\u00a0\u201cCustomers should be able to easily navigate an organization\u2019s website,\u201d<\/em><\/h3>\nSays Ali Mirian, senior vice president of Product, Collective Bias, a marketing & shopper social media company.<\/em><\/p>\n_<\/p>\n
Consider all consumers\u2019 types (Implementing a short and specific shopping process)<\/strong><\/h3>\nToday\u2019s consumers are busy, time-sensitive, have no time for a detailed and long shopping process that won\u2019t really positively affect their buying decisions as much as it would negatively affect your sales as a merchant, as paying too much thought into throwing off multiple steps for consumers to complete to reach the checkout step is not positive as much merchants would think, considering nowadays consumers, think about as few steps as possible for them to shop, choose a product, add to cart, and then proceed to checkout in less than a minute.<\/p>\n
That would be easy to implement with an easy online store layout, with products varieties clear on the landing page, menus, categories visible, prominent call to action button, multiple product options as colors underneath the same product, to decrease customers having to search for a specific color or size, and clear pricing for every option, with a clear add to cart button that would automatically open a visible window for consumers to access their carts, and that they won\u2019t have to look for the cart all over your online store.<\/p>\n
Adding related products or \u201cPeople also search for\u201d tool, following consumers choosing a specific product to buy, to influence consumers to buy more than one product or products in sets, is an excellent way to increase cart quantity without consumers even noticing their actions.<\/p>\n
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Return and refund policies\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs mentioned before, consumers don\u2019t get to touch or feel the products, that is why you need to support their buying decisions with prominent guarantees and clear return and refund policies, so they would be more willing to buy the product trusting they can exchange or return it within a specific time period.<\/p>\n
Easy to access contact information and a dedicated chat button<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs a merchant, providing clear contact information in your online store footer or a sole page that is anchored and redirects to the online store footer that is visible on every page, so that the contact information, as well as chat buttons, stay with the customer throughout their shopping process, is one of the most important parameters of providing an effective online shopping experience to your consumers, as your customers will have to know you are real and that you are with them constantly to assure them of their buying decisions, also a dedicated chat button that appears on all pages, with a personalized message, is easily one of the most effective techniques.<\/p>\n
Use mobile applications\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nDid you know that almost 50% of online shopping is done through mobile phones?<\/p>\n
Mobile phones increase customers\u2019 loyalty, and reduce cart abandonment, due to the easy-to-access online store through their mobile phones, everywhere, and anytime, and the easy layout of mobile phones in general, that by turn affects the checkout process, so having an online store that can operate as a mobile application is one major way to maintain customers traffic and increase your online sales.<\/p>\n
Let customers choose their delivery date<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhat better way to convince customers to buy online than to let them choose the most convenient time for delivery?<\/p>\n
That is implementing \u201cTime-slot delivery\u201d, in your online store, which is a tool for consumers to choose the time for delivery they want during the checkout process, after they add a product to cart, that way you can give your customers options that will positively affect their buying decisions.<\/p>\n
Offer more than one payment method<\/strong><\/h3>\nCustomers will more likely to complete the shopping process when they find multiple payment options at checkout, from cash on delivery, or online payment through multiple payment gateways, and to support installments for relevant products when needed.<\/p>\n
Every customer can proceed to checkout\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\nCustomers don\u2019t have to be registered customers to complete the checkout, as welcoming every new guest customer to checkout is an effective means to reduce cart abandonment.<\/p>\n
Save the cart for when customers are ready<\/strong><\/h3>\nYour online store should be made to save customers cart items, so they can easily return back to them if they are ready to proceed to checkout, implementing effective techniques as wish-lists and compare-lists can act parallel to this technique.<\/p>\n
No hidden costs<\/strong><\/h3>\nYou have to eliminate extra costs as much as you can at checkout, as one of the main causes of cart abandonment is customers finding extra money they have to pay than what was promised before checkout, you have to make sure that the promised total amount before they clicked \u201cAdd to cart\u201d is exactly the same after they proceed to checkout, excluding the shipping fees.<\/p>\n
Support free shipping, and promotions<\/strong><\/h3>\nEvery now and then make sure to add a free shipping on specific products, or according to cart quantity, as well as promotions for specific cart quantity or according to order values, to motivate your customers and reduce cart abandonment.<\/p>\n
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