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\nDid you know that more than 40% of your potential customers will leave after viewing a single page?<\/p>\n

The average bounce rate<\/a> for eCommerce in 2020 and 2021 ranged from 42.5% to 44.1%. That means that about half of your web visitors leave before you’ve had a chance to convince them to buy something from you.<\/p>\n

In rare cases, high bounce rates aren’t a cause for concern. This includes single-page sites and blogs where the aim isn’t to get people to click through to a product page but to view the content they came to see.<\/p>\n

For example, suppose a potential customer searches for your physical address. In that case, it’s safe to say that them landing on your contact page, locating your address, then closing their browser tab counts as a conversion even though that person left your site after viewing a single page.<\/p>\n

But for eCommerce websites, high bounce rates are the ultimate\u00a0conversion killer<\/a>. They stop you from capturing new leads<\/a>, indicate poor UX design, and signal that your content may not be optimized to appeal to your target audience.<\/p>\n

New eCommerce websites face even more significant challenges because they are building a new audience and haven’t yet had time to optimize their landing pages. As we emphasized in our guide on how to start an eCommerce business<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not enough to have a pretty website. There need to be some serious coding guts behind the design to make an eCommerce website do everything that it needs to do \u2013 and do it well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The optimal bounce rates for most eCommerce sites range from 25% to 40%. If your website’s bounce rate is higher, you have a terrific opportunity to grow your business faster through conversion rate optimization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, without further ado, let’s explore eight tips for engaging your website visitors and reducing bounce rates to ensure all potential customers see your business’s value.<\/p>\n

Lead with a powerful value proposition<\/h2>\n

One of the easiest ways to lower the bounce rate on your website is to take a good look at your value proposition. Ask yourself:<\/p>\n