9 Free Ways to Drive Traffic to Your eCommerce Store

9 Free Ways to Drive Traffic to Your eCommerce Store

Marketing can be very expensive, but you can actually drive traffic to your eCommerce store for free.

To drive traffic to your eCommerce store, you will have to put in some time and energy, of course. You won’t have to spend any money to get this done, however, and the results will be well worth the effort.

Without further ado, here are 9 ways to drive traffic to your eCommerce store:

(1) Social Media

Social media is a powerful and free tool that you can use in different ways to drive traffic to your eCommerce store. You can use it to find and reach out to prospective customers and partners. You can use it to share information about your product.

Start by doing some research on the different platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Pinterest. Get involved in different social media groups that are relevant to your products. Start conversations and post useful information for group members. Make friends to add to your account. Track your metrics so you know what is getting attention. Repost and share these pieces on your profile. Make adjustments to what you are posting based on the stats and feedback – rinse and repeat.

You will soon find that you have built a nice community of followers visiting your store, and that you can tap to help you spread the word.

(2) Referrals

Referrals can drive traffic to your eCommerce store quite steadily if done correctly. Spend some time thinking about the different ways that you can set up referral programs to attract attention. Find out from your participation on social media what online shoppers find interesting and put together incentives based on these factors. Then create a referral program that incentivizes them to become customers.

You can also create a referral program that targets your current customers. This program should focus on incentivizing them to refer more customers. The catch should still, of course, be something that they are interested in.

Gamification is one effective method that has recently become more popular. Instead of asking for something from people, you offer them a chance to win it. The concept of winning makes them more likely to participate and feel like they have really gotten something when they do win.

(3) YouTube

Video is another powerful tool, and one that has been leveraged by eCommerce businesses for a long time. The art of using video to capture attention has been developed and improved so much over the past years. There are so many channels that offer free tools to enhance your videos. One of the best ones you can use to drive traffic to your eCommerce store is YouTube. You can upload a simple homemade video to YouTube and use these tools to edit and add cards and screens to make it more attractive and serve your purpose.

Create simple product videos with your standard computer programs and equipment. If you don’t have a nice camera, even a decent smartphone will do with the proper lighting. There are also many free video editing programs available for download that you can use to spruce them up before you upload them. Do a little research as well on how to take good shots by paying attention to how you angle your camera and what you include in the frame.

With a few simple product videos on YouTube, you can boost your visibility. Being a part of the videos is also a great way to get some attention. People like to see who is behind a product, and seeing you use the product and show how excited you are about its features build confidence.

(4) Reviews

In this day and age, you really need to get some nice reviews to drive traffic to your eCommerce store. Shoppers will always go to reviews before they make a purchase, and many are also likely to go straight to these reviews before browsing a store. It’s important, therefore, that your store is visible on such review pages so that shoppers can choose you when they read a good review.

Reach out to bloggers who regularly post about products in your niche. Look for the ones who have a good-sized audience. It’s even better for your store if their site has a good reputation with the search engines. Ask these bloggers to write a product review that links back to your store. Some of them might have certain requirements that you’re not willing to meet, but most will be happy to do a review. All you have to do in most cases is send the blogger a free sample of your product that they can test out and give their honest opinion.

Good reviews will effectively drive traffic to your eCommerce store by putting links to your store on different sites that consumers go to for product advice.

(5) Blogging

Blogging on your own can also be a good way to drive traffic to your eCommerce store. Write blog articles about how your product helps people. Post some on your site, and some on platforms like Medium. Reach out to other blogs in your niche as well and ask if you can submit articles as a guest for posting on their blogs.

Building up your own blog is a good way to show your audience that you care about their concerns. For topic ideas, go back to social media and find out what people are talking about. Ask your groups what they would like to know. Blogging is also a good way to provide additional, useful information about your products that you don’t want to crowd your product pages with. The same thing goes for guest posting, plus, you can get some nice links back that will improve your visibility and drive traffic to your eCommerce store.

(6) eBay

eCommerce platforms generally charge fees for listing, but you can list for free on eBay up to a certain point. Take advantage of the fixed amount of free listings you can get per month on eBay to get more visibility for your products and store. You can also keep an eye out for free listing periods when you can list as many items as you want on the platform without having to pay the fees.

Continue reading this column on ConnorGillivan.com and learn what other ways you can drive traffic to your eCommerce store for free.

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