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I am getting an extremely low conversion rate of 0.06% on my shopify store. I have tried to enhance product images and description, added a sticky add to cart button, added shipping time, reviews and offer banners. Our products are really good as well. Am getting approx 300-350 visitors to the site daily, we are getting add to carts and checkouts, but they are not converting. What could be the possible reason and how to address this?
I am currently running google shopping campaign. We also tried meta earlier but I paused it since we didn't get too many conversions. All pixels are added. If anyone has any solutions, would be really helpful! Thanks
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You're doing a lot of the right things already—good traffic, optimized product pages, sticky cart, trust elements, etc.—so the issue likely lies deeper in checkout friction or ad targeting misalignment. Here are some focused areas to troubleshoot:
1. Checkout Issues (Most Likely Culprit)
Fix: Test your entire checkout flow on both desktop and mobile. Also, consider enabling accelerated checkouts (like Shop Pay, PayPal, etc.).
2. Ad Traffic Quality
Fix: Use negative keywords, focus on long-tail terms, and check your search term reports to weed out irrelevant traffic. Also, test manual bidding if you’re on Smart Shopping/Performance Max.
3. Lack of Urgency or Incentive
Even with a great product, sometimes people need a final push.
Fix: Add
4. Cart Recovery Strategy
Fix: Make sure your email/SMS flows are active and offer a real reason to return (discount, testimonial, urgency).
5. Trust & Social Proof
Fix: If not, start reaching out to past buyers or influencers for this content.
If you’re getting that much traffic and add-to-carts daily, you're very close. A few tweaks to the checkout flow, trust building, and better post-cart experience could unlock a major boost. You're on the right track—just needs fine-tuning!
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Hi @laviere,
Could you please share your Store URL and password (if applicable) so that I can review it and provide you with the appropriate reasons that why your store not getting any sales.
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks!
Hi @laviere - One of the low-hanging fruits is showing accurate delivery dates for each shipping method. This removes any doubt in the shopper's mind. Also, just check if your shipping costs are too high as compared to competitors. It could be one of the key reasons for carts getting abandoned.
This is an accepted solution.
You're doing a lot of the right things already—good traffic, optimized product pages, sticky cart, trust elements, etc.—so the issue likely lies deeper in checkout friction or ad targeting misalignment. Here are some focused areas to troubleshoot:
1. Checkout Issues (Most Likely Culprit)
Fix: Test your entire checkout flow on both desktop and mobile. Also, consider enabling accelerated checkouts (like Shop Pay, PayPal, etc.).
2. Ad Traffic Quality
Fix: Use negative keywords, focus on long-tail terms, and check your search term reports to weed out irrelevant traffic. Also, test manual bidding if you’re on Smart Shopping/Performance Max.
3. Lack of Urgency or Incentive
Even with a great product, sometimes people need a final push.
Fix: Add
4. Cart Recovery Strategy
Fix: Make sure your email/SMS flows are active and offer a real reason to return (discount, testimonial, urgency).
5. Trust & Social Proof
Fix: If not, start reaching out to past buyers or influencers for this content.
If you’re getting that much traffic and add-to-carts daily, you're very close. A few tweaks to the checkout flow, trust building, and better post-cart experience could unlock a major boost. You're on the right track—just needs fine-tuning!
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Thanks so much! This does give me a direction to work towards.
Points - 1-3 - I will work towards optimising that
Point 4 - We are sending automatic mailers with extra discounts to people who have abandoned their carts, but those haven't converted as well. Re-targeting them is a good strategy.
Will upload UGC content and videos as well. Hopefully that should make the buying decision easier.
Glad it helped! Sounds like you’re heading in the right direction—once you get that UGC and checkout flow dialed in, you should start seeing better conversion numbers. Keep testing and tweaking—sometimes small changes make a big difference. You've got this!
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