Why you shouldn't launch a store "quietly"
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Why you shouldn't launch a store "quietly"
A common scenario: the website is built, published, and then the waiting starts. Nobody was told, no ads were launched, nothing was posted on social media. And then everyone is surprised by the silence.
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rankings for a new website
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readiness never comes
The reason
Nobody can see a new website
No rankings, no links, no regular visitors. Google is only starting to get to know the site, and that takes weeks.
Traffic doesn't appear on its own. It comes from somewhere – and at launch, you are the one who has to create that "somewhere".
First visitors bring more than sales. Even if they buy nothing, they will show you where they stop and what they can't find.
The plan
What to do at launch
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Message past customers
Social media, messengers, your contact base – the warmest audience you have.
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Run a small ad campaign
Even a minimal budget brings the first traffic and the first data.
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Add the site to Search Console
And submit the sitemap to speed up indexing.
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Place links
In your social media profiles, in your business listing on maps, in your email signature.
About fear
"We're not ready yet"
A store will never be one hundred percent ready. There will always be products without descriptions and pages you want to redo.
While you keep polishing, competitors collect orders. And, most importantly, they learn from real data while you don't.
Launching a store soon?
We'll tell you where to start promotion in the first week and what budget to plan for the launch.
