How to Double Your Conversion Rate
Most e-commerce sites only convert three out of every hundred people who visit their sites. What a shame! And the worst side-effect of this fact is apathy.
People often ask us, “What’s the average Conversion Rate in my industry?” Fair enough, but does it matter? If you’re converting less than 1/10th of your traffic, you should be concerned. If you’re converting more than that, you can do better. We all can. It’s even possible to double your conversion rate, if you ask bigger questions.
When JigsawHealth.com contacted us, they were converting three times better than the average. But they the didn’t just ask bigger questions, they put them to the test. Now, after testing some new verbiage and some design tweaks, they convert 1/5th of browsers into buyers.
If you’re ready to put big questions to the test, or if your business already demands big answers — and quickly — don’t assume the prognosis can’t improve just because you’ve “already tried everything” else.
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Written by:Robert Gorell
I love these examples, thanks Robert!
B
Great example Robert!
When was this test conducted? I just checked out the site, and noticed that they are still changing the site and I am sure improving their conversion rate. I did notice that they did put back in the top navigation.
BJ,
If you follow the link I posted above, it takes you the landing page. While the top navigation seems to make sense elsewhere on the site, it was a conversion killer on the landing page.
Thanks for sharing this conversion story. I think it give good pointer to some of things which everyone can test on their website like removing top navigation bar from final product pages.
Removing the navigation bar could make sense for this website, which has fewer products. I like the idea to highlight key points. It helps you and customer a lot when scaning the website.
But for Amazon.com or Newegg.com, will it work to remove navigation bar from product page? even though it will, we still need to keep some filtering function, recommendations for customers. Logical customers tend to compare and make a better choice~
My point is to be careful when you copy advice or experiences to your own site. Testing and verifying your changes alawys have their places.
UniqLooks,
Double A said it best. Removing the navigation for this particular landing page was a great idea, but it’s not always advisable.
Having a sound hypothesis and testing it is the key.
(Thank you for clarifying this very important point, Double A!)