How to attract/get more people to buy from your online store?

Baisimu

Hi Qicheng, what you said make sense, but can you elaborate more about the colour? like what's wrong with the colour of my site tt will make it work to my disadvantage? thanks for your advice!

QiCheng

Your rainbow header's nice, matches the products you sell very well. Right below it, the 6 category image links give a different feel because it is in dull gray-scale. So in a sense, it conflicts with the feelings you are trying to portraying with the header.

Also, while your main blog baisimu.blogspot.com is white in color, it links back to tanoshibaisimu.blogspot.com, which is black. Once someone clicks on one of the pictures of the pouches, the bright "sky" turns jarringly dark. So, again, it has a conflicting effect.

While all these might be little things here and there, if a visitor experiences such "surprises" on your website, it will leave them with a niggling idea that more "surprises" (which might be unpleasant) might come if they buy something from you. So subconsciously, there's already a repelling factor.

Why take the chance, ya?

Hope that helps...

Baisimu

Oh i see... Ok tt makes sense. I shall change the bg colour for the tanoshi.baisimu page once my exams are over. But the colour of the accessory icons are in black and white delibrately so it'll create a contrast, you think it'll be better if they're coloured?

QiCheng

To determine "better", it depends on 2 things.

What is it supposed to contrast with?
Header? Webpage? Text below?


Why the need for the contrast?
Are you afraid visitors don't pay attention to those 6 images? They don't know that the images are clickable? Do you want them to concentrate on the header instead of the 6 images? Are you trying to add contrast because you can and like it?

In terms of directing the visitor's eye, making it dull and colorless as compared to the entire page is actually de-emphasizing it and making it less important visually. Your eyes will almost try to skip it subconsciously.

So, you're making your rainbow header more obvious while reducing importance to your 6 images. Is that your intention?

Also, do you know that there's already 3 existing levels of contrast in your 6 images without the color aspect? Size, placement and font.

BTW, good luck with your exams! Shouldn't you be studying? :P

Read about it
Rule Three: Contrast, Contrast, Contrast *This one's good*
Elements of Design: Types of Contrast

Baisimu

ahaha your last sentence almost made me feel guilty about doing this instead of studying, but oh well. anyways what you said is quite difficult to digest and i'll probably come back to it again on a day when i don't have any papers in the morning. hopefully it'll be easier to understand by then.

But thanks a lot for your advice i really appreciate it!

peggy17688

eh...is submitting e shop website a good way 2 generate traffic?

QiCheng

I assume you're talking about submitting the website to search engines?

Yes and No.

It is a good practice, but your website will probably rank very far back, perhaps 10-20 pages down in a search. As I'm sure you know, very few people will look up so deep into searches.

To really take advantage of submitting your website, you will need to make sure the search engines rank your pages very highly on relevance. This is called SEO (search engine optimisation).

There are tons of websites that tell you how to do it, so just do a search on "SEO".

Hope this helps,
Cheers!

Read it up
Beginner SEO - 5 steps to a perfectly optimized web page

beautyandgifts

HI

Am new here..how do add testimony..or traffic to my blog site?

Anyone wanna do a link to each other blog?

jaclyngal

Hi hi.. do view & feel free to comment my website.. it's in my profile. Thanks!!!

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duriancake

Hello FF Fashion and all,

Need some help and feedback to attract customers.

I've recently set up an online store.. but orders are pathetic and it's really depressing. Though i do not know whats the definition of high traffic as it's new and i dont link up alot of other shops. But, traffic are alright so far i guess.

QiCheng sounds like a marketer.. any comments?

not sure if i can post my link here.. so i put it n my profile. do let me know if you can find it.

Thanks all!