How a Slow Website Affects Your Business – 4 Eye-Opening Insights
March 24, 2022
Load time is one of the main
components of your website's design
and SEO strategy. It has a significant impact on your website's performance and, ultimately, your business's performance. Here are four insights into how a slow website affects your business:
1. Less Web Traffic & Fewer Leads
Many people expect your website to load immediately after clicking on the link.
32% of people will leave
if the website takes longer than three seconds to load, the bounce rate will increase to 90% if the loading speed takes more than five seconds.
Your online leads come from the people visiting your website, and they become fewer as fewer people visit your website. Unsurprisingly, websites that load in less than two seconds
have the highest e-commerce conversion rates
.
2. Poor Customer Experience
Excellent customer experience entails satisfying all of your customers' needs. As mentioned, most of your customers expect your website to load within one or two seconds – slow loading speeds will ruin your customers' experience even before they explore your products.
3. Poor Visibility
Loading speed is one of the components that Google considers when ranking your website. As such, your website will rank lower than your competitors if it doesn't load faster than they do. Most web users focus on the top five results on Google SERPs, so a low rank limits your website's (and brand's) visibility.
4. Less Revenue & Stunted Growth
All of the problems resulting from your website's slow loading speed compromise your business' revenue. For example, less traffic means that there are fewer potential customers visiting your business. Poor visibility is potentially worse because it limits your company's potential to grow and expand.
Conclusion
These are just some of the many ways a slow website affects your business. Other factors that affect your e-commerce business's performance include its payment channels. Evolv offers secure payment solutions and top of the line websites.
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