Approximately after how much traffic, Sales start?

Hi Geniuses, Got another one for ya all.

Tell me when can we expect the start of sales on our niche store? After how much traffic a day can we expect sales to start? I know it again depends but give an average with your experience!

"?" per day (traffic) ---> Sales start!

Incase you want the product, take the example of clothing store.

 

if we have more than 500 visitors per day will will get get at least 10% of conversion ratio.It would be reasonable.

 

does not sound reasonable. you could have 1000's visitors and not get a sale.
depends on if the traffic is random or targeted. You could even have 1000's of targeted visitors and still not make anything. Just keep bringing them in, it is a numbers game.

 

Yep i don't think theres a clear answer for that.. too many variables, quality of traffic, product, etc...

 

Yeah i know too many variables guys, but there is always something called average by which random numbers are judged. So whats the average?

 

150-200 uniques a day, if targeted will generate some income.

 

if its quality, targetted traffic (i.e. from search engines, with product related keywords, normally long-tail ones, such as a specific model), then you can expect about 10%-25% conversions. Assuming your site doesn't confuse people or something.

But, even though you can EXPECT that, it doesn't mean you will get it. Alot of variables in the mix, the current economy is a major one. That effects different niches in different ways... it is actually good for some niches.

 

I dont think you can really put a variable on something like that. For instance yesterday morning after setting up my landing page I converted 1:7 that went to the site. After that it went dry for the day, as well as into today

 

I can have 100 a day and make money and then have 200 and make nothing

go figure

 

mirisaamali

I'm new to the forum but read a long time here and elsewhere plus I have worked behind the scenes for some Fortune X companies to sell the big and little guys Internet Advertising for the last 7 years.

I've watched numbers, visitors and have seen many small guys go big. I've also watched many come and go besides my own projects so let me add a few thoughts.

Regarding averages, it takes a while to really determine an average. How long have you had X number of visitors, on average. On average how long do your visitors browse? On average, how many visitors return? On average how many are unique? On average how do you attract them?

Your sites are attractive enough, good actually, but add some polish. Your logos are not strong, that's basic Photoshop type stuff I'm seeing and you didn't pull off the text well, but close.

Now step back from the pretty picture and look at your projects through another's eyes.

1. You have relatively high-ticket items, luxury almost, in hard times.
2. It's an election year and summer in the US, traditionally challenging seasons.
3. You have a competitive field.
   [*]You have very little unique content.
   [*]What value do you offer your audience, price, information, insight?

They last 2 are most important. Customers want value and insight, they can buy anywhere, so you can try to force a numbers game and count averages but the easier path might be a clearer strategy.

1. Keep reading here and other places.
2. Focus your monetization plan.
3. Brand and Build your image and content.
4. Become a voice in your field.
5. Learn to leverage.

If I were in your shoes, I would focus on my blog type-sites by providing great content and leverage your e-stores by sending your own blog traffic to them even going as far as to adjust store offering to your audience.

Finally, find a specific voice such as "Style and Fashion on a Budget" or "Luxury Living", not a world a fashion or new everywhere ... to broad IMO.

Develop a following with your unique opinion and editorial and find success.

Louis

 

Thanks Louis,that was very well explained. Guess you did give me ideas to improve my stuff.

Now regarding Unique content, what does it really mean. I have been reading about it all the time, now what i do is i take up articles from papers, magazines etc, and retype the same in my words and thoughts. Now wouldnt that account to unique content? and when you say less unique content, you mean i need say 100+ posts on my blogs etc?

 

Okay,

Change the "when you say less unique content, you mean i need say 100+ posts on my blogs etc?"

It should read, "when you say little unique content" because less assumes comparison.

For example:

I had very little sleep last night.

versus

I had less sleep than the night before last.

However, yes, you got the idea.

Your continued struggle, with learning to write English as a Native writer, will pay off. English is a confusing language, I managed a team in India a few years ago and watched them grow, good job and keep practicing.

Now, unique content is your personal view created from your mind.

So for example, if you read 2 newspapers and each reports the same story but uses different writers, each is unique. It is not copied.

Using papers, magazines and such is a great idea and no different than using the Internet to find ideas. However, do not limit yourself to just rewording.

Read two articles that are related and make one great one or outline the article as you read it then put the article away and use your outline only, to rewrite based on what you learned.

Become an expert in a subject and become a popular place to read about your topic.

Understand what you are reading and develop your own opinions then write about those opinions.

100+ great articles is a fantastic goal but you can make money before that if you write great material. No magic number but more is better if the quality is good. Quality then quantity.

When you have done enough of the right things, the money will happen and marketing is important but your content is more important, it's why they come to see your site.

In reality, you will never stop writing, that big 100+ articles is to speed things up so I have a lot to enjoy at your site and want to come back and read more. If I can read every article in one hour, I might not return.

Best of Luck

 

I like the way you have your store set up. Is that using BANS or a custom script?

One thing I'm curious about: why do you select "newly listed" to show? I think it's best to list auctions that are about to end - that will push people to act faster.

Anyway I've been promoting eBay through similar stores to yours for awhile... to give you some idea of what kind of stats to expect - I had 28 clicks per winning bid last month. As far as traffic to winning bid - I'm not sure - I don't have those numbers easily accessible as I have a lot of different stores. But... my guess would be maybe 50 unique visitors per winning bid. That could be way off. Maybe it's 100.

 

with 500 uniques a day, you will generate some income.

 

It depends on the merchants you are sending the traffic through to and how well their site converts. You can do a good a job as possible at pre-selling to the visitor and giing them a coupon code wheich should increase your conversion rate.

 

Thanks louis, I guess i have to change the way i write. Thought most of the times things come right, however, i might goffup sometimes since english is not my native language.

But yes, what you said should work really well. I am on to it already. Also suggestions from all others were really helpful.

 

Yes Zibblu, thats Bans. Actually the clothing store was made by using BANs while the Jewelry store was made by using popshops.

 

Build your targeted visitors up to over 500 and you will make sales.

Jason

 

I think the question you're really asking is "why am I getting visitors to my site, but still not getting any/many sales?" aka "how long is it going to take me to start making real money with this?"

Even if you could do a sampling of 100 sites and determine that, on average it takes 88.3 targeted visitors before a sale is made, that doesn't help you, except to tell you that you're doing something wrong if you're below that average.

If you're getting traffic and no sales, a better strategy would be to determine what you're doing wrong that's affecting your conversions.

Where's your traffic coming from? Are you attracting people to your site who would actually be interested in purchasing what you're selling? The more targeted your traffic, the more likely they are to buy. If you want targeted traffic, then your best bet would be to focus your traffic generation efforts on search engines (either organic, which takes time, or paid).

Another element is your website copy. I checked out your jewelry site, and It's great that you're offering articles on your site, but the job of your articles should be to "pre-sell" people on buying your products. For example, if you're writing an article about the benefits of palladium jewelry, then you should let people know that your store offers a wide slection of attractive palladium jewelry, and have a link for them to click to view your catalogue. (that doesn't mean the article shouldn't be informative, but it should be pre-selling them as well).

Lastly, include some opt-in "bait" on your site so that people subscribe to your mailing list. I saw that you have a "subscribe" box, but what's enticing people to subscribe? Try offering a free report (maybe tips for finding great deals on jewelry) that would appeal to your visitors' interests. Getting mor opt-ins allows you to sell to people who ordinarily might have just visited your site once and left without purchasing anything, as well as to sell more items to your existing customers.

Hope that helps!

 

Depends on the industry, how effective your sales copy is, how targeted your traffic is, the time of the year etc. Many variables so the best thing you can do is split testing to see what works best.