If you haven’t made your first sale inside the world’s biggest apps yet, we have a few tips to make your first sale. Whether you’re an online store veteran trying to get the hang of your Mini App or if you’ve just started selling online, these five surefire tips will help you get your first order!

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1. Make your store more accessible with the Facebook CTA button

While using ChatGenie streamlines the whole ordering process, your customers may not even know how to use it. They may not even know it exists. However, once your customers discover just how easy it is to use, it’ll be even easier to make another order since they can store their information, view their cart history, and more. To let them shop on your online store in an instant, you can add your chatstore link to your Facebook CTA button so they can find it the moment they view your Facebook page. To do this, read this guide from Facebook or watch our special video for it. You can also seamlessly incorporate your online store link to your content posts.

2. Utilize ads strategically

After that, investing in Facebook ads or boosted posts is another hack to really get the word about your store out there - no matter the budget. Some of our biggest merchants swear by this tactic and have even earned close to a million pesos in a month with ChatGenie. The key to an effective ad strategy is giving each ad or sponsored post an actionable CTA or link to your ChatGenie Mini App online store. Read this comprehensive guide on how to increase conversion rates just by adding a referral link.

3. Create promos with your ChatGenie Dashboard  

You can also welcome your customers to your new Mini App store, newly-launched brand, or offer any promo you like with the ChatGenie Dashboard. With the Promo Manager, you can set any promo you want according to your specifications: time limit, promo type, user limit, and more. Let us walk you through how to create your own step-by-step tutorial here.

4. Re-engage your customers using the Broadcast Manager

With the Broadcast tool on your dashboard, you can reach out to customers who have either messaged you in the past 24 hours or your own Customer Segment lists. Learn more about the Broadcast Manager and the rest of the features of the ChatGenie Dashboard in this comprehensive guide.

5. Give Influencer Marketing and Referrals Promos a try

Last but certainly not least, influencer and word-of-mouth marketing is a great way to kick things off for your brand and your chatstore! You can reach out to KOLs or even your loyal customers to let them spread the word about your ChatGenie store with a trackable referral code made possible by the Referral Manager.  

For more tips on how to get your first order, read part of our Future-Proofing Your Business series on how to do exactly that here.

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