Sunday, October 06, 2013

Smart Passive Income #30 - The magic of Buy Now Buttons - Split Tests

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How to test how your customers see your web page design?

Do Split Tests!

Create different versions of your page and split your audience so that part of them see only one version, and the other part see the other version. If your audience is large enough, the page which produces more sales, should be the better one, right?

The different versions do not have to be all that different. You can even test small changes, e.g. the size or the text of the order button.

Pat cites an article from drivetraffic.com, where 47 different versions of buy buttons got tested. The conclusion:
  • bigger, fatter buttons do better than smaller buttons,
  • use orange buttons on lighter backgrounds,
  • use "add to card" instead of "buy now",
  • place credit-card logos bellow the button for a sense of assurance and safety,
  • place a strike-through retail price next to the sale price 
  • ...

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