{"id":96430,"date":"2022-04-21T07:14:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T07:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/sales-inaction-why-dont-customers-buy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:34:03","slug":"sales-inaction-why-dont-customers-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/en\/blog\/2022\/04\/21\/sales-inaction-why-dont-customers-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales inaction: why don&#8217;t customers buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stopped to think about why customers don&#8217;t buy even when your product offers them every advantage? A few articles ago we talked about purchase objections (<a href=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/en\/blog\/2022\/04\/05\/write-responses-to-objections-that-help-conversion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). Some of the objections we discussed were these:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Time<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Money<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Understanding<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Suitability<\/p>\n<p>Answering these objections makes it much easier to close the sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most of the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other times, answering the objections won&#8217;t be enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And even though everything seems clear and the customer can&#8217;t have any doubts left, the sale doesn&#8217;t happen. Why? Your product benefits the customer, you&#8217;ve answered the objections, and still the customer hesitates and ends up not buying.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s what we can call&nbsp;<strong>sales&nbsp;inaction<\/strong>, and you&#8217;ve very likely experienced it yourself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19606 size-full\" title=\"An example of sales inaction\" src=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funnel-de-ventas.png\" alt=\"An example of sales inaction\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funnel-de-ventas.png 630w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funnel-de-ventas-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/funnel-de-ventas-110x59.png 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>An example of sales inaction<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a classic example.  <strong>The typical call from a phone company making you an offer that&#8217;s hard to refuse:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Price?<\/strong> Cheaper than whatever you&#8217;re paying now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Incentive?<\/strong> We&#8217;ll give you a free mobile phone<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Paperwork to cancel your current provider?<\/strong> None, we&#8217;ll take care of it<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Early termination fee?<\/strong> No problem, we&#8217;ll cover it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;No idea how to set things up?<\/strong> No problem, a technician will come to your home and install everything for you<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;But you&#8217;ll raise that price later, right?<\/strong> Don&#8217;t worry, we guarantee that price for three years<\/p>\n<p>And even with all this,&nbsp;there are people like me who don&#8217;t buy.&nbsp;How is that possible when every possible objection has been answered?<\/p>\n<p>From the seller&#8217;s point of view, we have a customer who doesn&#8217;t take action,&nbsp;who <strong>apparently prefers to stay with their current problem rather than buy our product.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>This usually happens for several reasons:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Comfort:<\/strong> maybe the problem isn&#8217;t that serious, and they&#8217;d rather do nothing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Trying to solve it themselves:<\/strong> many customers may try to solve the problem on their own<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Distrust:<\/strong> the customer doesn&#8217;t trust your company and doesn&#8217;t believe you can deliver on your promises<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u00b7&nbsp;Previous attempts:<\/strong> some customers have tried to solve their problem with other companies in the past and failed<\/p>\n<p>All of this can lead the customer to postpone the purchase indefinitely, or until they find a <em>&#8220;better time&#8221;<\/em> to deal with it. Of course,&nbsp;<em>the customer&#8217;s best time won&#8217;t be the best time for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12142 size-full\" title=\"What to do in these cases of sales inaction?\" src=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/embudo-conversiones.jpg\" alt=\"What to do in these cases of sales inaction?\" width=\"630\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/embudo-conversiones.jpg 630w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/embudo-conversiones-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/embudo-conversiones-110x59.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What to do in these cases of sales inaction?<\/h2>\n<p>A first option in some cases is to <strong>offer a lower-risk alternative<\/strong>&nbsp;that also has some chance of solving the customer&#8217;s problem:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;A cheaper product<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;A simpler one<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;One that takes less time<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Etc.<\/p>\n<p>This is one way to tackle inaction, and it can work for you in many cases.<\/p>\n<p>There are other very interesting and&nbsp;more effective options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Something that sparks their interest<\/strong> and lets them try the product, or a lower-risk version of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have to understand<\/strong> that inaction&nbsp;is due to two main factors:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;Lack of trust in the solution offered<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7&nbsp;A feeling that adopting the proposed solution won&#8217;t end well. In other words, that the &#8220;solution&#8221; will create more problems<\/p>\n<p>These two form a self-reinforcing loop: if the customer doesn&#8217;t trust your product, they&#8217;ll think buying it will cause them more problems.<\/p>\n<p>If we go back to last week&#8217;s example of <strong>the phone company call<\/strong>, even though the offer may seem very good at first,&nbsp;there can always be concerns:&nbsp;<strong>we may think that switching to the new company will cause us problems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And worst of all, that it may leave us without service for a few days.<\/p>\n<h3>That&#8217;s what can lead us to inaction: thinking the solution will cause us more problems.<\/h3>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I said that a lower-risk offer can help unblock these situations.<\/p>\n<p>Mailrelay is a clear example: the free account is a lower-risk option that lets users try the system with less risk.<\/p>\n<p>In that case,&nbsp;<strong>why are there users who still wouldn&#8217;t choose this alternative?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this situation, you need to try to understand the customer&#8217;s fears and concerns so you can answer their objections.<\/p>\n<p>And this is where we can break down<strong> three very important communication actions<\/strong> you should make the most of:<\/p>\n<h3>1) Why your product is better than what customers can do on their own:<\/h3>\n<p>Many customers, if they don&#8217;t see how serious the problem is, will try to solve it on their own.<\/p>\n<p>In these cases, try to show them why your product is a much better solution. Its strengths compared with this kind of solution.<\/p>\n<h3>2) Why your product is better than your competitors&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>At other times, inaction may be caused by too much choice. Too many options can leave the customer not knowing which one to choose.<\/p>\n<p>Choose your product&#8217;s key differentiator and make the customer see it.<\/p>\n<h3>3) Show them what they lose if they don&#8217;t buy, even on a personal level<\/h3>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing you should learn about copywriting and never forget, it&#8217;s this.<\/p>\n<p>Your customer has to <strong>&#8220;see&#8221;<\/strong> what happens if they don&#8217;t buy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoiding risk is a priority&nbsp;for your customer<\/strong>. Avoiding losing money, avoiding losing time, avoiding dissatisfaction. Your customer thinks that not buying, when they&#8217;re unsure, saves them from these problems.<\/p>\n<p>Your mission in these cases is to show them what their situation will be if they don&#8217;t buy,&nbsp;<strong>especially on a personal level.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Will they have to spend more time and so have less free time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Will an unsuitable solution cause them family problems?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00b7 Will they put their promotion at risk by not making the right decision?<\/p>\n<p><strong>To break the inaction, you have to make your customer see that doing nothing is much worse than doing something, even if they&#8217;re not completely sure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This lesson is worth a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these objections have to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/en\/glossary\/psychological-triggers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">psychological triggers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/en\/glossary\/social-norms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social norms<\/a> that hold the customer back without them saying so.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joseargudo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jose-argudo-4.png\" alt=\"joseargudo.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jose-argudo-4.png 630w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jose-argudo-4-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/jose-argudo-4-110x44.png 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stopped to think about why customers don&#8217;t buy even when your product offers them every advantage? A few articles ago we talked about purchase objections (here). Some of the objections we discussed were these: \u00b7&nbsp;Time \u00b7&nbsp;Money \u00b7&nbsp;Understanding \u00b7&nbsp;Suitability Answering these objections makes it much easier to close the sale. Most of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[861,581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-psychology-and-neuromarketing","category-marketing-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u25ba Sales Inaction: Why Don&#039;t Customers Buy from You?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s a classic example. 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