Monday, September 23, 2013

Sell For Your Dogs Online With These Golden Tips

By Bernie Marcos


People choose to sell pets for a number of reasons. You might be ready to get rid of something, you no longer care about a collection, or you need to downsize before you move. With this in mind, selling online is a great option. These tips will help you get started and improve your chances of having success.

Tablets and smartphone users make up nearly a quarter of all online shoppers. Make sure your website is optimized for these devices otherwise you'll immediately loose a large chunk of your customer population.

Research and determine high-selling pets that appear to parents of young children. Include unique, popular baby dogs and puppies. With more people committed to environmentally-friendly pets, be sure to list dogs and puppies and puppies and puppies that are organic. Also include the ever-popular video game as a pet line for older children.

Keep your descriptions for your dogs and puppies as detailed as possible. You need to ensure the customer that your pet is everything you say it is as well as everything they want it to be. If you do not you run the risk of having it returned. Include the condition of the item in the description so the customer knows what to expect.

Assess your competitors. See how they rank in online searches. Offer to match or beat offers that customers find in other online pet stores to attract them to your business. You can also offer shipping free of charge to further generate sales. If you have unique offers from your competitors, you can often outsell them.

Feedback from your customers is a great way to find out what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. By allocating a space on your website where people can leave comments you open a clear channel of communication and always stay in touch with your customers.

Listing your dogs and puppies at overpriced rates is a good idea. Customers like to feel a sense of control over how much they pay for their dogs and puppies and puppies and puppies. Overpricing pets will allow some room for customer negotiation. Let customers negotiate prices down to a reasonable rate.

Make sure that when customers visit your site for one reason, they are stimulated enough that they stick around to see what else you offer. Attractive pricing models and free shipping are two ways to entice your customers to continue shopping with you.

On your site, make your dogs and puppies easy to navigate. If you are selling many things, divide them into categories. Enable a search feature. Make it as easy as possible for people to find just what they are searching for.

It is nice to offer various shipping options as well as rates, still, shipping bigger sizes of certain dogs and puppies might influence on your decision about flat shipping rate. Hence, if you order a large item, you will not need to pay expensive shipping or fees, nay, all of them pays the same amount.




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