In today’s competitive digital marketplace, e-commerce businesses need more than just great products and a sleek website to stand out. At Pearl Lemon PR, we specialize in creating customized PR strategies that help online retailers increase visibility, build credibility, and ultimately drive conversions in an increasingly crowded space.
E-commerce operates at the intersection of retail, technology, and digital marketing—each with its own PR considerations. Generic PR approaches often fail to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by online retailers, from building trust without physical storefronts to managing customer perception across digital touchpoints.
Our specialized e-commerce PR team understands the nuances of online retail, from conversion optimization to logistics concerns. We craft PR strategies that complement your overall digital marketing efforts while establishing your brand as a trustworthy industry leader.
We offer a comprehensive suite of PR services tailored specifically to the needs of e-commerce businesses. Each approach is customized to align with your business model, product category, and growth objectives.
Securing coverage in the right digital publications can significantly impact your e-commerce business’s visibility and credibility. Our media relations specialists have cultivated relationships with key journalists, bloggers, and editors covering e-commerce, retail technology, and consumer products.
Our digital media relations services include: • Developing newsworthy angles relevant to e-commerce and online retail • Creating compelling press materials optimized for digital media • Securing product features, founder profiles, and expert commentary • Pitching for inclusion in gift guides, “best of” lists, and product roundups • Managing ongoing press office functions and media inquiries • Tracking and reporting on media coverage and its impact on site traffic
We target publications that your potential customers actually read, from major digital outlets to niche blogs focused on your specific product category.
For online retailers, influencer partnerships can directly impact purchasing decisions. Our e-commerce influencer programs go beyond basic product promotion to create authentic content that drives traffic and conversions.
Our e-commerce influencer services include: • Identifying influencers whose audiences match your customer demographics • Developing performance-based collaboration models • Creating trackable campaigns with custom discount codes and affiliate links • Coordinating product sampling and unboxing experiences • Generating content that can be repurposed across your marketing channels • Measuring direct ROI through conversion tracking and attribution
We focus on conversion-driven influencer strategies rather than vanity metrics, ensuring your influencer budget translates directly to sales.
Launching new products is a critical moment for e-commerce businesses. Our product launch PR strategies create anticipation, visibility, and momentum for your new offerings.
Our product launch PR services include: • Pre-launch teaser campaigns to build anticipation • Press and influencer preview strategies • Virtual press events and digital showrooms • Embargoed product information management • Launch day media outreach coordination • Post-launch coverage maximization
We time our PR efforts to complement your marketing calendar, ensuring consistent messaging across all channels for maximum launch impact.
Quality content drives organic discovery, builds expertise, and supports the customer journey. Our content strategy services create valuable resources that attract both media attention and potential customers.
Our e-commerce content strategy services include: • Development of shareable data reports and industry insights • Creation of expert guides and resource content • Customer story and testimonial campaigns • Behind-the-scenes content about products and processes • Seasonal trend reports relevant to your product categories • Thought leadership positioning for founders and executives
We create content assets that serve double duty—attracting media coverage while also providing value to potential customers throughout their buying journey.
For e-commerce businesses, online reviews directly impact consumer trust and conversion rates. Our review management strategies help you generate positive reviews while appropriately addressing negative feedback.
Our reviews management services include: • Development of ethical review generation programs • Strategy for responding to negative reviews • Amplification of positive customer experiences • Integration of reviews into broader PR narratives • Crisis management for review-related issues • Competitor review landscape analysis
We help you leverage the voice of your customers as one of your most powerful PR assets while mitigating the impact of negative feedback.
Online retailers face unique reputation risks, from shipping delays to data breaches. Our crisis management team specializes in digital commerce-specific challenges, providing rapid response when issues arise.
Our e-commerce crisis management services include: • Preparation for common e-commerce crises (fulfillment issues, customer service problems) • Social media monitoring and rapid response protocols • Customer communication templates for various scenarios • Media statement preparation and distribution • Post-crisis reputation rebuilding strategies • Proactive vulnerability assessments
We’ve helped e-commerce businesses navigate everything from supply chain disruptions to website outages, maintaining customer trust through transparent communication.
What makes our PR services particularly effective for e-commerce businesses? It’s our combination of retail knowledge, digital expertise, and results-driven approach.
Our e-commerce PR team includes professionals with backgrounds in online retail operations, digital marketing, and e-commerce journalism. We understand the unique challenges of selling online and craft PR strategies that directly address these considerations.
We maintain active relationships with journalists and influencers across various product categories and retail technology sectors, ensuring we can secure coverage that reaches your specific target audience.
Most importantly, we measure success in business metrics that matter to e-commerce companies: site traffic, conversion rates, average order value, and customer acquisition costs. Our reporting connects PR activities directly to your bottom line.
The e-commerce PR landscape continues to evolve rapidly. Here are some key statistics that inform our approach:
While respecting client confidentiality, we’re proud to share some anonymized results from our e-commerce clients:
For a DTC beauty brand struggling to stand out in a crowded market, our targeted PR campaign secured features in seven major digital publications and partnerships with 15 micro-influencers in three months. The result? A 183% increase in organic site traffic, a 27% lift in conversion rate, and record-breaking sales for two consecutive months.
When a home goods e-commerce retailer faced a major shipping delay crisis during peak season, our crisis management team implemented a transparent communication strategy that turned a potential disaster into a customer service win. Through proactive media management and customer communication, the brand saw only a 3% cancellation rate and actually experienced a 12% increase in repeat customers over the following quarter.
For a subscription box startup, our comprehensive product launch PR strategy—combining media relations, influencer marketing, and content creation—resulted in coverage across 12 digital outlets, social media visibility reaching over 800,000 potential customers, and first-month subscription numbers that exceeded targets by 142%.
Every online retailer deserves PR that’s as unique as their business model and product offerings. At Pearl Lemon PR, we create custom strategies that align with your specific goals, target audience, and competitive landscape.
We begin with a thorough business analysis to understand your e-commerce operations, from your customer acquisition strategy to your fulfillment process. From there, we develop a tailored PR approach that leverages the right mix of services to achieve your business objectives.
Whether you’re launching a new online store, introducing new product categories, or looking to scale your existing e-commerce operation, our PR specialists will craft a strategy that helps you cut through the digital noise.
E-commerce PR focuses on building trust and credibility without the benefit of physical storefronts. It requires specialized understanding of digital customer journeys, online buying behavior, and technical considerations like site performance and checkout processes. While traditional retail PR might focus on driving foot traffic to stores, e-commerce PR directly supports the conversion funnel through targeted digital visibility. Our e-commerce PR strategies account for these differences, emphasizing elements that directly impact online purchasing decisions.
We establish clear KPIs aligned with your business goals from the start. Beyond traditional PR metrics like media impressions, we track referral traffic from PR placements, conversion rates from those referrals, influencer-generated sales (using tracking codes), SEO benefits from digital coverage, and overall brand search volume increases. Our monthly reporting directly connects PR activities to business outcomes, showing exactly how our efforts impact your e-commerce metrics.
Absolutely. Strategic PR creates natural backlinks from high-authority domains, which directly benefits your SEO. Media coverage often generates branded searches, which search engines interpret as signals of relevance and authority. Additionally, our content strategy creates shareable assets that attract links naturally. We work closely with your SEO team to ensure PR efforts support your overall search visibility strategy, focusing on publications and keywords that will benefit your organic ranking.
Yes. We have experience with various e-commerce models including direct-to-consumer brands, marketplaces, subscription services, and hybrid retail models. We’ve worked across product categories from fashion and beauty to electronics and home goods. Our strategies are customized to your specific business model, whether you’re a niche boutique or a multi-category retailer. We tailor our approach based on your growth stage, market position, and specific business challenges.
Digital PR for e-commerce can generate results more quickly than traditional PR, but meaningful impact still takes time. Typically, clients see initial traffic increases within the first 30 days as digital coverage and influencer content goes live. Conversion improvements and revenue impact usually become measurable within 60-90 days as we optimize our approach based on performance data. Our most successful e-commerce clients commit to consistent PR efforts that build momentum over time.
Connect with our e-commerce PR specialists today to develop a strategy that drives not just visibility, but actual sales for your online store
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Pearl Lemon PR is a London-based digital PR agency specializing in media coverage, reputation management, and brand visibility.
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