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The holiday
season is arrived, and parties and gifts are falling from the sky everywhere.
Many people have switched to internet shopping because the pandemic has changed
how we buy gifts.
This,
together with the typical increase in sales around the holidays, has compelled
merchants all over the world to use more sophisticated techniques to get
through this hectic season of the year. The key to succeeding during this
season is making sure there is enough inventory and setting up the correct
kinds of promotions and discounts.
Table of
Content
Why is it
crucial to plan ahead for holiday promotions?
Holiday Marketing
tactics to increase revenues
Researching
keywords - holidays
Seasonal
inventory control
PPC campaign
for the holidays
Equally
vital is preparing for post-holiday sales.
Why is it
crucial to plan ahead for holiday promotions?
When it
comes to holiday marketing, every detail needs to be planned out precisely.
Everyone is extremely busy during this time, and merchants are always juggling
multiple tasks to be competitive. Selling before planning increases sales and
conversions.
When
promotions give sellers discounts, coupons, etc., they also cost the sellers
money. Making an adequate budget for them is crucial. Only market the goods
with the highest profit margins because not all products are suitable for
advertising.
This year's
lack of planning could have contributed to retailers offering deals on
less-than-stellar goods on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Shoppers did not
proceed with as many purchases as they would have regularly done because of the
discounts and deals.
As a result,
compared to the previous year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales decreased in
2021. Cyber Monday sales decreased by 1.4% from last year's records, while
Black Friday sales also decreased, according to Adobe Analytics. Despite this,
Amazon still had the highest sales between Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Amazon's
best-selling product categories over the holiday season include:
Clothing & apparel
Products for
the home
Games and
toys
Electronics
Books
Cameras and
pictures
The most
popular holiday item purchases were electronic gadgets like the Fire TV sticks
and Apple AirPods.
Holiday Marketing
tactics to increase revenues
Let's look
at everything you can do to scale your holiday profits to the next level using
the abundance of ideas available for you to embrace and put into practice.
Coupons,
Deals, and promotions
Promotions:
On Amazon,
sellers can utilize promotions to sell their products for less than they
normally would. Lower prices make it simpler to convince a bigger number of
clients to purchase your products and expand the reach of your brand. The low
prices of Amazon's items are well-known, and customers are constantly searching
for the best deals.
By choosing
them from the "Advertising" area of Seller Central, these promos can
be quickly generated. You can choose the promotions you wish to run and the
products they should be for.
The
various types of promotions include the following:
The option
of "discounts" is highly well-liked, and vendors can design whatever
kind of discounts they choose, such as 20% off, 50% off, etc.
Sellers have
the option to use a BOGO offer to market their goods. If you want your things
to sell out quickly, a buy one, get one free or buy two, get two free deal is
fantastic. Customers are readily persuaded to purchase several things at once.
Offering
"Free Shipping" to customers who spend a particular amount on
merchandise is another simple method of promotion. For instance, "Buy for
at least $50 and get free shipping on the entire order."
Coupons:
Offering
discounts to visitors to any product detail page or the Amazon SERPs is another
approach to draw them in. These are simple to use and help your products stand
out from the sea of rivals throughout the busiest Christmas buying season.
However, a budget of $100 is needed as a minimum to run coupons.
By selecting
"Create a new coupon" from the "Coupons" menu in the
"Advertising" area of Seller Central, coupons may also be quickly
produced. Coupons also cost the vendor a specific amount for each coupon that
is used by customers, just like Amazon ads follow a Pay Per Click approach.
Every time a consumer uses your coupon to make a purchase, we will charge you a
fee of $0.60.
Deals
Running
deals on Amazon is a certain way to increase traffic to your listings and
sales, so you can't go wrong with them. That's because Amazon advertises these
offers both online and offline, through email and social media platforms. But
bear in mind that not all products are eligible. You must determine which ASINs
satisfy the requirements. Next, you can pick between Lightning Deals and 7-Day
Deals.
“Deals” too
are created by clicking on the option from the Advertising section on Seller
Central and then choosing the “Create a new deal” option, just like Promotions
and Coupons. Sellers are liable to pay a fee for running deals, and they depend
on what type it is. The fee for 7 Day deals amounts to $300 and the fee for the
Lightning Deals amounts to $150. The Deal dashboard will give you all the
information you need on which products have qualified, and allows you to make
any updates or changes to your listings.
Researching
keywords - holidays
Every
seller's approach to improve his listings and drive the most traffic possible
to increase conversions includes keyword research. Sellers must continue
undertaking Amazon keyword research throughout the year. Typically, throughout
the year, product listings will use generic and other high-converting keywords.
Sellers will need to add holiday-specific keywords to their listings, though,
throughout the festive season. By using these kinds of keywords in the product
descriptions, bullet points, etc., you can enhance sales by putting your
product in front of the relevant customers.
Holiday
keywords are useful for PPC advertising as well as product listings. You will
now have an extensive list based on the keyword research you have done thus
far. Keywords or search terms that customers would use to look for products
throughout the Christmas season should be included in this list.
Make sure
the keywords in your PPC advertising are those that are associated with giving
and the holiday season. For instance, you might sell fairy lights all year
round as a business. You may use terms like "Christmas lights,"
"Christmas tree decorations," and other similar combos during this
time of year.
Seasonal
inventory control
During the
hectic seasons, efficient inventory management and stock-out prevention are of
the utmost significance. FBA sellers have more motivation to streamline
inventory management now that there are inventory constraints in place. It's
frustrating when a product runs out of stock, so one thing you can do is
disclose exactly how many units of a specific item are still in stock. For
instance, you could display "In Stock" or "2 items left in
stock" to let customers know how many are still available. This encourages
the client to buy now rather than delaying the transaction, especially when it
states that there are "Only a few items remaining in stock."
Determine
whether items have enough stock while managing the inventory you are already
storing in the warehouse, and only conduct PPC advertising for those things.
Running advertisements for items that will shortly be out of stock is
pointless. If so, you should stop running ads for these products right once
because they will only reduce your profits. To make room for newer things, you
should get rid of any inventory that has been sitting about in the warehouse
for a while.
PPC
campaign for the holidays
Publicity on
Amazon is crucial to generating conversions, but running them exclusively
during the Christmas season is insufficient. You must launch your PPC
advertisements before the start of the Christmas season in order to get the
most out of them. According to Amazon PPC specialists, older advertising
outperform more recent ones in terms of popularity. Additionally, as was
already said, it's crucial to include holiday-related keywords in your
advertising. This means that if you run your advertisements with
season-appropriate keywords and for a longer period of time, they will have a
better chance of receiving more impressions, clicks, and ultimately
conversions.
Dynamic bids
- Up and Down is the Amazon bidding tactic that is effective throughout the
holiday season. Everyone is vying for the best spots for their advertisements.
Therefore, using this type of dynamic bidding will enhance the likelihood that
your ad will show up for certain keywords, such as seasonal keywords that are
sure to increase conversions and sales. It goes without saying that increasing
your PPC spend during this busy season is necessary for all of this to be
successful. Without enough money, you risk blowing your advertising budget
during key hours of the day when your ads stand the highest chance of landing
in the top spots.
Equally vital is preparing for post-holiday sales.
Everything
you can do over the holiday season has been covered, but you shouldn't stop
there. After the madness of the holiday season, you must keep selling and
expanding your company. Customers are happy to learn that there are still
offers available or that new offers have been added as the holiday season draws
to a close. A long offer is always a good choice. You might need to get rid of
a lot of the merchandise you stocked up on to meet excessive demand.
Electronics,
clothing, and other non-perishable items won't be a big deal, but perishable
items need to be sold as quickly as possible if they have a short shelf life.
Greater discounts are beneficial in this situation since you can still sell the
items at a loss rather than having to throw them away. To avoid depleting your
profits due to decreased competition, you must recalculate the prices of the
things you discounted during the Christmas season. This is due to the fact that
your rivals will also be raising the prices of their products that are
portable.
You must
include promotions throughout the off-season in addition to holiday promotions
for your products. Increased sales as well as an improvement in those products'
organic rankings will result from this. When products are actively
participating in promotions like coupons, lightning deals, and best deals,
Amazon's algorithm prefers and ranks them higher.
Prioritizing
their placement will result in sales that could have a flywheel effect by
activating these promotions a few weeks before a major holiday and a few weeks
after the holiday. Remember that this tactic does not necessitate offering
significant discounts. Your brand will outperform competitors that typically
stop offering discounts and deals as soon as the holiday season is over if you
offer even a little discount.
Final
Thoughts
The process
of developing a holiday selling strategy requires time and patience, so you
should begin it well in advance. You will need to arrange your activities both
before and after the Christmas season. The holiday buying strategy must take
into account price analysis, stockpiling supplies, product listing page
optimization, and PPC advertising. To have a successful Christmas season, pay
close attention to every detail and keep a close eye on everything.
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