1. Ensure Your Online Store Interface is Appealing, Engaging, and User-Friendly
A visually appealing and user-friendly online store attracts more visitors and encourages return visits. Just like a physical store in a prime location, an attractive and memorable online presence on websites or Facebook can significantly increase customer engagement. Pay meticulous attention to every detail, from images and product information to areas for messaging, user interaction, and customer reviews.
Filtering information to target potential customers is crucial. Platforms like Facebook offer age, interest, and search trend filters to make your online store more user-friendly. Regularly update your content to ensure your store remains fresh and visible on search engines and social media platforms.
2. Shipping Logistics
11. Perseverance is Key
Perseverance is an indispensable trait for a salesperson. No matter how hard you try, if you give up at the last minute, you're considered a failure because business success often comes when you feel like giving up. Those moments may tempt you to give up everything, and whether you can continue to pursue it from scratch.
You can be polite with customers instead of losing patience, offering gentle words when customers hesitate or take too long to decide. You can try to advise customers on that product, even if they don't buy immediately, they will surely come back when needed. Because your service and hospitality determine customer satisfaction.
12. Stay Ahead of Customer Needs and Preferences
Society is constantly changing and evolving, so too are people's needs. Hot trends or novel products attract a lot of attention. Therefore, your product range must also change and become attractive to customers. For example, if you're in the fashion business, every day, every month sees a plethora of new products hitting the market, prompting many people to make purchases... This is what you need to focus on, because it's these needs that drive your business's development. Just as a fish swims, it's the job of business owners to constantly update with the best products for customers and bring them to market.
Not to mention the development of information technology, you can constantly update the latest information on new products or survey customer consumption needs. From there, you need to carefully select quality products and offer the most sought-after products.
13. Provide Enthusiastic Consultation in Every Situation
Consultation and marketing in sales are no longer unfamiliar to every business, but how to advise without making customers feel pressured but comfortable when buying from you depends on your consultation approach. When customers inquire about a product you're selling, they may not necessarily intend to buy, but sometimes, your enthusiastic and professional advice can sway them. Therefore, advising may sometimes exhaust you, but persevere because even if they don't buy then, they will surely return next time if you have the intention to sell. If they seem hesitant to buy at the moment, you can suggest to them with a sentence, for example:
- You can come back after thorough consideration, we hope you can support us next time...
- You can learn more about the product, or if you have any questions about the product, you can contact us again, we are ready to advise you...
These may be simple sentences but they help customers feel the enthusiasm and dedication in your sales approach. And surely next time they want to buy, they will come back and support your product. So persevere and strive to learn new, comfortable consultation methods that do not force the buyer. Only then will they feel comfortable and satisfied when buying your product. And trust for future choices. Wishing you success!
14. Expressing Gratitude
In every order, you cannot directly thank each customer, so a small card with a thank-you note and hope that the customer will return next time is also a very interesting idea. A small card or a cute little note sent to the customer along with the product upon receiving it will make the customer feel cared for and will surely come back when they have the chance. Or adding to that is a small lovely gift along with the card, getting an extra gift when making a purchase is a common psychology of customers when buying something they all feel satisfied. So, make use of these opportunities no matter how small they may be.
That's how clothing stores or businesses typically operate when shipping to customers, and young people are hitting the right note by using appealing language and eye-catching images to attract interest and create excitement.
15. Product Quality is Key
After acquiring the necessary skills in online business, the final thing that customers care most about is product quality. As you all know, when we buy something online, only based on images and perfect information, we cannot gauge the quality of the product upon receiving it.
Therefore, understanding the customer's psyche, produce quality products so that when customers receive them, they feel satisfied and confident when buying from you. 'A thousand recommendations from you are not as good as one customer review' so strive to bring satisfaction to customers from consultation to product quality. Always remember that 'Quality builds reputation!'