Empire builders, you already know that building a successful ecommerce business takes serious work and continued effort. While hard work is a necessity, I have found some helpful dropshipping hacks throughout my years in the industry. If you want to find success faster, you need to start implementing the seventeen dropshipping secrets that I’m about to lay out in your dropshipping business today.
These secrets will help you achieve more, convert at higher rates, and earn more sales nearly the minute you start implementing them. Read on to learn more about these seventeen dropshipping secrets and how you can start using them for your benefit today.
The Ultimate List of Dropshipping Secrets
Over the last few months, my team and I have been doing a ton of research. We’ve been split-testing funnels, trying to find what works and what doesn’t. We’ve been through the learning curves already and can help you cut yours in half by providing you with our findings. If you don’t start utilizing the seventeen key dropshipping secrets we discovered through our research and testing phases, you are simply leaving money on the table. The following are the top seventeen dropshipping secrets that have proven useful in all of our ecommerce endeavors at Ecommerce Empire Builders.
1. Use Better Background Images
To bring legitimacy to your business and funnel, you need to be using high-quality background images. A few years ago, I would have told you that your funnel’s background doesn’t matter. However, the industry is changing, and you have to adapt your strategies to thrive. Through extensive testing, we have found that high-quality images increase conversions, especially with cold traffic. Implementing high-quality images in your funnels is a simple way to build an emotional connection with your potential customers. You can even use stock photos — just make sure they are copyright-free.
2. Don’t Sell Boring or Mundane Products
If you want to be successful in the dropshipping industry, then you can’t sell boring or mundane products. Your product has to stand out.
You also have to create a reason for a customer to buy from you instead of somebody else.
Remember, you can sell spatulas, but your spatulas have to have an element that separates them from the competition. Whether that’s a cool handle or a cool two-in-one kitchen gadget, you need something that separates your product and makes the customer feel like they just have to have it.
3. Implement an Order Bump
Order bumps are a must in the world of funnels. Every one of your funnels should have a pre-purchase upsell available to the customer. Have the offer listed right above the checkout or ‘complete order’ button.
An order bump is simply an easy toss-in item that increases the order value. Think of persuasive offers like expedited shipping or information products when creating your order bumps.
4. Offer Deals and Discounts
Every high-performing funnel has a deal or discount available to the customer. You need to grab the customer’s attention and give them a reason to buy from you. Think about creating offers like “Free Plus Shipping” deals or 50% off discounts.
5. Invest in Testing
If you want to gain traction in the ecommerce industry, then you have to be willing to put a little skin in the game. You need to invest in testing. This means you need to allocate around $250 (or more) to ads on whatever new offer you come up with.
You will use this budget to create split tests and run multiple ads on the same offer for at least a five-day period. This will allow you to test out different audiences and discover where the sweet spot is with the new offer.
6. Have Upsells in Your Funnel
Having upsells in your funnel is a must, no matter what type of software you’re using. Don’t overcomplicate the upsell strategy. If you’re selling fishing lures in your front-end offer, don’t try to sell the customer a fishing rod as the upsell. Offer more fishing lures as the upsell because you already know this is an item that the customer is interested in purchasing.
7. Automate Your Orders
I always see too many people wasting time on fulfilling orders. A simple way to give yourself more time to create better offers and higher converting funnels is to automate your order fulfillment. Always look to outsource parts of your business to give yourself more time to work on the things that really matter. Investing in Dropton or some other way of automating your orders would be a wise investment.
8. Integrate Paypal into Your Funnel
You need to have PayPal or some easy and reputable payment system integrated into your funnel. Having the PayPal logo on your funnel automatically increases your credibility to the customer. Funnelish is a great resource when it comes to integrating PayPal into your funnel.
9. Utilize Funnel Cloning Software
Funnel cloning software is another must-have for every ecommerce business. Super Cloner, a software tool that allows for funnel cloning, helps you find proven funnel templates that work. This is an easy and efficient way to build your own funnel — just start borrowing elements from funnels that have already proven to be successful. You can find a template you like and then put in your own copy, images, and offers.
10. Use the Facebook Ad Library to Your Advantage
Before you run ads to any of your funnels, make sure to use the Facebook Ad Library to your advantage. Go to the ad library and see what kinds of ads your competition is already running. This will give you a good indication of the types of ads that are already working with your ideal customer. You can also take inspiration from these ads and create your own.
Remember, don’t plagiarize these ads. I recommend reading the book Steal Like an Artist to understand how to properly take inspiration and create your own winning ads.
11. Show Multiple Products in Your Ads
Another great strategy to implement in your ads is showing multiple products in one ad. By this, I mean showing the same product being used by multiple people in the same ad. Creating ads that show friends or family all using the same product creates a reason for your customer to buy multiple units of the same product once they enter your funnel.
12. Show Multiple Products in Your Landing Pages
It will also be to your benefit to show multiple units of the same product on your landing pages. Keep your landing pages congruent with your ads, and give the customer a reason to purchase multiple units.
13. Use the Word “Free”
The word “free” is very powerful in marketing. This word needs to be in your funnel. It doesn’t matter whether you create “Free Plus Shipping” offers or free information products — you just need to have something in your funnel that is FREE to the customer. This will automatically result in higher conversions within your funnels. Check out the book Words That Sell by Richard Bayan to understand all the proven marketing words that lead to higher conversions time and time again.
14. Put Testimonials on Your Order From
Placing customer testimonials on your order forms is a simple way to add legitimacy and quality assurance to your business and products. Highlight other people finding success with your products, and use that as a selling point for other potential customers.
15. Provide Deep Discount Offers
Remember that if you have a high ticket item, you need to offer free shipping or deep discount offers with that product. You need to give customers an incentive to go ahead and purchase that higher ticket item today.
16. Enable HTTPS/SSL on Your Funnel Pages
The best way to make your funnel and ecommerce business be seen as more legitimate is to enable HTTPS/SSL on your funnel pages. If a customer gets a notice that your website is not secure, then there is no way they are going to buy from you. This is a simple switch that will yield big results for your business.
17. Use a Simplified Design Within Your Funnels
The last of our dropshipping secrets that you need to utilize is to have a simplified design within your funnel. Never overwhelm the customer. Tell the customer what they want by providing a simple offer with a simple design. Simplicity will bring high conversions to your ecommerce business.
Consult With the Pros
Implement any one of these seventeen dropshipping secrets in your ecommerce business today to yield some serious results. If you feel like you need more guidance on implementing these secrets into your business or if you’re looking for more help on setting up your own profitable ecommerce business, then feel free to reach out to us today.
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