12 Tips for Beautiful E-commerce Product Images

October 28th 2019 By Robyn Petrik

One of the keys to running a successful e-commerce store is having beautiful product photography. Since customers shopping online cannot see or pick up products in person, they rely on the product images you post to make their decisions. E-commerce product images act as a first impression, so they must look professional, polished, and trustworthy.

Beautiful images convey the value of your products and create trust in your brand. When done well, product photos engage shoppers and convert more of them into paying customers. Whether you’re working with a generous budget or no budget at all for photos, we have 12 tips to help you create beautiful e-commerce product images.

Which One Won? How to handle close results

October 23rd 2019 By Robyn Petrik

As an Amazon seller, there are endless details to decide on when choosing inventory. Finalizing which colors to offer your products in can make or break sales. Color is one of the first things a customer will notice about your product and will either draw them in or turn them away.

The seller in this PickFu poll was trying to decide which shade of blue to choose for this waterproof speaker. Option A is aqua, a cooler color, and Option B is turquoise, which is a touch warmer. With two similar shades of blue, can you guess which color the respondents preferred?

E-commerce Product Page Testing Step-by-Step

Modified: October 21st 2019 By Madeline Raynor

When you’re selling online, e-commerce product page testing is a must. Why? Optimizing your listing ensures that you’re presenting your merchandise in a way that makes people as likely as possible to buy.

The way to accomplish this is with A/B testing (also called split testing). A/B testing is the process of using two versions of a web page on an audience to compare performance. A traditional split test directs a portion of your website traffic to one version of a page and directs another portion of your website traffic to a different version of that page. PickFu’s split testing is slightly different: instead of testing live, you can create a poll before your product launches and test ideas on an audience in a sandbox environment. PickFu provides the respondents and you’ll get results in as little as a few minutes.

5 of the Best E-commerce Website Tools

October 14th 2019 By Robyn Petrik

Deciding to open an e-commerce store is an exciting move. Creating your own business, whether with physical inventory to manage or through dropshipping, is no small task. You need the best e-commerce website tools to back you up.

One of the first things to consider is which online platform you’re going to use. This crucial tool will enable you to build and manage your store from scratch.

Which One Won?: How e-commerce photo editing affects results

October 9th 2019 By Madeline Raynor

In this week’s “Which One Won?”, we’ll look at an example of how a snazzy design choice in e-commerce photo editing can capture shoppers’ attention.

In this poll, an e-commerce seller conducted a split test on 50 people, presenting them with dueling product images of a musical egg toy set. The two options played around with the layout and the look of the components.

In Option A, the eggs are displayed in a circle, making them resemble flower petals.

In Option B, the eggs rest naturally in the white space.

Both feature a hand holding an egg, but each is in a different position. The two also have different-looking symbols conveying that there are six eggs in a set.

Can you guess which one won?

Using PickFu for Amazon FBA: Interview with Tamara Tee

October 7th 2019 By Laura Melchor

Meet the interviewer

After spending years working jobs she hated, Tamara Tee became a Fulfilled By Amazon (Amazon FBA) seller. She wants other people to experience the freedom of working for themselves. To that end, she runs a YouTube channel that teaches her audience everything they need to know about Amazon FBA selling.

Tamara got a lot of positive feedback about PickFu from those who watched her first PickFu-related video (below) and tried it for themselves afterward.

So she decided she had to get an interview to round out her audience’s PickFu experience. In this interview, Tamara gets the inside scoop on PickFu from co-founder John Li, then walks viewers step-by-step through creating and analyzing two of her own polls.

Read the highlights in this article, or watch the entire interview here:

Which One Won? The importance of product design

September 25th 2019 By Madeline Raynor

This week, we’ll examine the importance of product design, illustrated by this PickFu poll. An e-commerce seller split-tested patterns for reusable beeswax food wraps. Both images feature styles that are beautiful and well-designed, but the audience of 50 Amazon Prime members were tasked with choosing one.

In Option A, the three patterns are bees, avocados, and pineapples. In Option B, there are three geometric/honeycomb patterns.

It’s a tough choice, but one option came out ahead. Can you guess which one won?

How to Split Test Amazon Listings Using PickFu: Interview with Feedbackwhiz

September 23rd 2019 By Robyn Petrik

Wondering about the best way to split test your Amazon listings? Kim Kohatsu, PickFu’s Director of Marketing, recently sat down with Rob Stanley from Feedbackwhiz to discuss how to leverage PickFu as a split testing solution.

Feedbackwhiz builds innovative seller management software for Amazon sellers, including order management, email automation, and feedback campaigns. Feedbackwhiz focuses on helping merchants boost their businesses and is already used by thousands of Amazon sellers.

The Best Product Feedback Tools for E-commerce Products

Modified: September 18th 2019 By Robyn Petrik

Getting products listed on your e-commerce website is only the beginning of the sales cycle. Once customers purchase from you, it’s important to gather information from them using product feedback tools.

But how should you get as many online reviews and as much feedback from your customers as possible, without chasing each one of them down with a ton of emails back and forth? That’s where product feedback tools come in. We’re going to take a look at two types of tools that will do the heavy lifting for you: online reviews and customer surveys.

Streamlining your process with product feedback tools will create exponential growth for your business and ultimately lead to more sales.

5 Common Amazon Seller Mistakes to Avoid

Modified: October 11th 2019 By Kim Kohatsu

Editor’s Note: Thanks to BQool for providing this guest post on common Amazon seller mistakes.

Amazon operates differently than other online shopping platforms by focusing heavily on the buyer’s shopping experience. As a buyer-oriented marketplace, Amazon has strict rules for sellers in terms of account settings, product management, logistics, customer service, and feedback. If you do not understand these ground rules, you could fail on this world-famous e-commerce platform. Be sure to avoid these five common Amazon seller mistakes.

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