Effective e-commerce branding is a must for an ambitious online store. It acts as an important key component and thus as a major success factor in the highly competitive e-commerce business. It is therefore essential for online store operators to pursue consistent brand building.
Branding must always be considered in connection with the brand and the brand identity. In order to communicate branding effectively in online stores, there are various options to choose from.
Even individual packaging can ensure uniqueness or unique selling points. Posters, brochures, or flyers, for example, also serve as effective advertising media for conveying the branding to the outside world.
An independent USP as a branding booster
It is important to develop an independent USP (Unique Selling Proposition) as a unique benefit and sales promise when positioning your offer. It must be clearly highlighted what makes your products and services stand out from the competition.
The point is to generate differentiating features that set your offerings apart from competing products. At best, this is a significant unique selling proposition. An independent USP tells your potential customers why they should explicitly choose your products or services.
Generate and highlight unique selling propositions
A specific USP can be a particularly high product quality. A special production method, specific manual work, or the use of regionally produced components also represent unique selling points.
It is always important that your company's products and services stand out from the crowd and that features are brought to the fore that encourage people to buy and can be interpreted as veritable customer benefits.
However, it is not enough to emphasize uniqueness. The majority of consumers evaluate an unproven claim of this kind negatively. This is because a claim is far from being a recognized unique selling proposition. Rather, unique selling propositions must fulfill certain attributes. Accordingly, unique selling propositions must …
... exist in reality
... be perceptible and tangible
... be made visible
... be measurable
How to optimize branding for online shops
The number of online stores is constantly increasing. Potential customers can choose between many different providers. The Brexit has additionally changed the circumstances.In order to successfully prevail against the competition, store operators must find a way to stand out and attract attention from their own target group. This is achieved through branding based on unique selling points.
These features represent what makes your store special and should play a dominant role in every part of the branding. In addition, a strategically planned branding also ensures significantly more traffic on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and similar sales events for significantly more traffic.
That's why packaging is so important for targeted branding
While you should never lose sight of the big picture, you should still start with small details.
Take packaging, for example: Whether products, promotional gifts, or giveaways - packaging conveys your company's branding and communicates intentions and values. Packaging in the corporate design with imprinted properties and features or even with multi-value tips for users increases brand intensity within the target group. There are almost no limits to creativity in terms of suitable packaging.
Especially in times of Covid-19, when consumers increasingly rely on online shopping, strategically aligned branding and specifically designed packaging are important success factors in brand building. Just like flyers or posters, for example, individual and company-specific packaging boosts image as well as awareness. On the one hand, this is reflected in reach and traffic.
On the other hand, it increases the trust that consumers place in a brand. Many users then fall back directly on products from your brand range, without any great comparisons with products from other suppliers. Packaging can also convey or communicate sustainability or certain emotions, for example, which also increases trust and the brand image..
Branding - these advantages result for online stores
In principle, you can achieve clear advantages for your online store by consistently pursuing brand development and appropriate branding measures. At best, these culminate in competitive advantages and associated increases in sales and profits. These are the most relevant advantages:
- Building an emotional connection
- Great recognition effect with potential customers
- Ensuring clarity and focus
- Differentiation from competitors
- Acts as a promise to customers
- Places the customer's expectations in the foreground
- Makes the user experience easier to plan and implement
- Serves as an important motivator for the own team
- Often provides influencers and ambassadors automatically
- Outlines your own company's philosophy, values, and intention
How Warehousing1 can help you with branding
Warehousing1 offers a variety of additional order fulfillment services that can help you build your brand. From branded cardboard boxes to package inserts to custom cards, it's all here. You can either provide the materials yourself or have them printed directly at the fulfillment center!
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