7 Steps of Setting Up Your Successful Poppy Store

Are you ready to take your e-commerce business to the next level with mobile commerce? Make the idea a reality with Poppy! There are a variety of things business owners need to consider when starting a new online store. But don’t worry, you don’t need to be a marketing expert or e-commerce guru to succeed on Poppy. Instead, we are here to help you grow and market for you!

We’re sharing a detailed tutorial on everything you’d need to kick start your Poppy journey. It’s not as hard or time consuming as you may think, and in fact, you can finish the guided experience and start selling in just 10 minutes!

Take your e-commerce business to the next level faster than it takes to scroll through Instagram!

We strongly suggest that you follow our notes and experiment with ideas to create your success. Because, this guide also details creating a marketing strategy for your store, too.

Now, let's get started! It should just take about 10 minutes! First, log into?Poppy Seller portal.

Step 1: Set up shipping profile

Creating a shipping profile is a critical step as it provides the much needed transparency, sets and manages customer expectations on delivery and helps accelerate purchasing decisions!

Your shipping profile includes the key components below:

• Processing time:?Reducing order-to-shipping time to?1-3 days?can improve your store’s checkout conversion.?Update your processing time
• Store-wide shipping fee:?While?free shipping?is always the most preferable option, we understand it might not work for your case. But consider adopting the “gold standard” of e-commerce shipping -?35+5.
• Return policy & address:?Accepting returns?demonstrates the trust you place in your products and the trust that customers can place in your business.

To create a shipping profile starts?here.

Step 2: Stock your shop

Why creating an online store if there’s nothing to buy? Adding products should be one of the first things you do. Follow the instructions below to import listings easily from Shopify.

What will be synced to your Poppy store?

• Product images and description.
• Product pricing & inventories
• Collections:?These collections are taken straight from your Shopify store.
• Customer Reviews and store tenure:?so you don't have to start building your credibility from scratch!
• Future changes to all of the above in your Shopify store will be automatically synced to Poppy too!

Step 3: Decorate your storefront

Your storefront is the heart of your digital marketing efforts, so crafting a beautifully decorated storefront is paramount to help your business grow on Poppy.?To succeed, be the obvious choice for shoppers.

Here’s the quick checklist for decorating the Poppy storefront that you never knew you needed:

• Your brand logo and banner.?Your logo and banner are important to your business because these assets communicate ownership, quality, and values.
• Your store description.?Every time customers experience your brand, make customers remember what you do, why it is important to them, and why your brand is unique
• Add three diversity labels.?You can add up to?three diversity labels?that best describe your brand to transmit your brand identity and mission.

Set your store information?and improve your branding appeal by sharing your brand story, logo, banners, and diversity info.

Read more on 4 tips to decorate an eye-catching Poppy storefront.

Step 4: Connect a payout account

We partner with Stripe, one of the leading payment processing firm globally, to offer secure and zero commission payout. Connect with your existing Stripe accounts (or create new ones) and follow the prompted steps there. Payment is available for deposit 14 days after the product arrival (if a tracking number is provided). This is to avoid the hassle of refunding in case there is a product return request.

Set this up today so you can get paid! Connect your Stripe account?here.

Step 5: Launch a welcome sales

Who doesn't love a good sale! Consumers are not only expecting discounts, but they demand it!

You can set storewide discounts at your desired level! Consider matching your original store discounts or set new ones?(20% recommended).

Here is?how to set up a sale.?Easy, it takes less than a minute!

Step 6: Tap into organic traffic from Pinterest

Poppy has 10 million+ monthly views on Pinterest, driving new shoppers to our app every day. If we can achieve that, so can you! However, creating public pins for your products is rather time-consuming and subject to stringent daily limits.

Now through?1-click authorization, Poppy will help pin your listings to your Pinterest business account automatically to amply your brand exposure and drive traffic to your Poppy store! On average, one can achieve 100K monthly impressions after 30 days. So sit back and wait for your organic impressions to grow on its own!

Step 7: Switch on international shipping mode

Did you know that almost?50%?of Poppy'ers today are located outside the US? They have been browsing and adding items to the cart each day. Your branding growth is limitless! Switch on your International Shipping mode to tap into double the audience today!

If you’re still unsure about how to ship internationally,?if it's right for your business?and the potential it holds, read more?here.