The rains started here for the season which gave me the opportunity to test out a new rain gutter system I setup. Instead of a standard downspout that bends toward the wall and then goes into the sewer, I setup one that feed into a flexible tube that waters the...
Your products and store are sticky if they get customers to buy again quickly. Especially if they are consumable or a customer would use multiples (e.g. socks). A good way to measure stickiness is to look at your Repeat Purchase Rate. That measures what percentage of customers buy again. It's...
Trust is an important currency with your customers. One that can be lost quicker than any other known currency. Not even cryptocurrency or NFTs can compare to loss of trust. If you say free shipping on your homepage but charge a "fulfillment fee of $20" in checkout, you've spent that...
When you first start to think about personalizing your marketing you quickly run into the idea of segmenting your customer base. Basic personalization like adding the customer's name to an email is useful but it's not that effective. You often need something more powerful which is where segmenting comes in....
After operating your Shopify store for awhile you might come across an unsettling fact. The majority of your customers aren't coming back. Typical stores only have around 27% of customers come back a second time. Meaning 73% of customers disappeared after their purchase. Some will have gotten what they need,...
One way to reward your most loyal customers is to give them a chance to order or pre-order your new products before the general public. First you have to identify which customers are the most loyal. You might use Shopify, Repeat Customer Insights, or your own custom algorithm for that....
Once a customer orders from your Shopify store, they start evaluating if they'd buy again from you. From checkout, to shipping, to delivery. Everything you do and don't do is weighing into that decision. With a good overall experience, the customer is likely to order again. One step a lot...
Sometimes you'll be testing a new idea in your Shopify store and you want to check if it caused customers to order again. This sort of analysis is great for measuring how new customers respond to a New Customer Welcome campaign or any other retention tactic. By looking at a...
There are a lot of different metrics you can use to track customer retention and loyalty. Lifetime Value (LTV) is a good one for many stores. Since it measures how much a customer has spent already, it's clear and straight-forward to calculate. That's why it's used a lot with paid...
When you're running a promotion or a sale, you should be have a clear goal. Perhaps your goal is to get new customers. Then you might want to incentivize the first order or a mailing list signup. Or perhaps you want to clear out inventory. Then you might want to...
Each tip includes a way to improve your store: customer analysis, analytics, customer acquisition, CRO... plus plenty of puns and amazing alliterations.