In 22 days/40 days/60 days, Amazon's new ASIN sprint for 100 days, seize key points, and rise in sales rankings!
April 13, 2021 | The full text is 2,544 words and takes about 7 minutes to read
Table of Contents
1/ Traffic conversion combo punch: Promoting shopping desire is the first principle
2/ An essential tool for traffic acquisition: firmly grasp the consumer decision terminal
3/ Traffic protection tips: prevent truncation, maintain price stability
►► Prepare for the upcoming peak traffic season, now is a golden period for new ASINs to sprint!After studying the “Tips” for the New ASIN Sprint in Xiaobian's classroom (click to review 👉 New ASIN 100 Day Sprint Part 1 👈), I believe all sellers are already familiar with the following three skills:
● Do a basic listing
● New ASINs carry out a year-round price layout
● Play with promotional tools
The peak season preparations for new ASINs have begun to take shape!However, in order to finally reap the fruits of the peak season, there are still many details that sellers need to polish: capture traffic, increase conversion, protect sales... Today, Xiaobian will take all sellers who are working hard for new ASINs to seize the key aspects affecting traffic and conversion to help accelerate traffic during the peak season.
01 Traffic conversion combo to promote shopping desire is the first principle
Did you go to the big store before you go to the new store to observe the traffic acceleration conversion operation you have learned?What fancy operations make you want to copy without losing the same?Take a look here!
1) Enhance the display process - it is up to you to increase product traffic conversion and page conversion rates!
Your listing is a line of pale text, and the best-selling listing is rich in graphics, and the scene is so lifelike that it makes you enter the scene for a second?
This is because big sellers all use A+ pages, which use a combination of images and text to enhance the product display process through product images that are displayed on the exhibition site.
Look at the comparison, the A+ page wins in the first second!👇
Listing without A+ page vs. listing using A+ page
The power of an A+ page is more than 10 levels of beauty!
According to Amazon research data, after using A+ pages:
● Product traffic conversion increased by 5% *
● 18% increase in page conversion rates*
● 69% increase in ad product conversion rates*
*Reference data: 2016 Amazon research data using A+ pages. Results are for reference only and are not actual results promised or predicted.
Being an A+ not only promotes brands and products, brings traffic, but also dispels purchasing doubts and effectively enhances conversion.
2) Get quality reviews — make up for new ASIN conversion shortcomings
At Amazon, user reviews are one of the biggest drivers of customer sales. 9% * customers read customer reviews and make purchasing decisions based on those reviews.
*Source: 2014 Channel Consultants Consumer Shopping Habits Survey
If the product has a certain number of high-quality reviews, which can help potential consumers understand information such as the function, quality, and usage experience of the product, it is tantamount to receiving a “super assist” in the conversion rate, which may significantly increase the traffic conversion of the product. However, in the new ASIN stage, there is a lack of naturally accumulated high-quality reviews, which inevitably puts them at a disadvantage in conversion competition.
The Amazon Vine Review Tool is a seller tool that helps sellers actively seek user reviews.
Amazon Vine reviewers (also known as Vine Voice, Vine speakers) are responsible for using products offered by Amazon sellers for free and posting real customer reviews for these products.
As long as Amazon brand sellers sign up for the Amazon Vine program and provide free products, they can get high-quality reviews within 22 days. And every review will be marked “Vine Customer Review of Free Product”.
02 An essential tool for traffic acquisition, firmly grasp the consumer decision terminal
Complete these internal skills, and the next step is a critical step — attracting customers to your new ASIN product detail page.
Drive-by ads — that is, ads that only appear after a buyer searches — can more accurately attract consumers with purchase intentions and promote sales conversion.
1) Seize the two main locations for new ASINs — search bar and detail page
75% * of Amazon customers begin their first step in finding a product in the search bar, while the product detail page is the terminal page closest to the consumer's decision.
*Source: Feedvisor “Amazon User Study 2018: Know Your Customer” (2018)
By selecting “product promotion”, which uses one of the driving advertisements, to seize these two important ports, the new ASIN can use keywords or products to match user searches, achieve accurate targeted display on search results pages or product detail pages, and save initial traffic.
Illustration: The search results page shows your products
Illustration: The search results page shows your products
Displaying a product through an advertisement placed on the product on the detail page can further expand the amount of exposure. The data shows that when using both keywords and product placement to promote products, the overall display volume is 47% higher * than promotion through keywords alone.
*Source: Amazon User Research (statistics as of August 2019)
In addition, “product promotion” is also “new product-friendly”, and charges are based on the actual number of clicks (CPC billing). For new products, only clicks are spent, which is more economical.
2) A “fixed bid” is more affordable in the early 30-60 days of new product launch
In the first 30-60 days of a new ASIN launch, if you don't have much experience with advertising, it is recommended that sellers start automated product promotion ads for new ASINs to attract high-quality traffic.
Automated advertising is advertising where the system automatically and accurately targets the audience based on product detail page information and big data. The seller determines the advertising budget and ASIN, and the system automatically targets potential audiences for the ASIN.
Advise sellers when automatically advertising new ASINs
● Choose a fixed bidding strategy
Achieve more clicks and impressions to ensure visibility and coverage. Note that fixed pricing increases clicks by 29% * and impressions by 45% * compared to dynamic (only downgraded) bidding.
*Source: Amazon User Research (statistics as of August 2019)
● Select “Preferred Advertisement Products” to place
“Featured Advertised Products” are recommended to sellers by Amazon after evaluating the product's preferred condition, inventory, and product detail page quality, and calculating how likely each product is to attract customers (as shown in the figure below). The data shows that the number of impressions, clicks, and advertising sales of preferred advertising products is far higher than that of non-preferred advertising products.
*Image data source: Amazon Research, Global (February-July 2020)
03 Explosive products bring new products - virtual bundling makes traffic move internally
Mature and popular products are popular, but new ASINs are still lacking in traffic?
Well, consider recommending a new ASIN in position C on your listing page. New products are driving explosive traffic, and internal drainage is booming. This can be achieved with just a “virtual bundle”.
Using virtual bundles (👈 click to view), sellers can bundle their own 2-5 different ASINs so that consumers can buy these products together on a single product detail page.
The bundled product combination will occupy a prominent place on the main product detail page. After reading the product images and descriptions, consumers can immediately see the bundled products, which plays a role in mutual drainage between products.
Virtual bundle diagram
03 Traffic protection tips to prevent interception and maintain stable prices
Once the new ASIN climbs the traffic ladder as desired, subsequent infringement concerns may follow. Although it is possible to report infringement afterwards, if it is “cut off” before the peak season, the loss is not small.
Therefore, when the peak season hits, it is necessary to take advance protection for key products to protect brands and key popular ASINs, and protect sales volume.
01 Prevent counterfeiting and sales in advance - join the Transparency Transparency Program
The Transparency Transparency Program is a product tracking and authenticity verification service provided by Amazon for brands. Brands can select any product under the brand to join the project, and attach transparency barcodes to the added products to effectively maintain the brand's reputation and sales volume, and protect the evaluation and sales volume:
► Preventing counterfeit products at the source
Amazon checks barcodes on product packaging. Whether for FBA or self-shipped products, only products with the correct barcode applied can be sold.
► Help maintain price stability
Products protected by the Transparency Transparency Program can also avoid the possible impact on prices due to counterfeit sales.
► Verify the authenticity of the product
Seller Mr. Cao shared
“Since joining Transparency, fake sales and bad reviews have all but disappeared, and the number of stars and ratings for my products has gradually increased. Before joining Transparency, we were able to sell 2,700 to 2,800 units a month, but now the sales volume can reach 3,700 to 3,800 units per month, the sales volume has increased by nearly 40%, and the ranking has risen by more than 200 places!Abbottt, Premiere Creative’s creative director.
02 Join Transparency at least 40 days in advance — effective just before peak season
Since printing and applying Transparency labels requires preparation time, sellers are advised to apply to join the Transparency Transparency Program at least 40 days in advance for protection to take effect during peak season.