You would probably be surprised how many people are persuaded to
order your product or service, only to change their mind at the last
second and not complete their order. If you look at the stats logs for
your 'order page' you will realise that quite a few people get as far
as your order page only to change their mind and not order from you at
the last minute.
They might not have ordered for a variety of reasons:
The secret to recovering some of these lost orders is to find out who these "close but not quite" visitors are. This can be done by putting up a pre-order catcher technique in place.
What Is A Pre-Order Catcher?
When someone clicks the "Buy Now" or the order link to make a purchase, they are not taken straight to the order page. Instead they land on a pre-order page. This pre-order page informs them of the main benefits of investing in the product. The pre-order page then asks for their first name and email address of where any further information about where any purchase information is to be sent. Once they enter their name and email address, and press continue they are then sent to the secure credit card information screen to finish placing their order.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the pre-order page sends their name and email address to an auto-responder which is programmed with one message only. This message is a "pre-welcome" message about their purchase. This email does the following:
For those customers who have ordered by the time they read this email, it simply thanks them as a customer and reinforces their smart decision to purchase. Anyone who didn't actually successfully complete their order gets the same email. For them, the email acts as a another opportunity to order from you - a very little extra nudge.
This pre-order page technique has proven to be very effective on some sites. You may want to see if you can apply this technique to your site. As always, track your results. I bet you may be pleasantly surprised.
They might not have ordered for a variety of reasons:
- They might be having second thoughts
- Perhaps they were interrupted
- They might have misplaced their credit card for the moment
The secret to recovering some of these lost orders is to find out who these "close but not quite" visitors are. This can be done by putting up a pre-order catcher technique in place.
What Is A Pre-Order Catcher?
When someone clicks the "Buy Now" or the order link to make a purchase, they are not taken straight to the order page. Instead they land on a pre-order page. This pre-order page informs them of the main benefits of investing in the product. The pre-order page then asks for their first name and email address of where any further information about where any purchase information is to be sent. Once they enter their name and email address, and press continue they are then sent to the secure credit card information screen to finish placing their order.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the pre-order page sends their name and email address to an auto-responder which is programmed with one message only. This message is a "pre-welcome" message about their purchase. This email does the following:
- Reinforces their good decision to order
- Offers assistance in the event they tried to order but it didn't make it through
- Restates some of the benefits of ordering
- Includes a testimonial or two
- Includes the order link again just in case they need it
For those customers who have ordered by the time they read this email, it simply thanks them as a customer and reinforces their smart decision to purchase. Anyone who didn't actually successfully complete their order gets the same email. For them, the email acts as a another opportunity to order from you - a very little extra nudge.
This pre-order page technique has proven to be very effective on some sites. You may want to see if you can apply this technique to your site. As always, track your results. I bet you may be pleasantly surprised.
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