Actual Froogle sales...who knew?

[chachi]

Well, we recently put the new Urchin 5 stats manager (I think it is 5 :confused: ) on our commerce sites. Low an behold, I found a few sales coming from Froogle. I have always watched our sales referrals as we have some homegrown sales tracking we made, but never saw a Froogle sale.

Anyone else had any Froogle sales lately, or at all?

[cobaltlady]

I had a whopper ($2000+) about 10 days ago. Thats huge when my average is about $50. She told me she found me on Froogle and was tickled to death.

[expat]

we have been longstanding in Froogle and yes we see quite some refferals and subsequent sales by F. It's free requires only minute work or tweaking once set up so I'm not complaining. We are showing certain results in G top position directly out of F - so no complaints here.

M

PS I've always made a point to contact them ask questions and info them about site / shop developments I do get replies usually within 24 h

[cobaltlady]

I agree Froogle was very prompt and helpful with my questions when I first set up. Since then they helped me set up 4 more accounts. For free you can't beat it.

[caroline]

Looks like Froogle is a great way to get sales, huh?

[chachi]

It does not drive a ton of sales for us, but it is free and it is free.

[cobaltlady]

Well I wouldn't exactly call it great but you sure can't beat the price.

[Rob]

Is anybody using Froogle for industrial products? I mean for B2B sales and not just for consmer (B2B) sales

[cobaltlady]

I would try a few Froogle searches for your product and see what you get. You are required to have pictures and prices on all items.

[lorien1973]

For a free service, froogle is great. I'm not sure how to optimize for it, so I rank higher, but setting up the ftp script and letting it run everyday is a no brainer and it does bring decently converting traffic.

[EConcepts]

Froogle is actually a GREAT source of highly qualified traffic. We work with clients all the time optimizing thier sites for Froogle, and are able to generate sales consistantly for them.

In developing our last client campaign, we were able to generate $17,919 in only 19 Days all from Froogle traffic alone.

It can be done ... and sales from Froogle are more widespread than one would think. There are several keys to getting these results. One lies in the optimization of not only the data feed itself, but also in the "landing page" the user ends up at after finding the product in a search.

So to answer your question in short. Yes, we see sales consistantly from Froogle.

[bigslowrock]

I've bought several things from froogle. It's great for those really hard to find items.

[debunked]

I believe froogle will move to the frontline someday and since it is the first of its kind it will also be the largest. Adwords in Froogle will probably end up being the first couple of results with pictures to match the rest of froogle. I am going to try to get a good grasp on froogle and try to maintain top listings, so when froogle becomes really popular, we will get many sales from them.

[EConcepts]

You should be able to get SUPER sales from Froogle as it stands even today (in its infancy). Although it is new, a top listing in Froogle currently translates to an increase in sales. We are running a number of Froogle campaigns for clients in various industries and we have had super results to say the least in being able to generate nice sales from the current state of Froogle.

I agree, as time passes, and Froogle evolves, even more exciting things will turn up. There is no need to wait until it "becomes" popular though. You might as well start today and take advantage of it while others are not. If done properly, that alone will help you increase sales.

Although Froogle as such is not "widely understood / popular yet" (and that is due in part to the short time it has been around along with the fact that many people have not yet seen the real power in generating sales that it can -- and does -- produce), once it "catches on", you will then be competing against "everyone else" just as in traditional SEs now. Until that time ... take advantage of being one of the first to harness the power and you'll be long ahead of your competition when they figure out it is "a smart move to make".

[Design1]

Wow nice to see some people are having luck with Froogle! I submitted a site there when it was new and it was up and listed before the good ole competitors and the results were terrible. A bit later some other competitors sites showed up with well.. at the time i wasnt impressed with the results :p and now i have a couple items that show up in good spots but otherwise my site is non existant :|

[wrkalot]

Froogle is one of the biggest reasons for my record sales the last 2 months. I kept teaking my feed until I nailed the top 3 froogle results in google for a few keaywords and top 10 on a froogle search. Froogle is working for me... so far.

[chachi]

we just had a big sale yesterday. The funny thing was that it was for a product that was not linked to anywhere on our site. We finally figured out that it was from our Froogle feed and sure enough, when we searched for it in Froogle it was #1.

Any pointers you care to share on the Froogle "tweaking"?

[wrkalot]

One of many examples:

Lets say you sell widgets of all shapes, sizes and colors. Instead of using just the "Product Name" Large Twirly Red Widget try this Widgets: Large Twirly Red Widget. Do this for every widget NOT just a few of them. Aslo try playing with your description a bit. Keep testing until you start to get results.

And when you find something that works... come back here and share it with the rest of us :)

[lbardach]

Is anybody using Froogle for industrial products? I mean for B2B sales and not just for consmer (B2B) sales

It took me some time to get the feed correctly formatted . . . mostly because I was trying to get our data and landing page formatted to at least minimally optimize. Froogle support was good when I had questions, very responsive.

Since what we sell is tattoo artwork (won't mention the sites, I think that'a a faux pas , hehe), we always have to consider protecting the artwork online. And since the protection we use on our single design sales site (B2C) is done "on the fly", I think I'm going to have to reformat thousands of product images specifically for Froogle to put SOME protection on our artwork. I'm looking for a "work around" on this.

I also plan to do more "optimization" for Froogle on our B2C site. We don't really have "descriptions" for all of our designs (had to build in some of that on our landing page) and the "names/titles" of our designs aren't always very descritive from a keyword perspective. Since Google only allows in the feed exactly what can be found on the landing page, I'll need to do some more work in this area too.

I most definitely plan to use Froogle for our B2B sales on our other site, too. We might get a few sales this way I think, but more, our two sites are integrated to the point that the B2B listings should also drive B2C sales. We'll see. :)

[Vibrators]

wow, this is great.. I was about to give up on Froogle... I guess I'll stick it out and see what Froogle brings

[Crazy_Rob]

Froogle is great! I would be hard pressed to find a better FREE referrer.

It's also fun to try different things to improve your rankings. The impact is felt immediately.

[expat]

Since what we sell is tattoo artwork (won't mention the sites, I think that'a a faux pas , hehe), we always have to consider protecting the artwork online. And since the protection we use on our single design sales site (B2C) is done "on the fly", I think I'm going to have to reformat thousands of product images specifically for Froogle to put SOME protection on our artwork. I'm looking for a "work around" on this.


Hi
you can load dynamic refs for graphics to F as long as it resolves to a pic in the end.
Check the net for "php watermark on the fly" couple of nifty litle scripts about that do just that.

As long as F can find the final pic it will display it.

Expat

[Mia]

wow, this is great.. I was about to give up on Froogle... I guess I'll stick it out and see what Froogle brings

I did a bit of a double take on the name :) So I had to see if the site matched the name.. It did.

Ok, back to the topic. We saw about a 20% increase in online sales, and say 30-50% increase in traffic overall with our Froogle feed. We've got our stores automated such that they spew out our products every 24 hours so the db is alway up to date.

Alrighty then..

[Sirxl]

when do you think Froogle will start charging people ?

[Mia]

Charging people for what?

[paymentapprovaltooslow]

none uses froogle anyway

[Mia]

I'm sorry, I do not know who "none" is.

Troll -

[wizardofx]

when do you think Froogle will start charging people ?

My prediction is "never." That isn't the point to froogle.
Can you guess what the real point is?

Best regards
wiz

[rspadi]

It's free and the support is helpful as well

[wizardofx]

My prediction is "never." That isn't the point to froogle.
Can you guess what the real point is?

Best regards
wiz

OK, no guessers, so I will give my read on what
the point to Froogle is.

The point is that WE are working our tails off to give
tons of high quality content to Froogle with no cost
to them and they use this content to get eyeballs
so they can put up google ads.

So we get a tremendous benefit, and so do they.

[Mia]

OK, no guessers, so I will give my read on what
the point to Froogle is.

The point is that WE are working our tails off to give
tons of high quality content to Froogle with no cost
to them and they use this content to get eyeballs
so they can put up google ads.

So we get a tremendous benefit, and so do they.
Well put. .

[expat]

can't complain works for me

One thing often overlooked G is for info F for purchasing.
Visitor searches than uses same search to see where to get what they have just found or at least check on pricing.....

Expat

[sparkimarki]

I have recently submitted an application to Froogle and after reading the comments on this thread I can't wait to get started on it - looks very exciting!

[Crazy_Rob]

One thing often overlooked G is for info F for purchasing.


Or so G tries to say...;)

[john269]

Froogle is a free service so that merchants can get more exposure for their products.

It helps customers easily find and compare product prices.

Google earns from it through their Adsense ads on the side of the pages.


My prediction is "never." That isn't the point to froogle.
Can you guess what the real point is?

Best regards
wiz

[expat]

just hot of statistics

our health site now makes a conversion of 4:1 via froogleus...

Nice for a free ride

Expat

[kaichandler]

doesn't seem very UK-centric at the moment

regards

Kai Chandler

[theta71]

I have a few products that I guess I am the low cost leader of. So Froogle has drawn some sales to me ( I am more than happy to take them), but I can't make a living off those sales.

[Crazy_Rob]

Yes, if you can be the lowest priced on a popular item, you'll get tons of sales. Even if the price difference is just a small one.

I went from selling a $200 item about ten each month to two each day. All from Froogle! :D

[datarunner]

Yeah I have had good success on Froogle UK, not bad since my market is very competitive

Cant get much better for free

[MakeItTakeIt]

I think the hardest part was getting my products to list in the top two pages. Hell its free, who can complain about that?

[peeg]

I'm not on Froogle yet with http://www.gorkite.com, as I tend to use http://www.kelkoo.co.uk. This is a PPC, and so would be greatful if anyone can give me tips on how to get to the top spots for froogle! Thanks peeps

[debunked]

I'm not on Froogle yet with http://www.gorkite.com, as I tend to use http://www.kelkoo.co.uk. This is a PPC, and so would be greatful if anyone can give me tips on how to get to the top spots for froogle! Thanks peeps

go to froogle.com and sign up - I am assuming you haven't yet.

[peeg]

I have signed up

[Crazy_Rob]

peeg, it's just like regular SEO...so you shold have no problems with that.

Good luck! :D

[sousen]

Yes, Froogle performance are increasing day after day so soon it will be more popular

[anw001]

Can we sell digital goods like ebooks, software on froogle? Can we automate the process like collecting payment from customer and directing to the download page automatically?

[ThereseLim]

Nope I have no Froogle sales ..
I dont know what happen to the products..