The Art of Writing eCommerce Product Descriptions

Nowadays, more and more people are using eCommerce websites for purchasing various things they need. The main reason attributing to increased popularity of eCommerce platforms is convenience they offer in terms of allowing  customers to shop products from any place and at any time from their devices and delivering the products right at their respective places. Also, the prevalent Covid-19 pandemic has made people cautious about visiting physical stores to avoid getting exposed to the dreaded Novel Coronavirus. So they are preferring eCommerce stores over brick-and-mortar stores for purchasing things.  


Customers’ increased fondness for eCommerce stores has provided newbie entrepreneurs a great opportunity to earn handsome income by building a visually appealing and easy to operate ecommerce store. But to attain success in the eCommerce realm, business owners need to do more than simply operating an eCommerce store.  


The owners need to have the best products exhibited on their website and provide an easy and  secure shopping experience to customers right from searching for products they need, adding them to the cart and making payment through internationally accepted online payment modes. Apart from this, eCommerce store owners need to have fresh, exciting and informative eCommerce product descriptions in place which are different from the descriptions provided by respective product manufacturers. Without  such descriptions, you can’t ignite customers’ interest in your products and make them spend time on exploring the products and purchasing them. In simple words, descriptions are utmost important for ecommerce business owners as their sales as well as the success and growth of their business depends on them. 


There are various ways to write attention-grabbing and meaningful eCommerce product descriptions which are mentioned here below:- 


1. Focusing on creativity

You can write product descriptions of around 2-3 lines that rely highly on creativity and are devoid of any keywords. These descriptions are then followed by other product information like specifications, special features, colour choices, benefits, etc. arranged in bullet points or a numerical pattern.


The purpose of writing such descriptions is to appeal to customers straight away and pull them to visit your website for exploring and buying your products.  


A good example of creative product description can be:-


A breathtaking looking chair that is ultimate in comfort and luxury will enhance your home’s beauty manifold, earn appreciation of your guests and cause envy to your neighbors. Take it home before it vanishes.


  • Fully handcrafted

  • Made from solid mahogany

  • Stylish arm

  • Leather hand rest

  • Comfortable seat

  • Easy to maintain


2. Keyword centric

Keyword-oriented product descriptions increase the chance of your products getting found in the search engine results when customers are looking for similar products on their browser. While writing such descriptions, you have to keep in mind that your textual content in the form of a paragraph, should have keywords in the right quantity (neither too much nor too less). It should not appear that keywords have been stuffed into the product descriptions, but they should naturally fit well into the content and flow with it. 


The product descriptions can then be followed with specifications, features, colour and size variants, benefits, etc. in a bullet wise, numerical or other pattern just like creativity laced product descriptions.


A good example of keyword centric product description can be :-


You can place this visually appealing piece of outdoor wicker furniture India in your patio, pool, dining area or any other outdoor space in your house. Its outdoor wicker furniture aluminum frame makes it last longer. Also the furniture is resistant to vagaries of nature like intense cold and hot weather conditions and rains. 


Highlights:

  • Made from environmentally sustainable material

  • Easy to clean from coffee spillages

  • Stays in shape


3. Use only bullet points

In this form of product descriptions, you provide information solely through bullet points and avoid using any text in the form of a paragraph. This is yet another creative way of informing your customers about your products. Rather than using only circular black bullet points, you can use various other kinds of bullet points like black squared, white squared, arrow shaped, white circular, etc. Google Drive and MS Word allow you to use a variety of bullet points, which you can use to your advantage. 


4. Long/short product descriptions

Short product descriptions incur less time of customers when they go through them. Though short descriptions are enough if they are able to entice customers and spur sales. But in some instances longer product descriptions may be required as short product descriptions are unable to explain the products fully. Longer product descriptions are required for technical and more complex products, where few words are not enough for enhanced understanding of customers. 


If you feel longer product descriptions may put off the customers (though they are really required), you can use the read more option. This allows you to show customers a part of the product description which they can expand on clicking the read more option. 


5. Photographs

Some products like jewelry items need to be showcased and explained visually rather than through text. So you need to get such products shot from different angles from a professional photographer. The photographs of the products can help customers grasp a better understanding of the products and thus they can make the decision to buy them with confidence. 


There is no surety that a particular way you have adopted for writing your eCommerce product descriptions clicks with the customers at the first instance. So you have to keep on experimenting till you find the way which engages customers and brings sales. 


One other important thing to consider is that after some time your product descriptions will become repetitive and they will fail to excite and enthuse customers, so you need to change your product descriptions from time to time for retaining interest of customers in your products. 


Whichever way you choose for writing your eCommerce product descriptions, you should ensure that your descriptions strike a good balance of creativity and information and provide customers clarity and a better understanding of the products. This will eventually help customers in making the right and informed decision of whether a particular product fits their needs or not. Such product descriptions on one hand will increase your sales, on the other they will reduce your costs caused by customers returning products (due to vague and unclear product descriptions) when they find that the products they ordered were not the ones they really wanted. 


Writing engaging and informative product descriptions requires a lot of time and effort as well as excellent writing skills. If you are unable to write them yourself due to your busy schedule or fine writing skills, you should entrust this job to a professional content writing service in Chandigarh, India like Inspire Web Solution. Its team of skilled and knowledgeable content writers are proficient in crafting exciting and meaningful product descriptions that catch customers’ attention and play a role in spiking your sales, which eventually leads to your business’s growth and success.  

 


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