the best methods to get traffic to a new e-commerce website with no budget

You can’t use Google Adwords, Facebook advertising, influencer marketing (unless you’re an influence or have tons of influencer friends) with you have no budget.

However, that’s not the end of your business. In fact, there are tons of different ways you can get traffic to your e-commerce website.

Here are 10 ways you can get traffic to your e-commerce store with no budget.

1. Build an email list. Create email opt-in forms to collect email addresses from your visitors. With this, you can reach out to your prospective customers via email when you’re running a special offer.
2. Be active on social media. You don’t need to be on every social media platform. Pick one that your prospective audience use the most and start creating content there.
3. Be active in online communities. Find out where else your customers hang out other than social media platforms. It could be a website, a forum, or a Slack group.
4. Start a blog. Start creating written content to (1) bring value to your customers and (2) build up the search engine ranking for your store.
5. Guest posting. Don’t just publish your content on your own website especially when it’s new. Reach out to blogs and publications that have more traffic to increase your exposure.
6. Email outreach. Email friends, family, companies, or individuals that may be interested in your product.
7. Affiliate marketing. Partner up with bloggers or influencers by paying them a commission when you make sales from their referral traffic.
8. Referral marketing. Turn your existing customers to your ambassadors by giving them a discount (or other offers) when they refer their circle to your e-commerce store and buy your product.
9. Run giveaways. Run a giveaway to create buzz, increase exposure, and increase email subscribers, so you get to reach out to them again in the future.
10. Optimize your store. Make sure you add share buttons to your store so visitors can easily share your products. Besides, you can also use third-party tools to improve sales conversion.