{"id":1701,"date":"2026-02-23T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hisdesigns.org\/live\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:35:33","slug":"is-your-website-costing-you-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hisdesigns.org\/live\/2026\/02\/23\/is-your-website-costing-you-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Website Costing You Sales?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>It Is. And Your Customers Aren\u2019t Telling You.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hisdesigns.org\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/is_your_website_costing_you_money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hisdesigns.org\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/is_your_website_costing_you_money-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Is Your Website Costing You Sales?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently needed to buy a few apple trees. Like anyone else, I went straight to Google and searched for providers in my area.<\/p>\n<p>There weren\u2019t many results. Out of those, only two had the varieties I wanted listed. And out of those two, only <strong>one had a website that made it easy to actually place an order.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right there, most of the competition had already lost the sale.<\/p>\n<p>I called the first company. Their website didn\u2019t look professional, and from experience, that usually means email isn\u2019t reliably monitored. Someone answered, but they didn\u2019t even have one of the varieties in stock\u2014they would have to special order it.<\/p>\n<p>I emailed the second company. Their website looked professional. The ordering process was clear. They responded within a day and answered every question.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies had similar prices.<br \/>\nThe first company was closer, and pickup would have been easy.<br \/>\nThe second company was farther away, and I had to pay for shipping.<\/p>\n<h3>And I still bought from the second company.<\/h3>\n<p>Not because they were cheaper.<br \/>\nNot because they were closer.<br \/>\nNot because their product was better.<\/p>\n<h3>I bought from them because their website made it easy to buy.<\/h3>\n<p>I knew I could complete the order quickly, confidently, and move on with my day.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what a good website does.<br \/>\nIt removes doubt.<br \/>\nIt builds trust.<br \/>\nAnd most importantly\u2014<\/p>\n<h3>It closes the sale.<\/h3>\n<p>Every day, customers are searching for what you sell.<\/p>\n<p>If your website is outdated, confusing, slow, or incomplete, they don\u2019t call to tell you. 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