Most of us have shopped online and not purchased something because the shipping cost was out of line. The simple fact is that shipping promotions drive conversions as they can address the main differences between online and offline — delivery cost and time to buyer gratification.
Buyers want products fast and preferably free, so if you can bring the following marketing text to the front of your website – ”˜fast and free delivery” – then you can increase conversions. What are some types of shipping and delivery promotions that will help you increase conversions, not kill your business and motivate the right types of sales?
Shipwire VP Marketing, Nate Gilmore, describes 6 shipping promotions that let you market “fast” and “free” this holiday season at UTalkMarketing.com in the UK.
We are not going to reprint the article here out of respect for the publication that accepted the article; but, feel free to leave comments about the article here and Nate will respond to your questions.
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Nate Gilmore
Nate oversees our channel development and developer network, as well as our marketing and public relations. Previously, Nate was at Concentric, acquired by XO Communications, where he ran product management, sales and marketing. Over his six year career with Concentric, he developed dozens of new business channels, by initiating new products for small- and mid- size businesses, developing partner programs for those products, and working with web developers and systems integrators to provide ongoing support of those products. Nate has also held various legal positions in intellectual property and business law. He holds a B.A. in History, and a J.D., from Santa Clara University.
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Thanks very much for this article, it has given me some really great things to think about some new marketing angles we might be able to use for the new year.
Over all, really relevant information that should be able to be implemented into a lot of businesses.
Thanks very much, and have been really enjoying browsing your site.