Facebook beats out Pinterest and Twitter for driving the most traffic to retail sites.
Facebook makes up for a staggering 86 percent of retail traffic, while Pinterest drives 12 percent and Twitter 3 percent, according to an infographic by commerce consultants Rich Relevance.
To be fair, Facebook has the most users of the three.
Still, it’s interesting to see Facebook driving so much social traffic, given recent doubts about whether its useful for retailers.
When it comes to the land of retail more shoppers doesn’t necessarily mean better numbers for retailers. Having been involved in the retail sector for decades, I have come to realize that while foot traffic is very important, it’s really about the average ticket sale. RichRelevance’s latest study demonstrates that point. While Facebook may be winning the traffic battle, Pinterest is driving the highest average spending per online shopping session.
RichRelevance powers personalized shopping experiences for the world’s largest and most innovative retail brands, including Wal-Mart, Sears, Target and others. In a recent study, the company analyzed nearly 700 million shopping sessions to benchmark the performance of Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest as drivers of traffic to retail sites.
A new study finds that Pinterest is proving to be quite valuable for online retailers. While it trails Facebook in a variety of metrics, it’s gaining ground in those, and is leading in one very important metric. Plus, Facebook’s dominance only stands to increase Pinterest’s value within the other metrics.
RichRelevance’s latest infographic on social shopping made eConsultancy’s recent top infographics list.
Shoppers who arrive at online retail sites by way of Pinterest spend $168.83 on average, compared to $94.70 for Facebook and $70.84 for Twitter, according to a study released in September 2012 by RichRelevance. The report, based on data from more than 689 million shopping sessions from January 1 to August 31, 2012, finds that Pinterest trailed Facebook in average revenue per referral session ($1.60 vs. $2.50) during that time period, but has rivaled or exceeded Facebook in the past 3 months on this measure.Shoppers referred from both social networks are ahead of shoppers arriving from Twitter, whose average revenue-per-session was $0.80 during the time period.
When asked, most marketers are happy to explain why one social network is better for business than another. According to new data, however, different networks lend themselves to different strategic objectives.
“Not all channels in the social space are created equal,” according to Diane Kegley, CMO of RichRelevance.
While Facebook dominates in socially-driven shopping, Pinterest is driving the highest average spending per online shopping session.
RichRelevance, a specialist in dynamic e-commerce personalization for the world’s largest retailers, analyzed nearly 700 million shopping sessions to benchmark the performance of Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest as drivers of traffic to retail sites.
“Every social network promises a new way of connecting consumers with retailers and brands,” stated Diane Kegley, CMO of RichRelevance, of the firm’s latest Shopping Insights report. “However, the big take-away from our research is that not all channels in the social space are created equal.”
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