{"id":222,"date":"2016-12-24T22:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T04:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/?p=222"},"modified":"2016-12-24T22:50:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T04:50:05","slug":"why-arent-more-people-shopping-on-walmarts-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/why-arent-more-people-shopping-on-walmarts-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Why aren&#8217;t more people shopping on Walmart&#8217;s website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-224\" src=\"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-23-at-3.03.04-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-23-at-3.03.04-PM.png 625w, https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-23-at-3.03.04-PM-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-23-at-3.03.04-PM-192x132.png 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our 2\u00a2: <strong>Because of the Walmart brand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But hey, let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start slow, with the image featured in this post (screen shot via Wall Street Journal).<\/p>\n<p>It shows that, over the last 10 years, Walmart&#8217;s online business hasn&#8217;t been going in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not due to Walmart throwing a lack of money at the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart is desperately trying to get folks to shop on their site.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, it&#8217;s still simply not happening.<\/p>\n<p>We already gave you our 2\u00a2 why that is the case: Because of the Walmart brand.<\/p>\n<p>But we don&#8217;t want you to take our word for it.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s run a quick thought experiment to see if you&#8217;ll agree with us.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say that you want to buy a gift online.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s for someone special.<\/p>\n<p>Someone you like. A lot.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, yourself.\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you want to reward yourself with a fresh pair of those trendy headphones.<\/p>\n<p>You already picked the brand, and you have your credit card ready \u2014 aka, all systems go.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s only one more question left to answer before you actually buy it online.<\/p>\n<p>Would you rather have those headphones delivered in a Walmart box, or an Amazon box?<\/p>\n<p>We all know the answer to that question, no?<\/p>\n<p>Walmart may be able to deliver many things, but one thing it can&#8217;t deliver is an experience you love.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a lack of technology.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a lack of the right product.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s who they are.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s their brand.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Amazon provides an exceptional shopping experience.<\/p>\n<p>It has earned the trust and loyalty of shoppers by simplifying the buying process, helping folks make informed purchase decisions via reviews, and providing stellar customer service.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all. There&#8217;s an entire ecosystem that keeps you coming back.<\/p>\n<p>The platform which the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has built has an amazing brand.<\/p>\n<p>The smiling box, the Kindle, Amazon Prime, Amazon Studios&#8230; the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>All those ingredients make for one delicious cake which can&#8217;t be easily replicated.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t take our word for it. Just ask the guys at Walmart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s wrap this up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Takeaway: The product which folks can&#8217;t stop buying is a great experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon brand delivers it in more ways than we care to count.<\/p>\n<p>And the Walmart brand? It&#8217;s got a great deal on Walmart-brand brownies.<\/p>\n<p>p.s.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart knows its limitations.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s working on overcoming them.<\/p>\n<p>Kinda.<\/p>\n<p>For example, last year, Walmart purchased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jet.com\" target=\"_blank\">jet.com<\/a> to challenge Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>One of\u00a0Jet.com&#8217;s promises is to &#8216;humanize the economics of saving money.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And how&#8217;s\u00a0Jet.com\u00a0working out for Walmart?<\/p>\n<p>Since your time is short, let&#8217;s just point out one glaring drawback of\u00a0Jet.com: no reviews.<\/p>\n<p>And just how important are those reviews on Amazon? If you poke around the internet, you&#8217;ll find stories of brands selling through Amazon confirming that even items with low reviews sell better than those with no reviews.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Wait, are you saying that\u00a0Jet.com\u00a0promises to &#8216;humanize the economics of saving money,&#8217; but that it doesn&#8217;t offer reviews on its site?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Correct.<\/p>\n<p>Should you really be surprised, though? Because that sounds like a Walmart kind of take on what goes into creating a great experience, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our 2\u00a2: Because of the Walmart brand. But hey, let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves. Let&#8217;s start slow, with the image featured in this post (screen shot via Wall Street Journal). It shows that, over the last 10 years, Walmart&#8217;s online business hasn&#8217;t been going in the right direction. It&#8217;s not due to Walmart throwing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/why-arent-more-people-shopping-on-walmarts-website\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why aren&#8217;t more people shopping on Walmart&#8217;s website?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7LRlm-3A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisp.ca\/mobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}