How to promote a direct sales business

By Magneth Team 2 min read
Reseller serving customers on a phone

To promote a direct sales store, what brings new people is content someone is searching for: comparisons between fragrances, recommendations by occasion and answers to usage questions. Published on a page of your own and present in search, it reaches people you do not know.

The ready-made store solves the structure, and most of a reseller's effort goes into the same channel: messaging and social media with people they already know. That audience has a limit, and it arrives quickly.

Your address looks like thousands of others. To a search engine there is nothing to tell it apart — they all lead to the same catalogue.

What sets you apart is what surrounds the link: your guidance, your area, your service.

The content that works for fragrance

  • Comparisons: "which fragrance for everyday wear", "woody or citrus";
  • Recommendations by occasion: birthday gift, Father's Day, graduation;
  • Usage questions: longevity, how to store, the difference between concentrations.

All of those are real searches, made by people who have not decided where to buy yet.

A page that is yours

Gather those answers at an address of your own, with the area you serve and the link to the store. That page can show up in search; the generic reseller link hardly ever does.

Getting the page found

A new page is not found on its own. It needs other sites pointing to it. Publishing your listing across a network of search sites, like Magneth, creates those paths and puts you where people are looking.

On recruiting for your team

Anyone also working the team-building side should keep the two messages clearly apart. Mixing "buy this" and "come and sell with me" in the same channel usually weakens both — the customer senses the interest was not in them.

The general path is in how to promote my online store.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to spend on paid ads?
Not to start. Content that answers questions and presence in search cost time instead of money, and keep paying off once they are done.
How do I stand out from other resellers?
Through content and service, which are yours. The catalogue is the same for everyone; guidance from someone who knows the products is not.
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