What are good ways to market an online clothing store? (Not Ebay!)?

Question

It's an online vintage store, www.avantgaudy.com. affordable vintage aimed at the indie/urban outfitters crowd.

Answer 1

Have you thought about pay per click programs? The two biggest, I think, are Yahoo! and Google

A few free resources – check out the sources box for links:

1) Create a blog pertaining to your field

2) Use Yahoo! Local & Yahoo! Groups – Be sure to read the TOS for each one!

3) Write articles pertaining to your field and/or expertise.

4) Advertise on Craiglist

Also, consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other's sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission.

I listed a few handy sites & articles relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* 301 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas: From America's Most Innovative Small Companies by Sam Decker
* Off The Wall Marketing Ideas: Jumpstart Your Sales without Busting Your Budget by Nancy Michaels, Debbi J. Karpowicz
* Guerrilla Marketing for Free: Dozens of No-Cost Tactics to Promote Your Business and Energize Your Profits by Jay Conrad Levinson
* Entrepreneur Magazine's Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide: Over 1500 Great Marketing Tricks That Will Drive Your Business Through the Roof by James Stephenson

Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have about the clothing industry as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 2

hey great first let me congratulate on your website hope i get my websites online soon www.customerjockey.com, www.wowdelhi.com as i always dream of seeing them online.

if you have money there are hundreads of ways to market a website but they are permanent solutions best way to get your website SEOd search engine optimisation would get good traffic and thats the way to go until unless you get the people to your site would turn them into your customers.

Another way that you can think of is to have channel where you also give tips related to your collection or fashion and that would create good connect with customers coming to your website that they know you give them more than what they look for.

Follow these things:

Go to groups, forums, listings sites where your type of customer reside and post about your website

Make your website SEOd serach engine optimised

Just print t-shirts with your store name and distrubute in your area.

Nicely designed fliers with some combo or packaged selling.

Give good customer support policy on the site.

Also follow festivals and make your site updated on graphics and itmes.

for more information contact me [e-mail] cause i love to do this.

Answer 3

I would say for you and your mom to sit down together and just brainstorm writing down absolutely anything that comes to mind after your done, start by eliminating and adding words together to see what you come up with. Its your brand you both will come out with the best name to say what you want about your brand. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

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