Call to action, which is commonly referred as CTA and this is mainly for encouraging the visitors to the website so as to take suitable and specific action. Call to action could be something the ‘Browse for products’ or an indication to sign up for their newsletter.
The success of an eCommerce business or website can be determined only when the visitor tends to purchase any product. For this, an effective call to action facility should be a part of the website. This would ideally mean an indication for adding a particular item to the cart or an indication for checkout etc. Without CTA, the business will definitely not improve and will not serve the purpose. The call to action creation can be improved in various ways and a few ways are mentioned below.
You can make use of a bold or contrasting color so that the viewers do not miss viewing it. This needs to be done during the web designing stage itself. It should ideally pop up when the visitor visits the websites. The size of the CTA needs to be a little big so that it gets highlighted. This will draw the attention of the viewers and hence, it facilitates in making purchase and thereby, the business will be improved.
You can also feature the secondary CTA on the website. The first preference should be an option for browsing the products and for the second one could be for signing of the newsletter. Make sure this is clearly highlighted. A CTA like ‘Shop now’ will also be attracted by the viewers and this is another element that will certainly help in the improvement of the business. It is also important that the CTAs are well spaced. If there is no proper space, it will not be visually appealing and the viewers could miss on a few important tabs.
With all the above mentioned tips, it is sure that effective CTA can be set up and thereby will result in the improvement of the business and the motive for setting up the ecommerce business will be achieved.
