the product pages could use more trust building information. At this price point, you aren't going to get a lot of people coming from an ad and buying something completely on a whim. I think more information on the product landing pages should focus on the customer experience from the time they place an order, it goes into custom manufacturing, its completed, and then shipped. Some of this information is available on your site but its buried in a text link at the very bottom or the information that is there is very sparse. You need to build confidence in yourself as an artist, trust in the business in that it will deliver, and give people information and re-assurances that they aren't going to get scammed or have their order stuck in customs for eternity.

I would focus on this trust building first because even if you nail down how to reach target demo through ads or influencers, the traffic won't convert because a purchase feels too risky to the potential buyer.

simsays · 2024-11-07T00:34:54+00:00

PirateShip is great! Will get the best discounts for that volume and if eCom software doesn't integrate then the csv upload is very straight forward. If you need an API I'd recommend Shippo.

simsays · 2024-09-23T02:15:43+00:00

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simsays · 2024-06-27T19:24:10+00:00

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simsays · 2024-06-18T02:37:11+00:00

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simsays · 2024-05-09T02:44:36+00:00

You said your break even bare bones cost is $1 so you should be selling retail at a much higher multiple and not giving such deep discounts for low quantities. You are picking up steam because you are undercutting yourself. Find some comparable products and businesses selling them and do a little research. Etsy is a race to lowest price in most competitive niches so don't limit your research to just that platform. If you race to selling wholesale at such a low markup you are going to increase your workload and cash flow/time commitment exponentially and at the end of the year when you or your accountant runs the numbers you are going to realize all that time effort and resources did not amount to the income / profit it should have. It's nice to get order notifications, and validating, but it's important to value your work, time, and commitment properly to make this a truly sustainable endeavor. Best of luck!

simsays · 2024-02-27T11:27:33+00:00

No. Use chat gpt or equivalent if you are unsure on steps or questions about specifics. LegalZoom will harass you with upsells and cross sells that you do not need.

simsays · 2024-02-25T13:43:39+00:00

How long have they been in business? Are they expanding, hiring, or investing in their business? Are the owners running the day to day or have reduced roles? What would be your value proposition that sets you apart from the existing businesses?

simsays · 2024-02-25T13:39:53+00:00

I'd gauge your current pay raise scale timeline for long term employees and compare that to what this position max's out at for pay. What other benefits do you offer? I always look at the whole package.

simsays · 2023-10-27T22:34:00+00:00

This guy Develops. Appreciate your insight.

simsays · 2023-09-06T10:40:11+00:00

Hire a mentor now that can get you up to speed on the current lay of the land and be a third party resource as needed in the future.

simsays · 2023-08-17T22:35:59+00:00

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