{"id":1283,"date":"2017-12-26T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2021-06-15T13:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:41:18","slug":"ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas","title":{"rendered":"Ensure that your Magento Ecommerce Store Makes Great Sales This Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Offering_Great_Holiday_Discounts\" title=\"Offering Great Holiday Discounts:\">Offering Great Holiday Discounts:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Answer_Queries_Promptly\" title=\"Answer Queries Promptly:\u00a0\">Answer Queries Promptly:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Give_a_Makeover_to_Your_Site\" title=\"Give a Makeover to Your Site:\">Give a Makeover to Your Site:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Use_Thumbnail_Images\" title=\"Use Thumbnail Images:\">Use Thumbnail Images:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Creating_Urgency_to_Purchase\" title=\"Creating Urgency to Purchase:\u00a0\">Creating Urgency to Purchase:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Publish_Some_Customer_Reviews\" title=\"Publish Some Customer Reviews:\">Publish Some Customer Reviews:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/ensure-that-your-magento-ecommerce-store-makes-great-sales-this-christmas\/#Be_Clear_About_Any_Extra_Charges\" title=\"Be Clear About Any Extra Charges:\">Be Clear About Any Extra Charges:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When it is all about online business, there are many ecommerce platforms that offer varied features and functionalities to the merchants. But Magento is considered as one of the best and popular platforms that can help your ecommerce store to boost sales. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With the holiday season around the corner, it is a huge opportunity for the online stores to skyrocket their sales and earnings by converting the maximum number of visitors of their stores into their customers. But cart abandonment and bounce rates are some of the biggest problems of ecommerce businesses and this continues to grow. Abandonment has reached about 77% according to reports and this is a pretty depressing figure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">However, most store owners tend to implement new techniques that can help them boost sales and maximize earnings, but others simply wonder about what to do to enhance their sales. So, if you want to avoid abandonment at peak, then here in this blog, I will discuss some of the most vital tips that will help you to skyrocket sales and reduce potential abandonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Offering_Great_Holiday_Discounts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Offering Great Holiday Discounts:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is the most common and interesting thing that you can do to lure your visitors. But there are many store owners who don\u2019t take interest in it since discounted prices often hit their earnings. But as an entrepreneur, it is important to understand that higher number of sales make up for the discounts that you offer your customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Answer_Queries_Promptly\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Answer Queries Promptly:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During Christmas, people do a lot of shopping and they also have many queries. Live chat options in your Magento ecommerce websites are great channels for offering immediate assistance to online shoppers. Since holiday sales rush can often leave the support staffs overloaded and also leave shoppers waiting to have their questions answered, it is very important to keep them engaged in your site and also arrange for quick assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Give_a_Makeover_to_Your_Site\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Give a Makeover to Your Site:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A simple makeover of your site can directly impact your sales. There\u2019s no doubt that an attractive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/magento-development\/\">Magento website development<\/a> helps to sell more, but it also reflects the time of the year and will help visitors to relate to it more. With Christmas celebrations beginning, you can plan all the changes and decorate your site that reflect the mood of the holiday and the beginning of the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_Thumbnail_Images\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Use Thumbnail Images:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the holiday season, most customers are on a shopping spree and including thumbnail images of the products that they have placed in the shopping cart can remind them of what they actually want from the site. By doing this, you will eliminate the possibility of distraction, especially when customers cannot recall what they are buying.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_Urgency_to_Purchase\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Creating Urgency to Purchase:\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is of course a successful technique that turns holiday shopping visitors into buyers. For example, mention the expiry of any discount that is shown during the holiday season and you can also include bonuses available to the first 1,000 purchases of any specific product. You can also offer \u201cBuy now and get free items\u201d. But these sorts of urgency conveyed, should be tested and refined to identify the best urgency techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Publish_Some_Customer_Reviews\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Publish Some Customer Reviews:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Customer reviews can help you to gain credibility and authenticity of your website. E-stores that are built using Magento software should always post reviews about their services as this will help the buyers to make decisions easily about their purchases. Once your customer reads the reviews by other people, it will become easy for them to make a purchase and this will also help the e-store owners provide the best service.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Be_Clear_About_Any_Extra_Charges\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Be Clear About Any Extra Charges:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reports have stated that 56% shoppers said that they found the costs unexpectedly when they were about to complete the purchase. When they find a particular item, they usually add it to the cart, but while checking out, there are additional fees that weren\u2019t mentioned earlier. This makes the customers feel unsure about whether the deal is a good one or not. Maintaining transparency and offering free and quick delivery during the festive season will help you to retain your customers and reduce abandonment.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em>&#8220;While there are various ways to boost your conversion rate and reduce abandonment this holiday season, the above tips are easiest, tried and tested means to reach your business goals. So, get started for the holiday season by following the suggestions discussed.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it is all about online business, there are many ecommerce platforms that offer varied features and functionalities to the merchants. 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