Review my Store

[ctpetlovers]

Hi everyone,

     Just launched a store, please review and tell me how it can be organized better as I begin the marketing stage of implementation. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and greatly needed.

Everything is taken into consideration, store: www.ctpetlovers.org

Thanks, 

Chas

[waytoapps]

Hello @ctpetlovers 

Hope you are doing. Your store looks nice and here are few suggestions.

Make a sticky header for easy navigation. It helps customer to access menu at any time they want.

Add Shop Now(CTA) button on the hero banner.

Include Blog page, Blog posting will allow you to show your followers a personal side of your business. In this way you can engage with Existing and New customers.

Add Testimonials or reviews on the homepage to build trust with the visitors.

Promote your products on social media and Update social links on respective Icons at the footer section.

You can promote your products with word of mouth strategy. Boost your sales with the app from the shopify app store   which helps to increase your sales.

There is no terms and conditions checkbox at checkout. I suggest you to install an app from shopify app store which provides 'I agree to the Terms and Conditions' before checkout .As it makes easy for the customer to read your terms and policies.

You can also sell your products on Etsy marketplace as it is very good platform to sell unique, handmade and Vintage goods . If you are already selling on Etsy store consider our Etsy Integration app in the shopify app store. Etsy is a Huge marketplace for selling creative goods such as art & collectibles, crafts & supplies, jewellery &accessories and more,  if you have any unique/handmade/vintage goods in your store, you can give further exposure to your products.

[Growave]

Hi @ctpetlovers 

All-in-one marketing platform  Growave  is here. Congratulations on opening a new store and Welcome to Shopify. Here are some suggestions that you can work on. I hope it will help.

• Adjust Menu

Shorten categories of Main Menu by removing PetLovers at every category (Pet Lovers Accessories ➜ Accessories , Pet Lovers Clothing ➜ Clothing)

Also, consider making Main Menu Sticky. Make your online shop more user-friendly by keeping navigation fixed and remaining visible at the same position as the user moves around the website. Right now, the menu bar on the head of the store disappears when the user scrolls down which is not convenient. 

• Implement Social Login  

Attach Social Login buttons anywhere on your Shopify site and enable one-click sign-up or login to your online store. You can let customers log in using their Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Yahoo, Tumblr, Instagram, or Amazon accounts. Meanwhile gathered data through social login can be studied for customer retention and client analysis.

• Add Wishlist 

Offering a Wishlist is an effective way to reduce shopping cart abandonment and fulfil sales from customers who showed intent but didn't purchase.  Since you offer various size and colour options, I would recommend adding a Wishlist for better user experience. If the items from the Wishlist haven't been bought, automated emails will be sent out as reminders.  

• Add Reviews / Testimonials

Add testimonials/reviews to products for building customer trust and social proof.  It will increase the confidence of new consumers, reduce rebound rates and abandonment of shopping carts. Consider implemeting review widget next to your selling products.

• Implement Referral Program

I recommend using a Referral program in order to give your customers an opportunity of sharing your products with friends and getting rewarded for that. Encourage your customers to help grow your brand community using the referral program. The only program that lets you refer a friend, reward both parties, and increase traffic to your Shopify store. 

For adding the functions above you can use several apps. However, if you want to get all of them at affordable price, try  Growave.  5 great features - Reviews, Wishlist, Rewards & Loyalty, Social Login, shoppable Instagram gallery on Shopify store under one dashboard. Test Growave during the free trial period to check whether it works for you.

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[PageFly-Victor]

Bello @ctpetlovers 

Congratulations on your store. This is PageFly -  Advanced Page Builder with 6 years of experience providing conversion rate optimization solutions to more than 120.000 Shopify stores, I would love to give you some recommendations.

HOMEPAGE

1. Make the menu sticky

A sticky menu header helps customers to reach out to the menu and access the menu anytime they want. 

2. Have a CTA button on the banner/ slideshow

A primary call to action button is one of the important things for a home page of an online store.

With this button, you will redirect customers to the page you want them to take action mostly. It can redirect to a collection page, or a product page, etc.

3. Add testimonial - customer reviews

Customer reviews are proof of your product quality. This section will help you build customers' trust. You can show rating stars for each product or you can add customer reviews as text and photos.

PRODUCT PAGE 

1. Subdivide long product description with Sections and Headings

Long, unbroken blocks of texts or many bullet list items will cause difficulty for users to extract and scan product information. In this case, Tabs element will also be a good choice for your store. 

2. Display a minimum of 6 reviews by default and allow users to submit reviews

Normally, users often rely on reviews to judge a product besides product detail descriptions and other info given by a site since they consider them more legit and authentic. I would recommend you display reviews on your product page (with a minimum of 6 reviews with the ability to “Load more” and allow users to submit their reviews.

Moreover, you can check this guide to pick the best reviews app for your store!

That's everything.

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If you find my comment useful, please let me know by giving it a Like. Thanks for reading!

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[JonathanBecuase]

Hi @ctpetlovers 

Awesome Shopify store and congrats on getting it up and running! 

• Regularly test your site speed and ensure everything is loading correctly, definitely an overlooked spot
• Optimize your product pages by adding banners that highlight promo codes or any special discounts, customer reviews or information about the product, directly on the product pages. This will help guide your customers through education on your products. There are some great examples here: https://www.becauseintelligence.com/blog/4-sales-promotions-to-try-today-to-increase-product-page-co... 
• add a blog that would be a cool way to add some organic traffic and feature some collabs
• Popups are a great way to ensure your customers are aware of new coupon or deals for your products
• I would also add some customer reviews, of course as you get them

[ctpetlovers]

Thank you for the comprehensive analysis, I am actively trying to implement many of your ideas and greatly appreciate you taking your time to explain this in detail.

Chas

[ctpetlovers]

I always like to hear the technical evaluations because they confuse you enough to take more action. Thank you for providing feedback. 

Chas

[ctpetlovers]

Thank you for your positive and complete analysis, it helps greatly!

Chas