Telling the world

A good website that nobody visits brings nobody. Sharing yours takes one minute, and you already have everything you need on the My website screen.

1. Open My website

Tap Website at the bottom. At the top you see your website’s public address — that is the address you share. Check the two switches while you are here: products shown, messages open.

2. Share the link and the picture code

Scroll to Share my website. Tap Copy the link — your phone now holds the address, ready to paste anywhere. Under it is a square picture code: anyone who scans it with a phone camera lands on your website.

In WeChat, the easiest ways are: paste the link into a chat with a buyer, send the picture code as an image, or post the link or the picture in your Moments. The screen itself reminds you of this, in plain words.

3. Know where to put it

Good places, in order of how well they work: a WeChat chat with a buyer you already know; your Moments, once a week with a new product photo; your email signature; your business card and your product packaging; and any printed invoice or catalogue you already send. One honest link, shared steadily, beats one big announcement.

4. See what a visitor sees

Open your own address like a stranger. First your home page: who you are, what you do, and your products.

Then your products page: every shown product with its photo, sentence and price if you wrote one — each with Request a quote. That button is the door; everything behind it is in A client finds you.

If something looks different

If the copied link opens a page that looks old, refresh it — your phone may show a saved copy, while visitors always get the current one. If a product you just added is missing for the visitor, it is probably hidden: check My products and set it to shown. If the picture code will not scan, make it bigger on screen or send the link itself — they do the same job. And if nobody writes at first, that is normal: share the link where your buyers already talk to you, add one product photo a week, and the first message will come.