NewGen family! I got another fire blog post for you today. Let’s go ahead and dive straight into it right away. A few months have passed since I’ve given some insight on building your first Shopify store. A lot has changed in dropshipping since then, I mean A LOT! So without further a due, let’s begin.
Store structure:
So in 2020 and on as of right now the main goal is to keep it simple. If you’re new to dropshipping I highly recommend utilizing the one product store method instead of the general store method. You want the main focus to be the product and not the niche. If you find the right product then you’ve found your niche. The structure I’m about to show you is going to pertain to the one product formula.
So lets start by picking your theme. Me personally I use the default theme “Debut” because it looks the cleanest when you’re utilizing this structure. You can also use “Jumpstart” or “Minimal” as well, but “Debut” has worked the best for me. So how should you structure your store? Look at the points:
- Header (Utilize the color black for the bar with white font)
- Image (Make sure the intro to your store stands out to customers)
- Featured collection
- Image with text (The first text should be educating the customer, a small did you know or a statistic will be perfect)
- Image with text (The second text should be asking a question to your customer and offering a solution)
- Image with text (The third text should be introducing the product)
- Image with text (The last text should be a very BRIEF description of the product)
- Video (A brief video of the product)
- Testimonials (Utilize the suppliers reviews)
This is how your front page should look like, a clean and straight forward page. Also another tip, eliminate all distractions. The average attention span of the human is 5 seconds (fun fact, the average attention of a gold fish is 6 seconds… Yes, we’re losing to f***king goldfish) so you really have about 3 seconds to show what your store is about.
With that being said, at the top of your store depending on what theme you’re using take out “catalog” and add “Home”, “About us”, “Track your order”, “Return center”. Everything else like refunds, shipping times, policies, etc…put them at the bottom of the store. That way your customers have to go all the way down and see your information about the product first. With this set up, it’s simple. Either buy or bounce.
Product page structure:
Now that we’ve discussed how your front page should look like lets go ahead and dive into what your product page should look like. So your product page is obviously your make or break when it comes to your converting in sales. You want to give a lot of information but in a clean, quick, and straight forward setting. Now will customers read everything on your product page? Hell nah, like I said the average customer is on a store for about 5 seconds. However, you still want to look like a professional store and still give the info just in case you get those customers who actually want to dive deep into the product.
Here’s what your structure of your product page should look like:
- Clean product photo (White background)
- Sales timer (Since most people are game’ d up on the sales timer, you want to do a different approach. I personally put a automatic discount in the ATC and I put the timer in to give the idea that you get an extra discount if you ATC before the timer ends.)
- Trust badges (clean, not bulky)
- 15-30 second video of the product be used
- Highlights of the products (4 to 6 MAIN KEY points of the product)
- Product description
- A fun and creative Gif to add more funk to the store (I use Giphy)
- Product reviews (This is CRUCIAL. 300+ reviews or more to give more authenticity, if your product doesn’t have 300 positive reviews then pick a new damn product. Also the more reviews with pictures the better.)
This is one of my new stores I utilized this formula I came up with and ran ads to it and these were my results the first day. Now yes, the type of traffic you run towards your store will play a roll in determining your converting percentage, but at least you will have the store game on lock. There’s people paying hundreds, thousands of dollars to have a fancy ass store created and get no sales! Crazy right? F***king dummies. I’m only kidding… Or am I? You decide.
In conclusion…
Utilizing this formula will help you create a quick and clean store that’s right to the point that way you have the full attention of the customer. With that being said give this formula a try for your self and see if your conversion rate goes up. Now like I said it takes more even outside the store to convert genuine sales so with that being said I will be dropping an update on how to utilize Facebook ads this weekend and on top of that next week I will be giving game on how to structure your ad copy, offer, and call to action to complete your whole business to see a lot more sales, so be ready. Till then, deuces!