Case Study

Fantasy shopTOP Results in the industry

Performance Marketing and SEO for e-commerce growth.
Advertising, product data and organic search brought together in one strategy for Fantasy Shop.

Peak Performance Award 2024 · Bronze

FantasyShop case study
80.5%Increase Revenue by

Commercial results

May to October 2024 vs the same period in 2023

Increase Revenue by
80.5%
Increase in Total Conversion Rate by
42%
Increase Total Traffic by
48.7%

SEO / organic search

July to December 2024 vs the same period in 2023

Increase in Organic Sales by
+115,15%
Increase in Organic Traffic
+50%

INTRODUCTION

Fantasy shop

Fantasy Shop is one of Greece’s best-known e-shops for collectible fantasy items, comics, board games, and pop culture merchandise. With physical stores and a strong online presence, it caters to fantasy and gaming enthusiasts, offering a unique shopping experience. The goal of the collaboration with GIM was to strengthen brand recognition and boost online sales through strategic digital marketing actions.

  • Peak Performance Award 2024 (Bronze). Case Study: May – October 2024 vs same period last year
  • SEO case study: July – December 2023 vs July – December 2024 Fantasy Shop is an online store for gamers and hobbyists! You can find strategy games with miniatures, board games, cards, modeling supplies, and collectibles.
Case Study for Fantasy Shop

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge

Fantasy Shop aimed to increase online sales, retain its offline audience, and attract new customers. They turned to GIM to develop and implement strategies that would help them achieve these objectives in a competitive market.

THE SOLUTION

The method

When taking on the project, the GIM team aimed to increase online sales and the overall turnover of the e-shop and proceeded by promoting advertisements on Google and Meta Ads. Specifically:

  • We took advantage of the store’s existing recognition, as well as the traffic it had from its actions and its pioneering role in the specific industry, and targeted the appropriate audience on the various platforms.
  • At the same time, the lists of registered customers on the newsletter platform helped us create even more targeted advertising, maximizing its performance.
  • Using the data we had and in collaboration with the members of Fantasy Shop, we made the most of their experience in product analysis. This allowed us to create the appropriate segmentations in our catalogs to achieve maximum profitability.
  • Furthermore, we proceeded with a separate strategy for new products or categories that were not in high demand, with awareness and consideration actions.

Promotional activities also played an important role, as this is a highly competitive sector, flash sales, discount coupons, and a more general active engagement with product prices, so that Fantasy Shop could be competitive in this area as well.

In addition, by performing a complete SEO audit of the site, we identified the following problems:

    • Many internal redirects (301): These affected performance and user experience.
    • Insufficient metadata: General or incomplete titles & descriptions.
    • Lack of internal linking between pages: Limited anchor texts and internal links.
    • Weak content on key pages: Lack of keyword-targeted content.
    • Low rankings for important keywords: Words such as “funko pop” had low visibility.
    • Low Domain Authority: Small number of off-page actions compared to the competition

After evaluating all the data at our disposal, we launched a comprehensive SEO strategy that included the following actions:

On-Page SEO

  • Improvement of meta titles, descriptions & headings: Rewriting and optimizing titles and meta descriptions in all main categories, targeting long-tail keywords and improving CTR.
  • Addition of SEO introductory texts: SEO-friendly introductory texts were incorporated into category and product pages to enhance thematic relevance and target transactional queries.
  • Correcting 301 internal redirects: Unnecessary internal redirects were removed or corrected to improve loading speed and crawlability.
  • Internal linking with anchor text: A keyword-rich anchor text internal linking strategy was created to improve navigation and enhance authority transfer between pages.
  • Keyword research for content: Extensive keyword research was conducted and topics for blog posts and guest articles were created, targeting informational and long-tail queries.

Off-Page SEO

  • Guest posts on niche & news sites: Collaborations were carried out with websites in the (gaming, fantasy, pop culture) with the aim of acquiring quality backlinks.
  • Use of different anchor texts: When acquiring backlinks, a mix of exact match, branded, and phrase match anchor texts was used to create a more natural link profile.
  • Research & correction of broken backlinks: Broken external links were identified and replaced or redirected appropriately to maintain link equity.

THE RESULTS

The result

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By implementing these strategies, combined with the brand’s established trust, extensive stock, immediate product availability, and excellent after-sales service, we achieved the following results:

  • 80.5% increase in e-shop turnover
  • 42% increase in total conversion rate
  • 48.7% increase in total traffic
  • Organic sales more than double
  • Significant increase in organic traffic and CTR
  • Improved ranking for high commercial intent keywords
  • Strengthening of overall domain authority and brand name

THE RESULTS

We succeeded

Commercial results

May to October 2024 vs the same period in 2023

Increase Revenue by
80.5%
Increase in Total Conversion Rate by
42%
Increase Total Traffic by
48.7%

SEO / organic search

July to December 2024 vs the same period in 2023

Increase in Organic Sales by
+115,15%
Increase in Organic Traffic
+50%

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