Online selling vs Pushcart

2inLove · 09-05-2008, 01:19 PM

Hi All

I m newbie and just set up a blog to trying sell things online.
I need many advise and opinions from yours.
Like how to let more people to get know your website..
How to do a website well..
How work for online selling compare with pushcart.
(coz, i m runing two pushcarts at the meanwhile..
it is really tough for the very very expensive rental..)
Many question marks in my mind.
Do hope can share your experience with me, so we can improve together thru this forum.
By the way, welcome to visit my website to advice and give me your comments. So, i can improve.

pokerface · 06-07-2008, 01:08 AM

websites - nothing piss the customer off more than pop-ups hehe..
anyway, you can advertise your website in free online classified ads like efair or 88db etc. meanwhile, tell your frens and family about the site, and hopefully they'll spread the word for ya. my uni classmates and mum did a great deal for me

*love* also, since you have pushcarts now, you can distribute namecards and ask your customers for namecards too so you can keep them in your mailing list

clefchen · 07-07-2008, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2inLove

Hi All

I m newbie and just set up a blog to trying sell things online.
I need many advise and opinions from yours.
Like how to let more people to get know your website..
How to do a website well..
How work for online selling compare with pushcart.
(coz, i m runing two pushcarts at the meanwhile..
it is really tough for the very very expensive rental..)
Many question marks in my mind.
Do hope can share your experience with me, so we can improve together thru this forum.
By the way, welcome to visit my website to advice and give me your comments. So, i can improve.

Hi,

Understood, as I am running a online shop and push cart too.

Is a good thing that you are going for online but please make sure that you have the time to maintain it and your 2 push carts as well.

How to let people know?

As for me, I have been using friendster to pull in my traffic.

Currently, i have about 8 accounts with a min of 1000 members each.

Secondly, can go to post on online ads site (E.g.mocca, adpost and topsite), google adwords and also can hire a online marketing firm to promote for you.

Lastly, please set up a database and use it send out newsletter regularly..

Thanks..

pokerface · 07-07-2008, 02:12 PM

wow clefchan! what items do you sell?

noeclue · 07-07-2008, 02:18 PM

Lately google adwords has become more complicated to green users.

Here are some hints:

1. Do not forget to set your daily budget.
2. Set a reasonable PPC amount. Due to keyword relevancy, it may cost you dearly, if you enter a very high amount.
3. Enable Analytics tracking.
4. Enable Conversion tracking.
5. Disable content network.
6. Enable site targeting based PPC.
7. Select keywords which are related to your website / product landing page.
8. Always have multiple campaigns and compare them weekly. Remove campaigns which perform badly and add a new one to get the better result.
9. Do not think high rank at sponsored link will get you better return.

clefchen · 07-07-2008, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokerface

wow clefchan! what items do you sell?

I'm selling apparel, accessories and beauty care.

pokerface · 08-07-2008, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fancypocket

Lately google adwords has become more complicated to green users.

Here are some hints:

1. Do not forget to set your daily budget.
2. Set a reasonable PPC amount. Due to keyword relevancy, it may cost you dearly, if you enter a very high amount.
3. Enable Analytics tracking.
4. Enable Conversion tracking.
5. Disable content network.
6. Enable site targeting based PPC.
7. Select keywords which are related to your website / product landing page.
8. Always have multiple campaigns and compare them weekly. Remove campaigns which perform badly and add a new one to get the better result.
9. Do not think high rank at sponsored link will get you better return.

thanks for the info! very useful! btw, i recently attended a short talk regarding this. they mentioned that the "high rank" would depend on the quality of the content in your website, so the choice of keywords best is to be as relevant as possible.

for those who dunno, adwords work on a basis where you pay only when people click your ad.. somehow i find that competitors will click your ad more often than potential customers

just my thots hehe

clefchen · 08-07-2008, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokerface

thanks for the info! very useful! btw, i recently attended a short talk regarding this. they mentioned that the "high rank" would depend on the quality of the content in your website, so the choice of keywords best is to be as relevant as possible.

for those who dunno, adwords work on a basis where you pay only when people click your ad.. somehow i find that competitors will click your ad more often than potential customers

just my thots hehe

True..
Popular keywords like clothes, apparels and earrings also need to pay much more. That's why I'm using friendster and face book to pull in the traffic.
I found it Much more effective than using adwords, but very timing consuming.

However, it wouldn't be free and a easy way out there.

09-05-2008, 01:19 PM	#1
2inLove Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kallang Bahru Posts: 2 My Reputation: Points: 10/ Rep Power: 0	Online selling vs Pushcart Hi All I m newbie and just set up a blog to trying sell things online. I need many advise and opinions from yours. Like how to let more people to get know your website.. How to do a website well.. How work for online selling compare with pushcart. (coz, i m runing two pushcarts at the meanwhile.. it is really tough for the very very expensive rental..) Many question marks in my mind. Do hope can share your experience with me, so we can improve together thru this forum. By the way, welcome to visit my website to advice and give me your comments. So, i can improve.

06-07-2008, 01:08 AM	#2
pokerface Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 344 My Reputation: Points: 11/ Rep Power: 17	Re: Online selling vs Pushcart websites - nothing piss the customer off more than pop-ups hehe.. anyway, you can advertise your website in free online classified ads like efair or 88db etc. meanwhile, tell your frens and family about the site, and hopefully they'll spread the word for ya. my uni classmates and mum did a great deal for me love also, since you have pushcarts now, you can distribute namecards and ask your customers for namecards too so you can keep them in your mailing list

07-07-2008, 02:12 PM	#4
pokerface Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 344 My Reputation: Points: 11/ Rep Power: 17	Re: Online selling vs Pushcart wow clefchan! what items do you sell?

07-07-2008, 02:18 PM	#5
noeclue Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Australia/Singapore Posts: 193 My Reputation: Points: 10/ Rep Power: 17	Re: Online selling vs Pushcart Lately google adwords has become more complicated to green users. Here are some hints: 1. Do not forget to set your daily budget. 2. Set a reasonable PPC amount. Due to keyword relevancy, it may cost you dearly, if you enter a very high amount. 3. Enable Analytics tracking. 4. Enable Conversion tracking. 5. Disable content network. 6. Enable site targeting based PPC. 7. Select keywords which are related to your website / product landing page. 8. Always have multiple campaigns and compare them weekly. Remove campaigns which perform badly and add a new one to get the better result. 9. Do not think high rank at sponsored link will get you better return. Last edited by noeclue : 07-07-2008 at 02:20 PM.

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