Green Ecommerce

August 11, 2009 in Gaining clients tips, Up-sale tips

Every day issues like environment and global warming are discussed. No surprise that shoppers are trying to make a contribution to the sustainability environmental movement in several ways. Consumers prefer to purchase energy-efficient products and appliances as well as locally-made items. More and more shoppers choose products in recyclable packaging or buy at farmer’s market. Ebay recently introduced the Ebay Green Team as a result of record number of customers choosing [...]

How To Deal With Customer Reviews

August 3, 2009 in E-commerce optimization, Up-sale tips

Online review portals continuously grow in popularity among users. Whether someone is looking for a new camera, shoes or a doctor: More and more users consult portals before buying. Ecommerce retailers are skeptical though, because they fear criticism of their offers and services. Despite previous fears that consumers posting honest and unfiltered material could damage sales, it has been having the opposite effect in most cases. In fact, visitors who [...]

Make Up-Sales Using Coupons within Your Confirmation Email

February 12, 2009 in Up-sale tips

This easy to use up-sale strategy is providing your consumer with promotional coupons while they receive their confirmation email. You’re giving up gross margin, but you’re not taking that dollar out of your wallet. Coupon promotion advantages: Instead of spending marketing dollars you only pay out if your customer redeems the coupon. So open up another avenue and offer the budget back to your existing clients to use for themselves [...]

Make the Most Out of Your Promotional Email

February 12, 2009 in Up-sale tips

Fluctuation of opening rates for promotional emails are enormous: The best mailing generated an opening rate of 92%, the worst just 4%. The average was 34%. So when should you send your email promotion and what can do to make sure it gets read: Email sending time & season: The best sending date is Monday evening, compared with the worst time, Thursday afternoon. For the daytime in general, the marginal [...]