400 visitors, 0 buyers

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Hey guys,

I've recently build an eCommerce site, and I've been promoting my site using especially twitter. I got a lot of enthusiastic people to my site. But nope, NO ONE bought something. When I'm promoting I get 50-100 visitors a day, with out, I get around 20 visitors a day. In total I've had about 450 people visiting my site! This drives me crazy! It would be great if somebody could help me.

my site : Home - SecondGenius
#main internet marketing discussion forum #400 #buyers #visitors
  • Several things on your site look misplaced first in the sites html bar the hostgator symbol is still there.
    Second the squares on the homepage need changing as they do not stand out very well.
    And also I would liven the site up a little bit it looks very dull.

    Do you know how long the visitors are on your site?

    I would guess they are only on the site for a few seconds then leave because of the above.

    Dont mean to sound harsh just honest critique.
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    • OP: I can only agree with Brainster. The website has a terrible design.

      There is way too much to critique in one post. I'd suggest instead you be prepared to start your design from scratch, and read this as a primer: 5 Principles of Persuasive Web Design
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    • I didn't notice the icon next to the address bar, I'll keep that in mind next time. I realize that the lay-out from my site could be improved a lot, this is my first site so I am figuring out everything. And it is true that people stay for like 5-10 seconds. Thank you very much for your advice ! I think I am starting all over again with the whole design for the site, since I now am a bit more skilled, I can improve the design. Do u recommend a paid theme? I used a demo theme because I don't have a lot of money right now.
    • I didn't notice the icon next to the address bar, I'll keep that in mind next time. I realize that the lay-out from my site could be improved a lot, this is my first site so I am figuring out everything. And it is true that people stay for like 5-10 seconds. Thank you very much for your advice ! I think I am starting all over again with the whole design for the site, since I now am a bit more skilled, I can improve the design. Do u recommend a paid theme? I used a de
  • The name isn't catchy. The site is slow to load and not very appealing.

    Take a deep breath, visualize or sketch how you want the site to look and then try again.
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    • I'm not very pleased with site name as well, but I already have the domain name :/ . I indeed realized the site is really slow, I have no idea why, do you think the host can be a problem? I didn't like how my site looks at all , I really underrated how much it can improve my sales! I'll start again with a fresh start!
  • Can your product does not fit the object access . You should find yourself a suitable market and access to it , you will have sales.
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    • You first have to establish what your business actually is, before you can seek a market.

      I suggest selling one product type or a series of associated products,
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    • Can you explain more please?
  • There's nothing about your site that makes me want to buy. No headline or anything about "you" and your "company". In fact, when I land on your site, I don't even know what you sell or offer. The site needs a major overhaul, and a better marketing strategy. These are the first problems I would fix.
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    • I do actually have a menu ''about'' for my site , but it's not a lot. Can you explain more what you meant? I would really appreciate you're advice!
  • Start promoting on other sites as well like facebook and pinterest. Try with useful description for the product user love to read.
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  • Firstly you need to redesign your star from scratch like my fellow warrior cause it looks like an ordinary wordpress site. No one will even take it serious cause a proper ecommerce store should look like one at the first glance. Try and make it colorful too cause that helps as well. You can find good ecommerce shop themes that you can use for your online shop.

    Secondly try and focus on one market to begin with and grow it up. You can then expand when its becomes very profitable. Take for example clothes, shoes anything related to fashion.
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    • This was really helpful. Thank you!
  • I would work on making the website a little more attractive and also the checkout process is too long and too many forms to fill. Keep at it though
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    • Yeah I'm starting again with a new start, the design wasn't really what i wanted as well. Thanks for the tips!
  • Banned


    What are you selling, soup ladles?
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    • I thought it would be a good idea to sell lots of different products, but people told me to go with rather one type of products. Was thinking of clothes or computer related stuff.
  • Choose other traffic source.Try on facebook ads, Google Adword
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    • actually isn't common?

      400 visitors don't mean you have sales.

      irony some just get 10 visitors one sale appear...

      I see a lot claim as usual Traffic.....

      more the better ...

      just like a Shop in a shopping mall. If you see , most people go in just check around NEVER buy.

      Only a few buy ....worst whole day just few sales.

      So same apply for online store.
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  • Where is your site? did you remove it.

    Choose a good premium design from themeforest. Design is the 1st step of being success.
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    • Yep, I removed it since I didn't like the design at all, also, I had used a free theme. I've seen a really nice theme for $64 that I am going to buy.
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  • You'll need to try different traffic sources. Twitter works for some things, and not for others. Facebook works for some things, and not for others, etc..,

    And don't just try social traffic. Try media buys, Adwords, Bing, YouTube. Solo Ads from quality providers, and so on. Add retargeting to that as well.
  • a website site that works to like you but even more to your users.
    and they should find useful.
    profit depends on the content, and the beauty depends on its appearance.
    it is useful to follow the trends of web design by visiting the sites more current and inspired by them.
    It is important that it is clear, easy to navigate and read.
    just a little tip !!!
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  • hi
    first of all you need converting target traffic and just visitors
    are not sufficient.. also you need to post good content with
    keyword density of 2.5% on the niche you promote
    then you can see better conversions..
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  • Your site looks like a spam! Go out and learn more!
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  • When I went to your website, I didn't know what you are selling. Your site needs a major transformation and new design.

    Plus, just because you are getting visitors does not mean that you will make money. You need real and qualified traffic who is looking for a solution to their problem.
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    • what do you mean by looking for a solution for their problem? because I'm selling products
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  • products provide solutions,

    Problem Hot beer, solution, Buy a drink cooler

    Problem Clothes are crap, solution, Buy some new ones.

    If I had these problems I would buy from stores that could solve them, IE sold those products.

    Make sense?
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  • Why no salespage on your site?
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    • I took it down because i want to make a new start
  • It means that there is a problem with your website. It is not giving the platform where the visitors can be retained. In so doing, it is always hard to have the users purchase anything from the website. Come up with special offers that will attract more and more persons to the website and they will end up making purchases. be sure also that you have a well designed website where persons dont struggle to navigate. let people spot thing on the go with less effort.
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  • How much visitor is targeted? Targeted audience & general audience are not same. So you need to check how much the audience is targeted? If the audience is targeted, your sale rate will be high. On the other hand if the audience is general, your sales rate may low. Thanks
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  • I had a similar issue. I made my own wordpress site and it had a really bad bounce rate.

    I ended up getting rid of it and switching to a different platform provided by Highland Solutions and it has worked out really well for me.
  • There is nothing for sale on your site?

    Im confused with this thread?? .. anyone agree with me here LOL
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    • HAHA indeed. Honestly this is a joke. What do you think bro?
  • Are you serious with this? There is no store in your site. Basically it is all white and just like a default design without any content in it. Even just few pages or product categories. Nothing at all. No wonder it has 0 sales. Just being honest here though.
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    • yes I am redoing my site right now
  • 400 visitors is nothing buddy! Wait until you get some real numbers before you jump to conclusions.
  • bro what are you selling with your site ??

    as per I can see 2 ghosts and ya the world with hello ...

    so please update your site 1st ...
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    • Firstly I cannot see anything for sale....looks like you may be redoing it.

      In the past I have run several shopify stores and I would need to drive at least 50-100 unique visotors per day to get some real data.

      So having 400 is not even a weeks data.

      Have a look at this #TheGreatBuild - A Better Lemonade Stand

      I found it immensely helpful when doing dropshipping. He hits all the areas you need to work on.
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    400 visitors, 0 buyers

    Hey guys, I've recently build an eCommerce site, and I've been promoting my site using especially twitter. I got a lot of enthusiastic people to my site. But nope, NO ONE bought something. When I'm promoting I get 50-100 visitors a day, with out, I get around 20 visitors a day. In total I've had about 450 people visiting my site! This drives me crazy! It would be great if somebody could help me.