Many internet marketing trends have been applied to the sales process, known as sales funnel after/before a prospect clicks on the ‘Add To Cart’ or ‘Buy Now’ button. The key is to maximize profits or benefits from a prospect, which is not limited to just sales, but also leads as well.
1) One Time Offers (OTO)
Upon clicking ‘Add To Cart’ and processing the payment, the customer is lead to a new page called the OTO page (one time offer page). Since they are already in the buying mood, chances of them clicking yes are significantly higher. Tell them that this offer only happens once and will disappear forever once they leave this page. This is also known as a time sensitive offer.
2) Upsell
Once the customer has bought something of interest, its time to sell them something related which, if purchased, will greatly improve the benefits of their earlier purchase. An upsell is usually a product that is more expensive than the initial product. Example if the initial product is sold at $47, the upsell can be sold at $67. This is really effective, because if they were willing to part with their money means they are likely to spend more to reap the full benefits of the product.
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