Archive for the ‘Comparison Shopping Engines’ Category

How to Capture Extra Holiday Sales with Comparison Shopping Engines

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

There are less than 100 days until Christmas. Are you ready? eMarketer has conducted research which forecasted that online sales are expected to be equal or even exceed last year’s holiday online shopping results. This would mean at least 12% growth can be expected this year, according to comScore’s historical data. Last year, comScore had reported that online spending grew 12% on volume of $32.8 billion for the 2010 holiday season, so this year could be a break out season!

Can we beat those numbers this season? Absolutely! Prior planning and maximizing your marketing channels are crucial to big gains this season. One of the best marketing channels to utilize is comparison shopping engines (CSEs), and with news like this, getting your business live on a comparison shopping engine is crucial! If you are going to catch fish, you need to be where the big fish are swimming, and comparison shopping engines definitely have “big fish” —  consumers using comparison shopping engines spend on average 25% more per order than other online marketing avenues! (more…)

Jul
28
2011
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How to Expand Your Comparison Shopping Engine Marketing

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

If you’re thinking about expanding your comparison shopping engine activity, or just want to get into a new marketing channel, Amazon Product Ads is now opening up to more categories, and when you click on our link here, you’ll get started with $75 in free clicks. Amazon Product Ads is Amazon’s cost per click comparison shopping engine. The general difference between Amazon Product Ads and the Amazon Marketplace is that with the Marketplace the shopper’s entire buying process, from search to purchase, stays on Amazon. However, with Amazon Product Ads a shopper finds your product on Amazon, clicks on a product ad and then is directed to your web store where they can purchase your product. As with any cost per click comparison shopping engine, when you put attention in and use better tools to manage your Amazon Product account, you’ll see better results.

Recently, Amazon Product Ads have opened up their category restrictions. They are now accepting product ads in the following categories: Baby, Computers, Electronics, Grocery, Health & Beauty, Home, Home Improvement, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Office, Pet Supplies, Shoes, Sports, Toys and Watches. If you’d like to try out Amazon Product ads, sign up by clicking on our link and Amazon Product Ads will start you off with $75 in free clicks.

Comparison Shopping Engines: Why you need to be on them & what you need to succeed.

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Our Holiday Preparation Webinar Series kicks off this week! Free tips and advice to help you boost your holiday sales in on the way in this six part series.

We’re beginning with comparison shopping engines (CSEs), which are vital marketing resources for online business owners because they have something the search engines don’t: people who are 100% ready to shop.

Join CSE experts Steve Weber and Matt Kresge on July 27 at 2 p.m. ET for a webinar dedicated to teaching you everything you need to know about CSEs, including why you need to be on them if you aren’t already. Holiday prep time has arrived and CSEs can give you the bump in traffic you want during the most important time of the year for retailers.

Our experts will review:
• What are the top 10 CSEs
• How to get your products on the engines
• The costs of each CSE
• What you need to succeed
• Management tools

Webinar attendees will receive a very special, limited offer revealed at the end of the presentation!

Don’t miss out, only one week to register!

A CSE & SEO Venn Diagram

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Every online marketing channel is unique, but did you know that Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can work together like two peas in a Venn diagram? (I guess you would technically need three peas for a Venn diagram, but work with me here!)

Steve Weber, CSE Manager, and Cory Brin, SEO Manager, presented about how you can make the two work for each other, and for you! (more…)

Mar
21
2011
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Some Required Changes to Google Product Search

Monday, March 21st, 2011

The goal of a comparison shopping engine is to compare like items from different merchants. Shoppers ordinarily use these engines once they know what they want to buy; they just want to find the best place for it. Google Product Search, Google’s comparison shopping engine, has recently announced some changes which should increase the overall shopping experience for its shoppers. Google is achieving this goal in the next coming weeks, by requiring merchants to include data which was previously optional in most selling categories. This blog will cover the required changes. (more…)