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Karan Sharma
Karan Sharma 13 August 2020

200% Sure Shot Tips to Increase B2B Ecommerce Website Conversions

As per the survey, 90% of B2B buyers conduct research online before committing to a purchase. The unprecedented self-service, efficiency, personalization, fast network and high-tech functionality are key factors other than some more vivid approaches that we have discussed in detail in this article.

A website conversion is a visitor achieving the desired target, such as filling out a form, making a purchase, subscribing to a newsletter, starting a free trial and more. 

The term rate refers to the number of goals managed to reach regarding the number of visits to a website.

Hence In calculative form, 

Conversion Rate = Number of successful purchases (or completed goals) /Number of unique website visits.

Every B2B website wants to have a flourishing income, let alone this; most are unable to get a simple online query. So making it easy, we bring you Sureshot tips with real-time implications in ecommerce B2B industries.

1.   Offer Personalized B2B Experience 

Connecting with your B2B customers on a personal level improves your rapport. The more comfortable they are with you, the more they will buy from you. How to have that kind of relationship? 

Pitch your business based on knowledge about your customers like their demographics, taste in technology and more such details surrounding your product and services. The key is to market your efforts with goodies that only you can offer. 

This data will help you understand easily. 72% of B2B customers expect a deep understanding of their needs, reflected through personalized experiences having a personalized strategy that impacts ROI, as 79% of businesses that exceed their revenue goals have a documented personalization strategy.  

2.   Have On-Site Search Prompts with Pictures 

The visitors are not always opposed to the product's price that triggers them to leave a website. It is the challenging navigation and inability to find what they want. There are two simple strategies to achieve this- one with search and another with faceted search.

  • A successful search that increases conversion rates leads directly to the desired products.

It helps best if you include a noticeable search bar on top of your website's page. The search bar must consist of a creative or autocomplete search phrase support that saves the visitors' time and energy in reaching their required products.

  • The faceted search utilizes search choices to help the clients restrict their searches as per different product characteristics, including category, size, colour, etc.

3.   Connect with Your Visitor on Every Step 

Your promptness of action should begin the moment the customer finds his/her desired product or service. Arrange for and inculcate high-quality product zoom options for comprehensive views, stock audios, how-to videos. This will make it hard for the visitor to leave without converting.

Also, customer ratings and reviews are a convincing option. The presence of onsite reviews enhances consumer engagement as they are valid evidence that leads to sales.

4.   Use Compelling CTAs

See that the visitor gets a clear picture in mind before he/she clicks a button or enters a link on your web page. B2B Experts say that your CTA's must start with a verb. 

The practice is good because it makes things concise. Some excellent examples are 'Add to Basket,' 'Proceed to Checkout,' 'Learn More' & 'Register Now.' Also, your CTA's must be visible on every page of your website. 

To differentiate your CTA's, show them more in different colours, shapes and font sizes, so customers get accustomed to it. For example, Buy Now should show up more than Add to Wishlist. Another essential thing is knowing the difference between primary vs. secondary CTAs and their implications. 

5.   On-Page SEO is your Stardust

Search engine optimization (SEO) is extremely competitive in B2C ecommerce. On-page promising methods — like headlining each product’s keywords in page titles, H1 tags, body copy, and alt image tags — are usual beef. Still, the tastefully curated backlinks add zest to the websites that have the highest conversion rates.

A bit of magic to add to your routine recipe is this - in B2B ecommerce, on-page SEO can transform the taste of ranking and revenue, adding intense flavours to your ROI.

Example:  Chocomize

Chocomize’s homepage is on page one of Google search results for “personalized chocolate bars,” Not only that, but it also is the topmost outcome for both “custom chocolate bars” and “custom corporate chocolate.”

As Chocomize’s SEO consultant, Jacob McMillen, told us:

That they focused on a few key improvements. The first thing was they worked on Meta tags for their high priority pages in order. Meta tags need to target the search engine and the user. 

The second thing they did was improving and expanding page content and they added internal links to help channel the domain's authority to the top pages they wanted to rank.

 The SERPs also show a brilliant outcome.

6.   One Page Streamlined Checkout 

Once your customer is ready to buy, try to move them through simple and quick checkout. Your checkout form should be ideally of just one page having few particulars. It would be best if you focused on creating a shopping experience that motivates B2B customers to purchase straight away. With flexible options like free shipping and offers, the primary goal gets accomplished.

7.   User-Friendly Designs

Potential customers will visit your online store using the quickest mediums, i.e. smartphones, watches, tablets, calculators. Computers are still used, but the buying percentage is down on them. With 74% of people more likely to return to your site, you want to make sure your website looks great on mobile devices.

If the visitors are waiting for image-heavy pages to load or struggling to view pages optimized only for desktop screens, you need to think it over. That man! It's 2020, and my website is still not responsive.

Conclusion

Optimizing conversion rates is a never-ending process that demands continual updates and improvements. Trials and errors with your B2B ecommerce site can accommodate new visitors, products, publicity, and seasonal deviations. Our advice to you is to keep testing to see what works. 

We hope your succeeding to all of the mentioned above will bring your website an unlimited number of conversions, just like our B2B (client) websites. 

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