Everything about your eBay Store Loading Speed #2

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Your eBay Store Speed V/s ROI

Return on investment is not a new term but can give you headaches if miscalculated. So, every action that you take must be in accordance to the eBay online business environment and this rule applies to every online seller. You are not an exception.

You want believe that only 1second delay can costs millions of dollars to sales channels like eBay, Amazon, Bigcommerce etc. every year. A study has confirmed that eBay shop designs that load very slow result in a decrease in search volumes, high ratio of missed out buyers and revenue loss. Redesigned eBay stores design showed up with an increase in page views by 30% and increase in revenue by 15%.

Well, till now you might have come to know about probable impact of eBay store on your ROI.

Check out google page speed insights to analyze your listing page contents and overall performance of your store. It also provides suggestions to help your improve your store speed. You can also try yahoo, they give you a detailed summary of page components, stats and suggestions. Yahoo works on pre-defined or user defines set of rules to test the speed of a page.

Below given are simple tricks to make your store load fast: Read them and follow to get better result.

  • Use image where they are absolutely required.
  • Resize your image, if possible crop unnecessary parts.
  • Use correct image format, like JPG & PNG for HD images.
  • Avoid using BMP & TIFF file formats for images.
  • Compress your image before using them
  • Remove unnecessary space, line breaks & indentation in code.
  • Compact Java script, HTML & CSS codes – It helps to load fast
  • Optimize your Plugins, select scalable ones
  • Always use plugins from reputed providers.

If you have already tried and tested the above ticks to improve your store speed and still not getting what you want the contact us for customized eBay shop designs & professional eBay listing templates that are specifically optimized to load faster than your competitor’s store.

Everything about your eBay Store Loading Speed #1

Yes, loading time matters a lot be it a website or an eBay store.Keeping your visitor or buyer waiting can reap off your business and you too might be aware of the same fact. Eventually, online buyers tend to expect faster loading speed – according to a survey 40% of online buyers expect a store page to load in less than 3 seconds and out of that (40%) 15%expect to load the same in less a second. Now, you can calculate what sort of speed does the buyer expects when he is online ready to click your store link.

It is not only the speed, but an interactive shopping experience is also expected by the buyers. And it is not bad to expect such things from a genuine buyer on eBay, provided he/she must have smart eBay shop designs.

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Well the key question is –What’s the buzz around improving your store speed?

There are numerous factors engaged with store speed but most important is to get noticed by the buyers instantly.

Your eBay Store Speed V/s Conversion Rate

It is obvious that you are on eBay to make money and your revenue depends on how a visitor is converted into a buyer. While designing an eBay store you focus on graphics, action buttons, colors etc. they do contribute to the conversion share. But if the store speed is slow then visitor will instantly abandon your store without noticing your grand extravaganza.

The first 5 seconds are the most crucial one when a visitor arrives at your store and these 5 seconds decide whether he will stay more or go away. Read some interesting facts on your eBay store speed and conversions.

  • 3 in 10 people abandon your store if texts load fast & product image keep them waiting.
  • More than 40% buyers including new visitors will not visit your store again due to speed problems.
  • If mobile version of your store is loading slowly a massive 70% buyers will leave your store. That a big figure.
  • If your product gets 1000 views in a month, than slow speed will decrease it to 400 & out of this 400 only half of them may buy or may be don’t buy. Hence your conversion may end up to 20% per month out of a 1000. These figures are destructive.

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Read more interesting story like this in the upcoming part of the same post. If you are blown away from the figures and facts stated in this blog and think that your eBay store is doing the same way, you need an expert right away.

Contact us for customized eBay stores design & professional eBay listing templates that are specifically optimized to load faster than your competitor’s store.