Strategies for Converting Visitors into Customers

If you are selling products or services directly from your website, it is imperative to formulate a strategy built around persuading visitors to become customers. Ignoring this simple concept can result in poor conversion rates, lost revenue opportunities and a complete failure in e-commerce effectiveness.
Quick Conversion Statistics
Conversion rates, or the percentage of consumers that actually make a purchase, varies from one website to another.  A recent study by Intermarket Online states that the average online consumer conversion rate is 2.7%, and that 62% of merchants have a conversion rate of 2% or less, while 5% have in excess of a 6% conversion rate. A Forrester Research study of 41 online merchants found that conversion rates typically vary from 1% to 4%, with under 2% for 70% of merchants. Amazon and CDNow get 6% to 8% rates.
Online Purchase Decisions
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