How to Make Money on Instagram?

We all know the power of Instagram these days, figuratively speaking, over 4.2 billion ‘likes’ happen on Instagram every day. The world is simply- ‘excessively engaged’ here.

Started as a minimal ‘photo-sharing app’, Instagram has now extended to become a ‘product sharing platform’. This transition has given rise to multiple business opportunities. The interesting part of the story is that this opportunity to earn monetary value is not just for business owners or brands, but extends to each and every user on Instagram. 

Watching a plethora of users making money on Instagram, have you ever wondered if you could do it too? What is required to make money on this platform? How do people go about it? How much money can be made? If these are the questions that pop up in your mind then simply keep the reading going on. 

Who Can Make Money on Instagram? 

The answer is anyone with a decent amount of followers. It is generally believed that the tool to earn money on Instagram is an ‘enormous number of followers’. If you have the same belief, then you may unlearn it, because while an enormous following is a robust asset to making money on this platform, there are other assets that are imbued with the potential to do the same. 

What Do You Need to Make Money on Instagram?

Audience Engagement

When we want to showcase a product or service in our posts or stories, we need people to actually engage on it, because a better engagement rate increases the chances for conversion of your audience to potential buyers.  

Connect with Products 

Are you interested in beauty and fashion? Or are you a food lover? There can be ample niches, but are you interested in any niche that can connect you to its products? If yes, you can definitely enter into the world of the Instagram business. 

Good Research Skills 

If you can figure out brands that have a monetary potential for you, you can reach out to them either on Instagram or on their website. Good research can take you to the right places meant for you. 

Creativity

Getting engagement on a few posts doesn’t make your online presence stable. A stable presence develops with a creative effort to surprise and enrich your audience with something valuable or entertaining for them. 

Presenting content in new ways If you have realized by now that you have the potential to make money using this platform, you must have already started thinking about how to go about it? To answer this question, we will talk about some business models that are being adapted to earn monetary value on Instagram. 

Business Models to Make Money on Instagram

Sponsored Posts 

If you are an active user on Instagram, you would not have missed out on the term – Influencer because they are absolutely trending. An influencer is a person who creates content and shares opinions that the audience respects and trusts. They create trends and are the ones that the audience looks up to. The power that an influencer has on social media is precisely what brands are looking for these days. They serve as a bridge between the brand’s products and the audience. Brands need them to ‘spread the word’ and in return give them monetary value and other benefits such as gift vouchers, products, discounts, and much more. 

What do you need to become an influencer? The simple answer is an engaged audience that listens and trusts you. Even if you start small, you can grow higher from time to time. What is more important, is clarity of thought. Do you know about your audience? What is it that they admire about you? Is there anything that you can connect with a product?  When you know your audience, you know the touchpoints where you can add further value. It is effective when you aim for a niche of your personality that matches the interest of your audience. Once you are able to figure that out, you can start looking for brands working around that particular niche. 

Reach Out on Social Media Platforms 

Brands themselves reach out to influencers who have a strong online presence. On the other hand, if you are an aspiring influencer, just starting with your journey, you can reach out to brands in a number of ways.

One way is to reach out to them directly on Instagram, you can message them directly on their page and put your word for collaboration forward to them. You can also mail them or contact them on their official website. 

Reach Out on Influencer Marketplace

The other way is by registering yourself at the influencer marketplace. There are many platforms for different niches that can connect you to the marketer that can be the best for you. Some influencer marketplaces that are doing good in India are – 

  • With over 26k influencers, Plixxo allows bloggers, YouTubers, celebrities, Instagram Influencers to sign-up on the platform for accessing pain campaigns.
  • Influencer.in helps brands get the right influencers for them through their influencer discovery feature. 
  • Qoruz helps you analyse influencers data in a detailed manner. It provides paid vs organic campaign analytics data and direct influencer contact information.  
  • Winkl allows influencers to create their own media kit to showcase their work to their peers, receive feedback, and connect with brands to work for brand collaborations. 

When you are conversing with different marketers, do mention your strengths that they can count on. Apart from the number of followers, give them insights about their engagement on your content. It is a good idea to be transparent about your post being sponsored by brands and business owners by putting a hashtag or simply mentioning it in the caption. 

Quick Tip – You can share your follower engagement statistics from the Instagram analytics report if you have a business account. This will help you objectify your potential and negotiate for a worthful value while making a deal with brands and businesses.  

Sell Brand Products

While sponsored posts are about brand awareness, affiliate marketing is about selling brand products. When you become an affiliate, you step into the actual business of a brand by making real sales. This can be done through trackable links and promo codes. Trackable links track the number of clicks that are converted into actual sales. Hence, they help to measure the number of sales that happened through you. Instagram allows you to put one link on your bio, that is why every time you post, you have to mention visiting your bio. On the other hand, promo codes can directly be added to the captions and stories. 

Another way is to explore Affiliate platforms. It is an online marketplace where sellers can list all their products. It acts as a connector between affiliates and sellers. 

Sell Your Own Products


If you want to become an entrepreneur then Instagram can do wonders for you. Do you manufacture your own products? Are you into dropshipping? or Do you have a DIY product range to launch? If you want to sell your own products then Instagram can serve as a boon for you. 

The perks of selling your own products on Instagram are your audience’s trust is stronger as they know distinctly that what you are selling is an extension of your personality. Another perk is that you will make more money out of your business rather than collecting a part of the profit from other businesses owners. 

You can sell the following products and services-

  • Print service
  • Digital service
  • Digital products
  • Tangible products  
Quick Tip – At ANS Commerce, we manage Instagram performance marketing for leading e-commerce brands, request your free DEMO today!

Sell Licenses of Your Photographs


If you are good at photography and desire to pursue it professionally then Instagram is the right platform for you. This photo-sharing app is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your photographs and build the interest of your audience. Once your audience gets engaged in your photographs, you can also step forward to sell them.

Your photographs can be licensed, printed, and sold in a variety of ways. They are printed on T-shirts, mugs, and a variety of other tangible products. You can print them on your products and sell them or contact certain businesses channels that let you print them on their products.  Another idea is to list your photographs in a number of marketplaces where publishers can license them. 

You can choose any business model that best suits you to earn monetary value on Instagram. It is also possible to adapt several models simultaneously. No matter which path you choose, the most crucial element to Instagram’s business is creating engagement-centric content that excites your audience and makes them invest in the value you provide them. 

How to Choose a Name for your Brand Store?

The name of your brand is a powerful asset to your business. It is an opportunity for your brand to be memorable and remembered. Within a fraction of seconds, it can convey the idea of your brand or engage your audience to learn more about your brand. Hence, investing in a structured thought process to come up with a powerful name for your brand can be rewarding forever. 

“Your brand name is more than just a word, it is a frequency that is going to resonate in the world of your target audience”

When deciding a name, you can literally get a plethora of thoughts buzzing around your head like bumblebees. While it is a great idea to hear all your thoughts, it can be helpful if you absorb certain knowledge coming from the experiences of the world around you and structure your thought process accordingly. Learning about certain points to consider while making your decision, figuring out a strategy that fits your brand goal, and finally going through certain examples of our partner brands and knowing their brand name story. 

Points to consider when choosing a brand name

Keep it simple

A simple name is always easy to remember. One that is easy to pronounce, concise, and pleasant to hear, is never forgotten. Take examples of the songs you like to hear, have you ever had to put a lot of effort to understand or learn them? Your mind learned them without so much conscious effort because they appealed to you, were catchy, and melodious. The same psychology can be applied while figuring out a name. A short and simple one-word or sequencing of two rhyming words or alliterative short words can help you come up with something pleasant and interesting. 

Consider your future vision

You might turn up with a certain name but if you haven’t considered the aspect of your future vision then you need to give it strong consideration. A cross-check about whether the name of your brand aligns with your long-term futuristic goals will help you get re-assured if the name will always work for your business. You can start your business small but ultimately you would want to grow your business. You might be selling certain products initially but in the future, you might incorporate other products too. Hence, keeping the aspects of the future of your business in mind will help you come up with a future inclusive name.

Pick up relatable words 

Aligning the objectives of your brand with its name allows your audience to understand your work by using logic. For example, if you sell home decor lights then keeping a name like – Bright Addition is more logical than keeping the name Pink Valley. A relatable name helps the audience to make more sense of the product range and brand objectives. It helps them make better associations between your brand name and their needs from your brand which ultimately makes your brand memorable for them.

A meaningful name builds strong brand connectivity

Find out a meaningful name, one that reflects your niche, brand identity, and type of products you will sell. This will help you make better brand connectivity. 

Quick Tip – Make sure before deciding your brand name, you have a clear idea of your brand identity, its core values, value propositions, ideas, kind of products, and future vision, as it will help you align your brand aspects with the name of your brand. This will allow you to formulate an all-inclusive brand name. 

Ensure domain name is available 

When you decide on a name, you would also be finding a domain name for your online business. While searching for domain names, you need to check for a name that has not been taken prior. You need to check this for your website as well as social media handles as you will prefer to keep a constant name to maintain consistency.

Quick Tip – .com is one of the most popular top-level domains, hence it is challenging to find the same. But don’t fret if .com is unavailable as a domain for your brand, going with snazzy domains that are unique can also rank well on Google if the website is of good quality and offers a good user experience. 

Strategy to finalize a brand name 

Determine what you want to accomplish

Visualizing an outcome before working for it is the best way to approach a plan. How do you want your brand name to interact with your audience’s mind is the foremost question that you need to ponder over. Do you want to create a visually appealing experience or a pleasant sound? Do you want the audience to decode a message immediately as they hear your brand name or do you want to make them more curious to find out more about your brand? You need to sketch a clear picture of the experience you want to create for your audience. 

Your brand name can create a buzz. But how do you want to do it? 

Types of brand names –

  • Founder/ Inventor’s name 

If you want to use a person’s name as your brand name then it can be a good idea. But make sure the name is not very challenging to pronounce or else it will be difficult to remember. 

  • Describe an image

The hack to creating images is using words that the audience is easily familiar with. For example – Burger King. We all are familiar with burgers as well as kings. Even though we might or might not imagine a king eating a burger but we will somewhere visit the memory associations of our brain that will produce images of burger and king and ultimately we will remember the brand name. On the other hand, we are also familiar with Enterprise solutions but none of them form an image in our minds because our brain memory doesn’t have strong associations with these words. Hence, if you are looking for a similar experience then brainstorm words that align with your brand goals as well as simple memory associations of your audience. 

  • Describe an experience

If you want to describe an experience. For example – An adventure sports brand was named ‘Energy Flow’. When a person comes across this name, it automatically feels a rush of adrenaline or an image of similar associations related to ‘energy’ and ‘flow’ in the mind. These verbs help build an experience in the minds of the audience and such experiences are hard to forget. 

  • A meaningful name 

If you want your audience to connect with your brand value propositions through the name of your brand in one click then work out a meaningful name for your brand. 

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Alrexwrno6LEcb0xlgigRCh0aGUst8r353i1PH72uMDku51lmChKdSVi6kNMHmPIHPVNFPCe4dAVVRjFD3SqbsUCcLljT10w5r4_U_V03tnwU951A7JqXhweHwOKaRHi8oAEsCtg
Quick Tip – Brainstorming words that connect with your brand’s value propositions can help you come closer to your objective of forming a meaningful name for your brand. 
  • A name which is not an existing word 

You can also formulate a name that is not an existing word at all. It allows you to be unique and stand out from your competitors. 

Evaluate your names objectively

You can evaluate your brand name’s effectiveness by considering the following points  

  • Check originality of your brand name
    It is crucial to check whether your name is original, that is, it has not already been picked up by any other business. Choosing a name that infringes on any other company’s trademark can lead to complications and you would ultimately have to change your name. 
  • Envision your marketing strategies before hand
    Planning strategies that you will apply to market your business and its products to your target audience will help you in your brand name decision making. Visioning your promotion strategies will help you understand how you can integrate your brand name in your marketing plan beforehand. 
  • Ask yourself
    Self-satisfaction is the primary objective of evaluation. If you are yourself unsatisfied with the name of your own brand, you won’t be able to feel connected to your goals. If you are satisfied with the name then go to the next step of evaluation and ask your friends and family about the same. 
  • Ask your friends and family
    It can be a good idea to take feedback from your friends and family as they can serve as a sample to verify your choice for your larger target audience. 

Examples of our partner brands who chose their brand names wisely

Xante

Being a wholesome nutrition brand the name Xante stands for excellent health. The letter ‘X’ in Xante is derived from eXcellent, which further combines with a french word ‘Sante’ which means health. You can learn more about Xante at https://www.xante.in/ 

Akiva

Akiva is a meaningful brand name, it means ‘To protect or shelter’ in the Hebrew language. 

True to its mission of providing health care, the brand name connects with its mission and vision. Being a simple and unique name, it is hard to forget. To shop with Akiva, you can visit https://akivasuperfoods.com/

Curio Cottage


The brand started its journey by selling Curios and Jewellery in a cottage, hence the name. It’s a simple and straightforward name that is true to the brand’s value propositions and reflects the roots of its journey. You can check their jewelry collection at https://www.curiocottage.in/

Remember, the name of your brand is not just the title of your brand story but also a significant element of your long-term brand experience. It is an asset for your promotion strategies and an element you will always be playing creatively with. An efficient thought process aligned with your brand value propositions and differentiation touchpoints can make your brand stand out in the marketplace. 

We have curated a #brandlogoseries where we have showcased the thought process of logos of different brand partners and how every logo speaks a story! To check out the logos, their visual details, and the stories behind them, visit our Instagram Page.

How to Create your Brand Color Palette?


The colors of your brand form the first impression of your brand in the minds of your customers. In less than a fraction of a second, they communicate your brand’s idea to the viewers. Being a strong medium of visual communication they have the power to –

  • Make your customers feel and behave in a particular way by evoking certain emotions 
  • Direct your customers to take a particular action
  • Grab the attention of your customers to a particular element
  • Enhance your brand’s awareness and make it memorable 
  • Make your website elements better visible and readable

According to scientific research, a person starts to form an impression in less than one-tenth of a second. 

By choosing the right colors you can form a suitable color palette that will help you in forming effective branding and marketing strategies that make a difference. Before you select the colors for your brand, you must be able to identify your brand with its values and mission statements. A simple process when followed in a step-by-step manner can make the whole idea of color selection easy and effective.

Define your Brand’s Identity

Before deciding the colors for your brand color pallet, it’s important to know what your brand stands for and what makes your brand stand out from its competitors. 

Write down your brand’s value propositions and mission statements in an authentic, clear, and precise manner. Highlight the main words which will help you condense down to certain strong words that define your brand in the best possible manner.

Quick Tip – Brain-storming followed by mind-mapping of the strong words of your brand can help you expand and then contract the necessary terminologies into categories. 

Understand the Psychology of Brand Colors

By now we have realized how color is a powerful asset to our branding and marketing business. Now, we need to understand how the psychology of colors works in order to gain the necessary knowledge to apply for selecting our brand’s colors. 

Each and every color holds certain meanings and evokes certain emotions. Red stimulates passion and vibrance while yellow is more cheerful, friendly, and warm. Although our interpretation of colors is subjective and can vary from person to person, there are certain generalizations that can help us make a better decision. 

Apart from understanding the meanings that single color holds, we need to learn how to interpret color combinations and how they are being used by different brands today. Color theory gives us useful insights to strengthen our understanding of colors. 

Color Theory and Types of Colors to use for your Brand  

  • Primary colors – The primary colors of your brand are the colors that define the major characteristics of your brand. The colors that fall under this category are – red, blue, and yellow. 
  • Secondary colors – These colors are created using primary colors. They compliment your primary colors. Secondary colors can be used in multiple ways along with primary colors. The colors that fall under this category are – purple, green, orange. 

Choosing Color Combinations 

  • Using contrasting colors – These are the colors that are located opposite to each other on the color wheel. To create a contrast, one can also pick colors apart from these that juxtapose well with each other. Choosing contrasting colors can create a lively, quirky, and funky essence. It can also be used to highlight certain elements of the brand. 
  • Using analogous colors – These colors are the ones that are located adjacent to your primary color. This color palette can create visually appealing designs. 
  • Using monochromatic colors – These colors are shades and tints of primary colors. Using different lighter and darker shades of the same color together can build a unified and soothing color palette for your brand. 

Align your Brand’s Identity with the Right Colors and Color Combinations

Finally, you can align the words and ideas that define your brand’s identity with the colors and color combinations that convey the same message. Pick up certain colors that strongly support your brand’s identity and color combinations that justify your brand’s idea. Try different color combinations and see which one best suits your idea. You can use certain tools to check your color selection.

Now that you know how to pick up colors for your brand, you can start creating one. Do not forget to follow the process. The brand color palette is an essential part of brand marketing and business strategy, that is why you need to select your colors thoughtfully. Once chosen, you can add the main colors to your brand’s logo and can use the entire color palette to design the various tools of your brand marketing. 

The logo is a strong visual representation of your brand. It narrates the story of your brand in just a glimpse. With appropriate colors and a clear story, you can make a difference. Check out the brand logo story of our partner brands on our Instagram account.

Buy Now Pay Later Revolution: Why E-businesses Should Adopt It?

For modern shopaholics, nothing is as exciting as the idea of buying now and paying later. Fortunately for them, this fantasy is now a reality. 

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has gained huge popularity over the last few years. 

With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing lockdown, and the financial ramifications it has had for consumers and businesses alike, BNPL is likely to become an important part of the e-commerce domain. It enables customers to buy a product or service without worrying about the purchase price.

With the ability to encourage impulse buying and drive additional sales, it’s no surprise that BNPL is the next big payment trend in the online retail world.

What is Buy Now, Pay Later?

The idea behind buy now, pay later is quite simple. Shoppers buy something online and, instead of paying the total amount upfront, pay in installments over some time. BNPL also makes it possible for businesses to move goods quickly out of inventory. 

Companies can offer their financing, or go through a third party such as Simpl or LazyPay. 

How does Buy Now, Pay Later work?

At checkout, shoppers have the option to receive their product right away and pay the amount in full either after a set period or in smaller installments over time. They usually have to make 3-4 equally spaced payments, also, there are no extra fees or interest charges, provided they pay on time. 

The businesses have to pay the service provider a certain percentage of the amount as commission plus a fixed fee for every transaction.

The majority of the BNPL service providers do a soft credit check to avoid giving money to people who have shown general disregard for repayment obligations, but this isn’t universal. 

Social e-commerce drives further adoption of Buy Now, Pay Later

A change driver that is closely tied to the BNPL boom, is the rise of social e-commerce. It enables users to shop directly from social media apps by bringing social media and e-commerce together. Buy Now, Pay Later assists in fast-tracking the purchase decision by providing shoppers the option to pay later, leading to more impulse buying. 

Whether or not they are active in the social e-commerce domain, brands with an online store need to optimize their checkout experience to remain competitive. 

Now that you know what Buy Now, Pay Later is, let’s see how implementing it can benefit your e-commerce business.

Why should businesses offer Buy Now, Pay Later? 

Convert more visitors

For businesses, there’s nothing more frustrating than seeing visitors spending a lot of time on their website, browsing products, adding them to the cart, only to abandon them. 

While there are multiple reasons for a customer to abandon their cart, affordability always comes on top. 

BNPL enables customers to purchase goods even during a tight financial situation. Suppose, you are selling a certain product for two thousand rupees. If you let the buyer pay in two or more installments, you will sell twice as many products. 

Quick Tip –  By offering BNPL and making the purchase more economic, you can reach a wider audience, including the younger generation. At ANS Commerce, our in-house tech Kartify is a feature-rich platform and comes with an integrated payment gateway. Request your free DEMO now. 

Looking for a logistics partner for your FMCG goods? Read on to find out how we safely store and ship perishable goods. 

Increase your average order value

The Average Order Value (AOV) is the amount a customer pays when they make a purchase. Many e-commerce businesses have witnessed more than a 100% increase in AOV after adopting the BNPL payment system on their website. 

Smaller, spread-out payments increase the customers’ purchasing power, driving the sales for businesses. People prefer BNPL to avoid the exorbitant interest rates of credit cards. 

Buy Now, Pay Later system is also quite helpful for brands selling high-value goods like jewellery and electronics. It enables consumers to purchase these expensive items without worrying about the payment. Therefore, making it easier for brands to drive order conversion. 

Offer better customer experience

A hassle-free custom experience builds loyalty and encourages repeat purchases. 

For a customer, more ways to shop, pay, and products to choose from, are all positive factors. Offering customers the option to shop and pay the way they want leads to an increase in loyalty and sales. 

Which payment method you choose to provide on your checkout page is up to you. Although millennials are more likely to prefer mobile wallet/UPI, the more choices offered, the better. 

BNPL is just one more option the customers would like to see on the checkout page. Adopting this growing trend can provide them with a seamless shopping experience leading to repeat business. 

Data safety is of utmost importance when it comes to online shopping. Read this article to learn how you can avoid a data breach. 

Drawbacks of adopting Buy Now, Pay Later?

There are always certain drawbacks associated with every financing option, BNPL is no exception. 

  • BNPL third-party service providers usually charge 2-6% of the purchase amount, which is higher than the traditional payment methods. However, for brands, it can still be profitable because BNPL assists in driving more conversions 
  • One of the biggest cons of offering the Buy Now, Pay Later option is that it invites several administrative problems. Also, there’s a risk of loss of revenue if the customer doesn’t pay the amount, or stops paying after a few installments. However, BNPL service provided by third parties is a great way to avoid such situations. Once a customer buys through the third-party gateway, the seller is paid in full within a few business days. The payment partner services the loan and takes on the risk, from chargebacks to fraud
  • BNPL also involves integration challenges, incorporating it requires some serious workaround on your checkout page. It needs special tools and technology, which adds up to your business expense thus lowering your profit margin. To avoid this, brands should choose a feature-rich platform that is integration-ready

How can ANS Commerce assist you?

Our in-house, fully customizable, integration-ready proprietary brand store platform, Kartify comes with a payment gateway that is safe and secure. We do not store user financial details and conduct regular security audits for more safety.

BNPL is the latest wave within the fintech industry to further disrupt the traditional banking and business landscape. With the long-term financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially among the younger generation, BNPL services will likely witness accelerated adoption in the future. Kartify offers an option to enable BNPL for our partner brands. We advise you to jump on this trend with our assistance so that you can drive more sales, safely. Request your free DEMO now!

Facebook Ad Targeting Tips to Drive Conversions for Your Business

More than a billion people log onto Facebook every day, making it an excellent and cost-effective tool for marketing your offerings to a huge audience. The platform’s advanced targeting system helps businesses cut through the noise and find their ideal customers. 

An effective Facebook ad targeting strategy increases conversions while lowering the cost per conversion, the ultimate measure of an ad’s value. 

Email marketing is another powerful tool to reach target audiences. Read this article to understand how you can optimize your order confirmation email for driving sales

Facebook Ad Campaign Goals

A powerful message helps in creating a strong connection with your audience and demonstrates how your product/service can solve their problems and make their life more comfortable. 

For instance, if you are creating an ad campaign to market sports shoes, you should mention  –

  1. How comfortable they are
  2. How they can help buyers in achieving their fitness goals

The social media giant offers brands an opportunity to test a wide variety of targeting features to find the most effective and pocket-friendly way to reach customers and drive sales. 

The targeting options are broadly classified into two categories:

Cold Traffic 

People who are not aware of your business or product and have never visited your website are known as cold traffic. 

Facebook enables you to target audience based on the following criteria:

  • Interests and Brands 

Age, events, businesses that the users follow (for instance, target users who follow businesses similar to yours)

  • Life Events and Profile Status 

Event management companies can target people who recently got engaged or have children 

  • Age and Gender 

Brands dealing in women clothing or makeup should target female Facebook users

  • Location 

Businesses can target a whole nation or just their locality

  • Lookalike Audiences 

You can request Facebook to display the ads to users who are similar to the audience set you have provided. 

Retargeted Traffic 

Users who visited your website or somehow came in contact with your brand are called retargeted traffic. It includes – 

  • Website visitors 

people who visited specific pages of your website, product, or checkout page

  • Engagement 

Users who engaged with the brand’s organic posts or ads

  • Custom List 

Businesses can upload a custom list on Facebook like a list of people who signed up for their newsletter

  • Facebook video viewers

Users who viewed the brand’s video posts 

  • Facebook page likes

Users who liked the business’s Facebook page

Businesses can display such users ads to remind them of the products they have visited or left in their carts. 

Now that you understand a bit about Facebook ads, let’s dive into high-converting Facebook ad targeting strategies that can propel your business to the top. 

4 High-converting Facebook Ad Targeting Strategies 

Target your competitor’s customers

Facebook Audience Insights offers a treasure trove of valuable information that can help businesses understand their audience. They can leverage this data to learn how to target potential customers. 

Brands can also use Facebook insights to find and target their competitor’s customers. Just go to the Create Audience tab and type the name of your competitor’s Facebook Pages in the interest box. Check out the demographics information to see if you can gain any more insights that will assist you in reaching your target audience. Now, create new audiences based on this data and save it for the future.

Quick Tips – You can further target this audience to make sure you get the best fit for your specific business and campaign goal. If you find this to be too technical, reach out to us. We offer performance marketing services and take care of all your promotional needs. Request your free DEMO today!

Leverage life event targeting 

Some businesses and campaigns are designed to sell products/services to people experiencing certain life events. For example, wedding photographers will target recently engaged couples or their family members. Packers and movers want to reach people who have just purchased a new house or are moving to a new city. 

Facebook has every conceivable life event targeting option since users tend to post these on their timelines. 

The life events parameters are unique, brands can choose to target people at specific intervals of time. For instance, a jewelry brand that wants to reach people celebrating their 1st wedding anniversary can target audience members who were newlyweds 1 year ago. 

Expand to lookalike audiences

Facebook’s Lookalike Audiences enable businesses to create target lists of potential customers who share similar interests with their existing customers. 

If the Facebook insights inform you that your existing customers are new dog-parents who live in Delhi NCR, you should target other dog-parents in the same location.

The platform’s tools are quite sophisticated in their audience matching. Brands don’t even have to know what data points they have to match, Facebook will figure it out for them. 

Quick Tip – Lookalike audience is an excellent way to target and reach new customers. The trick is to choose the right source, the two key criteria are – audience size and quality. 

Get super granular with layered targeting 

The best thing about advertising on Facebook is that it enables businesses to layer targeting options, gradually making their audience more and more specific. 

Brands can use combinations of behaviors, demographics, and locations for a more targeted approach. Suppose, a moving company is offering a flat 20% discount to senior citizens. It can target people who recently purchased a house, layered with an age range of 60 years or older and their service area location. 

This Facebook targeting strategy is best suited for promotions designed to target a specific audience or niche. Coupled with a strong landing page, this strategy can provide you with excellent results. 

Facebook advertising is inexpensive and offers a more focused targeting strategy. If executed correctly. It can provide a huge ROI by pulling users from the conversion funnel. 

Now that you know how to effectively target audiences on Facebook the next obvious step is to target them through Google ads. Read this article to learn how to create a successful Google Ad campaign. 

Why ANS Commerce?

When planning your Facebook ad targeting strategy, don’t just pick one of the above-mentioned tips. Implement each of them and see how they might fit into your target market segments. If you feel overwhelmed with all this information, get in touch with us. At ANS Commerce, we take care of everything e-commerce leaving you free to focus on your core business operations. We offer custom performance marketing services, our in-house platform LimeReach is designed to track customer data and enables businesses to make data-backed decisions. 

Still, confused? Request your free DEMO today!

Instagram SEO: 4 Ways to Enhance Your Brand’s Reach

Instagram has established itself as one of the biggest social media platforms with more than one billion active users. For businesses, it can be a powerful marketing tool to reach new prospects and gain more customers. The best way to do that is by increasing your followers, the more people you reach, the higher your chances of driving sales. However, Instagram has become quite saturated, and marketing on the platform is very competitive. Getting noticed amidst millions of other accounts is certainly difficult if you’re a relatively new or small business. 

So, the question is, how can you effectively promote your brand on Instagram? 

The answer is easy, Instagram SEO!

Instagram recently made a significant update to its search functionality, instead of only being able to search profiles, hashtags, and locations, users can now search general keywords and it will show all posts that include those words.

It means with this change in Instagram algorithm, brands need to incorporate Instagram SEO into their marketing strategy.

Email marketing is another effective way to reach target customers and increase sales, read this article to learn how to optimize your order confirmation emails to drive more conversions

Instagram SEO Algorithm 

Google has its algorithm to decide which page will rank on top of its result page. Following the same principle, the Instagram algorithm determines which post (photos and videos) will rank on top of users’ feeds, in Instagram Search, and on the Explore page.

Just like with traditional SEO, the higher a brand’s Instagram post ranks, the more organic reach it will generate. Now, the question is, how does the platform’s algorithm works, and what factors influence the ranking?

  • Instagram does not favor videos over images or vice versa. For instance, if the user engages with more videos regularly, then he’ll receive more video recommendations
  • The main factor in determining a page’s Instagram ranking is user engagement. The platform uses AI and machine learning to monitor user engagement data in real-time and is constantly updating 
  • The type of Instagram account, Personal, Business, Creator, does not influence the algorithm
  • The platform is actively monitoring for bought likes and fake followers and can ban your account if it suspects you of indulging in such fraudulent activities
  • How fast the audience engage with your posts does not influence your ranking on Instagram

Now that you have a basic understanding of Instagram SEO and algorithm, here are a few powerful Instagram SEO tips to help you navigate the social landscape. 

4 Instagram SEO Tips to Increase Brand’s discoverability 

Instagram SEO Tip #1: Optimize Your Profile for Search

As part of the Explore page, Instagram Search is the directory where users can find any account on the platform. 

Similar to Google, users can use the search bar on top of the Explore page to find and discover accounts, hashtags, and locations. The search result is based on a variety of factors such as people the searchers follow, who they’re connected to, and what type of content they interact with on the platform. However, the results are also based on keywords now. 

When a user searches for something by typing in a keyword on Instagram (such as leather handbag), the platform sorts through millions of accounts to find the most relevant result for what they’re looking for – accounts that have those keywords. Therefore, to rank for specific keywords brands need to optimize their profile for such terms. 

For instance, to rank for the term handbag, incorporate that keyword into your name and username since both are searchable on Instagram.

Quick Tip – If you don’t want to use the keyword in your username, place it in the name field of your Instagram bio. It’s fully customizable and separate from your username. Change the name to something that highlights what your business is about. It is an excellent way to boost your visibility on Instagram. 

Instagram SEO Tip #2: Use Instagram Alt Text

Alt-text is a relatively new feature on Instagram that enables users to write captions for their images. It was designed to assist visually impaired users to enjoy their Instagram experience, but it can also be used by brands to rank higher. The platform automatically generates the alt text for the images if you don’t add one. However, It’s better to do it yourself to make sure it matches what’s actually in the photo. It helps your post rank higher in the search results, resulting in more engagement. 

Instagram SEO Tip #3: Treat Hashtags Like Keywords

Adding relevant hashtags to your posts and stories is one of the best ways to get discovered by the target audiences on Instagram. This can easily translate into more engagement, followers, and customers for your business. 

If you add a hashtag to your post, that post will be displayed on the corresponding hashtag’s results page. Since they’re used to discover new content, using relevant hashtags can put your post/account in front of the target audience, even if they are not following you on Instagram. 

Hashtags offer plenty of benefits apart from improving your discoverability. They can help you in community-building, sourcing user-generated content, running social media campaigns, researching target audiences, and more. Therefore, it’s important to have a clear and well-developed hashtag strategy. Without one, you would be missing out on opportunities to optimize your Instagram account and drive more engagement and followers. 

Quick Tip – Instagram hashtag strategy doesn’t have to be too complex. Just test and track your efforts so that you can find out what’s working and what isn’t. At ANS Commerce, we have in-house tools for testing and tracking marketing campaign performance, request your free DEMO today!

Instagram SEO Tip #4: Optimize Your Page for Engagement 

As mentioned above, engagement influences the Instagram algorithm, and to improve engagement, brands need to improve three main aspects of their posts:

Attractiveness


In this highly competitive Instagram environment, it is important to create and post content that your target audience would find valuable. Publish carefully curated and enticing photos/videos with attractive captions. Also, if the engagement on one of your posts is high, it will be beneficial for your future posts. 

Check out this post to learn about the trending Instagram themes and incorporate them to increase your audience engagement!

Timing 

Instagram doesn’t display the content chronologically on its Explore page, however, newer posts are more likely to appear first in the user’s feed. Therefore, spotting the right time to post your photo/videos is very important to increase your engagement. Simply check Instagram Insights and find out when your followers are the most active. You can also use various Instagram analytical tools for this purpose, but you’d need to research your target audience first. 

Relationships 

Instagram algorithms also take into account the depth of the engagement, if someone likes or comments on your posts often, it will recommend more of your post to that user. Therefore, knowing your target audience and posting content that will resonate with them is very important. Conduct intensive market research and define your target audience, and develop your content based on those insights. 

Why Choose ANS Commerce?

Planning and executing Instagram marketing campaigns can be quite overwhelming if you don’t possess the necessary skills and tools. At ANS Commerce, we offer our clients custom performance marketing solutions, from checking brand logos and guidelines for creatives to collecting actionable insights with our in-house tools, we have everything you need to reach and convert your target audience. Request your free DEMO today!

Instagram SEO is a cost-effective, high-impact strategy that can assist brands in reaching their target audience and drive conversions and sales. It may not be as effective as paid advertising, but the potential ROI is staggering. For brands committed to using social media for marketing purposes, Instagram SEO is an effective tool.

Complete Guide for Conducting the SWOT Analysis for your E-commerce Business

With the e-commerce industry flourishing, competition has also become fierce. The external contingencies are also increasing day by day. This has made it mandatory for brands to analyze themselves by conducting a SWOT analysis and find out where they stand. 

The need of the hour is to have a SWOT analysis for your e-commerce business. Not only will this let you analyze the internal factors, but also helps you learn about upcoming opportunities and threats. 

Basics of SWOT Analysis


The goal of the SWOT analysis is to make the best use of the business strengths and look out for the upcoming opportunities to utilize them to their full potential. But at the same time, it becomes important to keep in mind the weaknesses of the business while taking the best measures to mitigate the upcoming threats.

Strengths

To find out your strengths, you need to ask yourself certain questions – 

  • What makes your e-commerce business unique? Do you sell niche products that are not easily available in your target location?
  • Do you offer comparison shopping on your brandstore?
  • Do you provide your customers with product recommendations?

Weaknesses

There are examples of certain challenges that every e-commerce business faces, such as – 

  • No immediate gratification because of the long transit period
  • Perishable products are quite expensive to ship
  • Unwillingness to pay online due to security and fraud concerns

Businesses need to take these concerns seriously while conducting a SWOT analysis and figure out ways to tackle these weaknesses. 

Opportunities

E-commerce is quite dynamic, new technologies and features offer a seamless shopping experience, resulting in higher sales volume. Some examples of how brands can use technology to their advantage – 

  • Advancement in shopping cart technology provides a customer-friendly shopping experience 
  • Companies can now leverage Big Data analytics to understand customer behavior and preferences 
  • Social media marketing is an inexpensive way to create brand awareness

Threats

Always be on the lookout for changes in the industry that might affect your business growth, such as – 

  • Change in the privacy policy
  • Low barriers to entry can result in new competitors
  • Price wars with big e-commerce companies 

Try to attract non-price-sensitive customers by offering value-added services like free delivery, customer service, loyalty programs, and more. 

SWOT Analysis | What steps should you take if you are an e-commerce company?

Do a comprehensive research

 

Before you begin with SWOT analysis, you must research well to understand your industry, market, and business. It’s very crucial to research before you make any move. You need to collect data, interpret objective and subjective research. For instance, to check why your brand store’s traffic is not increasing, you should pay attention to unique visitors, traffic trends, and page views of your website.

Begin with the external factors

Opportunities and threats are the external factors in SWOT analysis. It’s always best to start by analyzing and evaluating them. For instance, If you are looking further to offer better experience and quality, you must keep in mind the external opportunities (it could be a new fashion trend, benefiting government policy, new technology) and leverage them. On the other hand, you must never forget the future contingencies that are threats and do your best to contain them. It’s always in your control to make the best use of strengths and mitigate weaknesses.

Let’s take an example to understand it better; you did a SWOT analysis and you learned that there is an upcoming threat. You made a quick backup plan to tackle the situation and did not have to bear any loss. But on the other hand, if there was no SWOT analysis you would not have known which threat is on the way to harm your business. That is why we recommend you to start with external factors as they are the ones that affect your business either adversely or positively.

Write your SWOT based on real facts

After the research part, you are ready to create your SWOT analysis. The most prominent goal of SWOT analysis is to give you a realistic view of your business. The first key point is to think about where your business stands in the current scenario. While you are writing down your SWOT, just write the facts based on the actual capabilities of your business. Remember, it’s not an advertisement, where you are listing the best points and ignoring all the negative aspects, but you are giving a realistic picture to yourself about your company by listing the strengths and weaknesses accurately. The other key point is to think about where your business stands in the current scenario, this could be incredibly useful while developing strategies.

Quick tip: Do not let your SWOT analysis look like a monotonous novel, keep it brief. Avoid complex sentences or words to avoid overthinking. You can also hire a third party to create a professional SWOT report. Request your free DEMO now!

Convert your strengths and weakness into opportunities

Your business strengths are only useful if you could benefit from them. For that, you must transform your strengths into opportunities. You can use the method of – matching and converting. It enables you to match the strength and weaknesses with opportunities and threats and convert them into opportunities or mitigate them.

Here’s how – 

  • Strengths – Opportunities

Leverage your internal strengths to take advantage of opportunities

  • Strengths – Threats

Use your strengths to minimize the threats

  • Weakness – Opportunities 

Reduce weaknesses by leveraging opportunities

Quick tip: You can discuss with your team to identify the weakness and strengths of your business, by carefully examining the points you can get clarity if weaknesses and strengths could be converted into opportunities or not. 

Understand the market trends

How much is the demand for your products? Will the demand for your products rise in the coming future? Are you keeping any stones unturned to increase the demand for your products?

All these above questions are quite simple, but at times it gets very hard to find answers to them. Well here are some tips to uncomplicate things for you:

  • Understand the market trends that could increase or decrease your demand( for instance, a trend of wearing multicolored outfits while you only planned to deal with light colors)
  • Calculate the current demand and projecting the future 
  • Analyze the competition that could affect your market share, for instance, a new brand started to offer services at a very low cost which was your strength, it will affect your demand adversely)

Want to move your business online? Read this article to learn how to transition from offline to the online store.

How can ANS Commerce help you?

E-commerce businesses face a lot of challenges while managing their daily operations. At ANS Commerce, we offer full-stack e-commerce solutions to our clients so that they can leave ‘all-things-e-commerce’ to us and focus on their brand and product.

You can also avail free marketing audits conducted by our marketing experts to provide a quick evaluation of your brand’s growth and performance perfection. From gauging compelling techniques to compiling a list of strategies to optimizing ROAS, this marketing audit will offer a target-oriented view of your business and compare its performance with the competitors. 

Book your free Marketing Audit today!

It is not mandatory to have a SWOT analysis for e-commerce brands, but it is obvious that it works amazingly in pushing the business towards success. It will show your business team the right direction to move by mitigating your threats and weaknesses and making the best use of your strengths and opportunities.

The Ultimate Guide For Storing And Shipping Chocolates

Every e-commerce merchant will agree: it’s one thing to store and ship durables, but quite another to ship chocolates. A lot can go wrong while shipping chocolates, which requires e-retailers to carefully consider warehouse services and courier partners. 

Customer satisfaction is a top priority for every business, therefore, it’s important to deliver the goods in perfect condition. Storing and shipping FMCG products is not an easy task, various factors must be taken into consideration to prevent them from spoiling while in storage and transit. 

Some common challenges faced while storing and shipping chocolates

  • Maintaining the optimal temperature 24*7 to avoid melting and blooming (when chocolate turns white on its surface when it’s too cold). Also, the chocolates expand, and their shape change if the temperature is higher than 22 degrees
  • Packing and shipping chocolates in insulated vehicles and boxes, however, these containers and vehicles are quite expensive
  • Reducing transit time, however, for this, you need to have zonal or regional warehouses, which is not financially feasible for every business
  • Delivering chocolates while keeping the packaging and shipping cost minimum

How does ANS Commerce store and deliver chocolates safely?

Maintaining optimal temperature

Chocolate being a food item is categorized as perishable goods. Take weather conditions into consideration while planning the shipping week so that you can decide whether or not it’s a good day to ship. However, this is only possible for those who have a flexible timeline for deliveries. 

At ANS Commerce warehouses, we maintain the temperature between 18-22 degrees to avoid ruining the texture of the chocolates. There’s a 24-hour power backup to prevent chocolates from melting irrespective of the weather conditions. Our warehouses have temperature sensor monitors to check for any variations. We offer gel packs and insulated boxes and vehicles for maintaining optimal temperature during transit.  

Request your free DEMO today!

Quick Tip – Keep the chocolates away from direct heat or light. Also, always place frozen gel packs while shipping chocolates, and these packs should be inside plastic bags to avoid condensation. 

Making sure the packaging is damage-proof

Packing the chocolates should both be safe and practical. You want the packaging to be safe and spill-proof but also easy to open without damaging the goods inside. Here are some of the packaging materials we use at ANS Commerce to ship chocolates.

  • Insulated Containers

At our warehouses, we offer insulated containers to keep chocolates safe during transit. A foil backing combined with foam or fiber fillers makes our insulation containers highly effective for providing temperature control for 48 hours. 

  • Cold Packs

The insulated containers keep the temperature low for 48 hours. However, sealed in a plastic bag, cold packs help in maintaining the temperature of the chocolates for an even longer duration and act as portable refrigerators. We use cold packs for FMCG company Mars Wrigley’s chocolates, and they always reach their destination in perfect condition. 

We recently onboarded a leading FMCG and chocolate brand, Mars Wrigley, to offer tech-enabled warehousing and shipping services. Read on to learn more about how we’re helping the company in order fulfillment 

Steps for Packaging Process

  • Prepare the shipping container
  • Put the reflective insulation liner inside the container, covering all six sides
  • Take out the chocolate from the cold storage unit and put it in the shipping box. We use bubble wraps to prevent cold packs from freezing the chocolates
  • Seal the insulated box with adhesive strips
  • Close the outer box and seal the edges with tape

While packing chocolates make sure there is no space between them. If they’re not tightly packed, there’s a higher chance of breakage during shipping and handling. If you’re shipping chocolates of different sizes and weights, place the larger and heavier ones at the bottom. This would prevent them from crushing. 

Quick Tip – We always recommend using a box twice the size of your shipment so that there’s room for protective material.

Planning and executing the delivery

Prepare a checklist of all the things you need before scheduling your shipments such as shipping fees, permits, and more. Inform the customer about the delivery timeline and shipping cost (in case of postpaid order) to ensure faster processing. Research and find out the best method to ship chocolates safely. Usually, they’re shipped in vans or trailers since they have a cooling system to keep the chocolates fresh. 

Choosing the right logistics partner is very important. You need a partner that would deliver the chocolates timely and in good condition. At ANS Commerce, we have regional warehouses to make sure that the delivery time never exceeds 48 hours and the Mars shipment reaches its destination in good condition. We also offer insulated vehicles to make sure the chocolates do not get damaged in transit. 

Storing and shipping can be a difficult task to accomplish when you’re selling chocolates, but once you do thorough research and figure out the best way to pack and ship them, you can rest assured that they will reach their destination safely.

Partnering with multiple warehouses and delivery partners can be quite expensive and time-consuming for brands. A better approach is to partner with a full-stack e-commerce enabler such as ANS Commerce that maintains high safety standards while storing and shipping FMCG goods. Moreover, with our regional warehouses, brands can easily offer next-day delivery to their customers. With excellent performance on all aspects of order fulfillment, ANS Commerce offers cost-effective shipping solutions. What are you waiting for? Request your free DEMO today!

Strategies To Optimize Order Confirmation Emails To Build Stronger Customer Relationships

Nothing feels more amazing than changing a lead into a sale. We know that feeling hits a different level of satisfaction. But, is your relationship with your buyer just limited to making a purchase? Well, that is not an ending but just the beginning of the customer-seller relationship. This is the crucial moment where you can make your customer realize that your brand cares about every touchpoint they go through. It’s imperative you actively engage with the customers and keep them informed at every point of their journey.

We just wish that while optimizing your email marketing strategy, you are not forgetting the most crucial mail that everyone awaits for – order confirmation mail.

What makes Order Confirmation Mails so important?

How will you feel if you make a purchase from an offline store and did not receive any bill? No matter how amazing the service or the product was, you need a confirmation of your purchase which is a bill. In the same way, an order confirmation mail is a bill and acts as a proof for the buyer, so they tend to engage with it more.

Order Confirmation emails are transactional emails and are triggered when purchases are completed, they even contain additional components which increase engagement.

Basic components of an Order Confirmation Email

  1. Order placement confirmation
  2. Amount charged for that order
  3. Estimated delivery time
  4. Delivery address

These are the basic elements of every order confirmation email, however, if you want to attract customers and encourage them to do business with you again then follow these strategies!

5 ways to optimize order confirmation email to build stronger customer relationship

Encourage customers to buy more

Making cross-sell offers in the order confirmation mail is an effective way to encourage your customers to buy more from you. After all, if a person has already bought from you, they’re more likely to buy again. 

You can encourage customers to buy more by sharing a ‘frequently bought together’ list in the confirmation email. For instance, if someone bought a shower gel from you then it’s reasonable to assume that they’ll also need a shower cap, body scrub, and moisturizer. It is also helpful for the customer because these products are all relevant.  

Now, the question arises which product needs a cross-sell?

The answer is simple, they all do!

Any product bought by the customer fills a need and creates a need for a new one. For example, if they buy a new phone, they’ll need a new phone cover and screen protector. The question is not whether the product needs a cross-sell, it’s about making it relevant to the customer. 

Quick Tip – Create a sense of FOMO by offering a limited-time offer in your order confirmation maile. Also, do not confuse the customers with too many options, just recommend 5 items to them.

Want to know the secrets of an effective email marketing strategy? Tap here

Boost social media followers 

Social media is an excellent tool to generate leads and sales, it also provides businesses access to more audiences. 

Adding social media buttons to your confirmation email can assist in boosting your followers. A higher follower count enables you to target a custom audience on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

You can also ask customers in the order confirmation email to share their favorite products on social media. When they share it, their followers will click through to view the products, providing you with a chance to add a tracking code and launch a remarketing campaign on social media.

Motivate shoppers to join the referral program

Referral marketing is an effective way to persuade new customers to buy your products. Leverage order confirmation emails to encourage satisfied customers to promote your products, it’ll assist you in generating new leads and sales. However, to run a successful referral program, you need to incentivize your existing customers. For instance, motivate shoppers to share your products on social media with their followers by offering them a 10% discount on the next purchase.

Promote loyalty programs

Order confirmation emails are an important part of the post-purchase promotion strategy. If you’re running a loyalty program, the best time to promote it is right after the customer has placed an order on your website. 

You can run a loyalty program wherein the customers earn redeemable points every time they buy from you. This way you can turn a one-time purchase into repeat customers. Also, use this opportunity to remind shoppers of their total unredeemed loyalty points to encourage them to make a purchase. 

Quick Tip – You can occasionally send customers emails reminding them of their unused benefits that they’re missing out on. At ANS Commerce we provide our clients with complete performance marketing services. To find out more, request your free DEMO now!


Leverage user-generated content to boost sales

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, however, in the context of the order confirmation email, it is worth a lot more than that. 

Businesses that are serious about boosting their sales through order confirmation emails should consider using user-generated content (UGC).

UGC is any piece of content that your customer has posted on social media and online forums. It could be anything, photos, reviews, etc. Incorporating it in the order confirmation email assists in creating trust and authenticity. UGC can also assist in boosting sales, for example, if you add a review wherein a customer raved about buying, say, a bedsheet and a matching pair of the pillowcase, it will encourage the recipient to make a purchase. 

How can ANS Commerce assist you?

Are you worried about handling and managing customers’ orders? Well, leave everything to us, our in-house tech Kartify is a fully customizable, integration-ready proprietary brandstore platform. 

  • Completely mobile-friendly to offer seamless shopping experience to customers
  • In-built tools to collect customer data for remarketing campaigns 
  • Equipped with custom email reports. 

Still, having second thoughts? You can request a free DEMO now!

An order confirmation email is one of the most-awaited, engaging, and informative emails that a business sends to its customers. Therefore, brands should invest more time in creating them. Also, it helps businesses to sell more and gain loyal customers. With just a few tweaks, you can optimize your order confirmation email for higher engagement, traffic, and revenue. 

How A/B Testing can help you in upgrading your business?

Do you know which approach is the best to make your customers happy? Well, this is a question that every marketer gets confused about. The most common dilemma that businesses face these days is they think they understand customers. However, customer behavior is quite unpredictable. You just can’t afford to rely upon gut feeling or intuition as customers’ purchasing habits are very dynamic in this era of online shopping. Well, we have an amazing solution for you that is to conduct A/B testing. 

A/B testing is a statistical way to compare the two versions such as A and B to know which versions go better for you.

A/B Testing Process

Here’s an A/B testing framework you can use to start running tests –

  • Collect data to find out where you need to improve. Start with areas attracting high volume on your website, it will enable you to gather data faster. Look for pages with low conversion or high abandonment rates
  • Identify and set objectives to find out whether or not the new variations are performing better than the original version
  • After identifying your objective, start generating A/B testing ideas and hypotheses for why you think they will perform better than the current version. Prioritize them in terms of expected impact and level of difficulty in implementation
  • Use an A/B testing software to make desired changes in an element of your website experience. It could be anything from changing the color of a button to hiding the navigation elements
  • Run experiments and wait for your visitors to participate. They will be randomly assigned to either the control or variation version of the website. Their response to each experience is measured and compared to determine how each performed
  • Start analyzing the results after the experiment is over. You’ll find out how the two visions of your page performed and whether or not there is a statistically significant difference
Quick Tip – Running a successful A/B test requires years of experience and skill, it’s quite normal to feel overwhelmed by the extensive steps involved in the experiment. At ANS Commerce, we provide our clients with complete performance marketing services and take care of all the marketing planning and campaigns for them. Request your free DEMO today!

Benefits of A/B Testing

Boost Your ROI

A/B testing can assist you in analyzing the website visitor and customer behavior before investing in major decisions. It can assist you in avoiding unwanted risks by helping you focus your efforts and resources for maximum efficiency. Ultimately increasing your ROI, conversions, long-term customer loyalty, and other relevant metrics. 

Quick tip: You must know of every single point that took you to success, we recommend you to always take an independent variable first and measure its performance.

Prevent Cart Abandonment

The final goal of every website is to sell goods and services. However, getting visitors to follow through with checkout after clicking the add to cart button is not an easy task because usually, potential customers abandon their carts before paying. A/B testing can assist businesses in finding the optimal combination of tweaks to the order pages that will motivate the users to finish the purchase. 

The customer journey between checkout and entering a delivery address is the best place to implement the A/B testing. 

Want to know about constructive Website designing tips? Just CLICK HERE

Lower Bounce Rate

It hurts when a visitor just vanishes from the website in a few seconds. A/B testing is an easy way to determine the best combination of elements that will make the visitors stay on your website for longer. The more time they spend on your website, the more chances of them discovering something of value, resulting in conversion.

Want to know some amazing tips to fix your brandstore speed? CLICK HERE

Quick tip: You must experiment while creating a new page on web design, write fresh titles while testing the variations to boost conversions.

Improved User Engagement 

Elements of a website that can be A/B tested include the headline, images, call-to-action (CTA) forms and language, layouts, fonts, and more. Testing one change at a time helps in finding out which influenced user behavior and which did not. Implementing the winner variation will improve the user experience, resulting in overall success. 

Quick tip: If you are facing problems with tracking your website, ANS Commerce is here for you. We provide an in-house tool for marketing automation and detailed analysis to enhance your CTA. Request your free DEMO now!

How Can We Help You?

Well, now you know how incredibly A/B testing works in optimizing your business. But are you worried about how you will implement it? Well, no worries we are here to help you as ANS Commerce provides the best assistance when it comes to A/B testing. As it has special features like:

  • Experiments different audience sets: It experiments with different audience sets to analyze the best approach for the brand
  • Segmenting custom audience: It segments the custom audience into the basis of behavior on the website to know what works best for them
  • Tech & Product: ANS helps you in optimizing the load time of the website, one-page checkout for faster transactions, a data layer for better tracking, and a lot more features

Go ahead and request your free DEMO now!

We all know how dynamic e-commerce businesses are these days which is even more of a big alert for the companies who make certain decisions on gut feeling or intuition. That’s the reason  A/B testing is imperative and the most useful tool these days to drive your e-business growth. A lot of companies in the world have achieved a lot more than their goals by A/B testing and your business could be the next! What are you still thinking? Implement A/B testing now!