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Most of clothing websites do not show the model's face, the reason being - they want customer to focus on clothing\dress but I can give it a try and showcase some of the dresses with a model to see if it converts visitors into customers.

I will highlight free shipping and offers in a non-obtrusive way.

Thanks for taking time to share your valuable inputs

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This is something you can test once you get enough traffic. You can do A/B testing and see if you get a higher conversion with or without the models faces. Until you do the A/B test, you'll never know...

I think it is time to start on A\B testing. Thx

Eh, if you have zero sales, you can't really A/B test. Unless there are many people that are getting through to the first step of your funnel, in which case you might be able to run one on that step - but it would be less useful than working on the steps in your funnel that aren't working. You should probably spend some time figuring out which step most people drop off on, before worrying about A/B testing anything.

A/B testing will be a complete waste of time until you have thousands of visitors - and even then, your efforts would probably be better spent on other forms of user research such as usability testing in a coffee shop.

I agree willth another poster in this thread: you should go where the shoppers are! Listing your product on eBay will drive way more interest than hosting your own site at this point.

People love faces. Include the faces.

Will give it a try. It is very expensive. I will have the updated collection with model's face slowly.

There is a software also for this which will let you choose the model, model's pose and dress. I need to find the cost of software and work involved.

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