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Anchor Product
Most shoppers enter and leave sites quickly which makes it a challenge for brands to tell their story.
We already know landing pages, content, and site design play a role in slowing shoppers but I think retailers can do a better job using their anchor products.
An anchor product is a product that does a really good job of grabbing the browser’s attention. This is not to be confused with a top seller, which grabs attention and gets purchased. An anchor product is like a great assist, it lifts the team’s performance. In Google Analytics terms, an anchor product would be a product page with a relatively low conversion rate and a relatively high $ Index.
Harry and David is famous for the distinctive way in which they cut their pears:
This ☝🏼 would be their anchor product.
But even a site like umbrellasusa.com can use an anchor product:
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ReplySince an anchor product is one that grabs attention wouldn’t a product that held attention also be considered an anchor product since grabbing and holding are both functions of an anchor? I am specifically thinking about the anchor products referred to by small businesses in their argument in opposition of the San Francisco ban on flavored vaping products and menthol cigarettes.
ReplyLes: Since an anchor product is one that grabs attention wouldn’t a product that held attention also be considered an anchor product since grabbing and holding are both functions of an anchor?
ReplyRishi: That would be true 🙂