Any one have helpful tips to make sales and drive traffic to my shop? whats your secret?

I just opened my shop on Bonanza. I’ve been opened for a few weeks now but I my stats are very low. Any one recommend what I can do to improve my shop or drive traffic to my shop? Also, if you have a strategy that works, it would be great if you can share them!

asked about 9 years ago

WDAM
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cshort0319 says: April 02, 2016

A [URL removed] I looked at your listing. If I were browsing, what would I be searching for in order to find you?

WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi, thanks for the response. You would search website design to find us.

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Hi @WDAM,

Thank you for reaching out. One of the most common questions on Bonanza is how to increase sales. It is difficult to form one response that will work for everyone, as each seller’s situation and business is different. We have created a help page that will help you zero in on key areas to increase the possibility of [URL removed]
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Looks like you currently only have 1 active item in your booth. If you’ve listed additional products, you will want to go to your “My Booth > Add or edit items” page and click the button to update your booth and publish your listings for sale.

Hope that helps!

answered about 9 years ago

Katyoke
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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Great thank you! I was wondering why only one of my products were listed.

If you are using bonanza since it is free to list unless it sells as a way of promoting then that is fine .I dont think as stated above that this would be the most beneficial marketplace for your type of products/work . Also there is tons of cookie cutter designs out there that are highly proficient and cheap nowadays , you really need to establish why you are different.

answered about 9 years ago

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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi @sleekhairbeauty , thanks for the feedback. We do have our own website and we are are listed in other platforms so we are just working through and seeing which options are best for us. Thanks for the advice. I definitely will work on establish our brand in a broader perspective.

I see that you do web design. All I can say is just promote your “item” on other social media sites if you want people to come to this site. I’m thinking Wordpress or a similar site would be a better place instead to promote your web design business.

answered about 9 years ago

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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi @candyapple861. We are going to start working on our social media marketing after we have uploaded products onto multiple platforms![URL removed]

Join free Bonanza groups, i.e. Tweet for tweet, Twitter, Tweet Retweet, and others. You have people in the group that will promote your items to their twitter and in my case I also will use my Pinterest and sometimes Facebook. For free you are getting your item/store out there to others. Look under HELP, then ASK THE COMMUNITY, then go into Fun and Games.

answered about 9 years ago

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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi @mydisneyfund. Thanks for the tip! Definitely will look into this.

You only have 1 item in your booth!? is that the only item you are trying to sell?

answered about 9 years ago

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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi @The_Lingerie_Lounge. We only have 1 published item in our booth but have over 30 products in our shop. I am working on pubishing the rest of the items today.

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If you have some more products/services to offer, you should add those to flesh-out your shop. Don’t know what the magic number is, but customers are more attracted to shops with a good selection of merchandise. Your 1 service is a very high-ticket one. Could you break it down into several individual services that would be more affordable for potential customers?

I agree with sleekhairbeauty and candyapple861 that there may not be a large market here for your 1 product. No matter where you are listing though, you should depend upon your own self to drive traffic to your shop. Continuous marketing, promotion and good public relations is the way to increase views.

I never open an online shop with less than 5 products. That’s just my personal business procedure.

Welcome to Bonanza and I hope you do well here,
Sandi
EmbellishMart
“Embellishments for your crafting, your space & you!”

answered about 9 years ago

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WDAM says: April 06, 2016

Hi @EmbellishMart. Thanks for the great advice. We actually have more than 1 item but only 1 is showing that it is published. We are working on publishing the rest of the products by today.

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