Abandoned Cart Campaign

Get your customers back after they have abandoned their cart. We'll walk you through an easy way to set up an automation so you can 'set it and forget it!'

Steps we'll guide you through:

• Creating a dynamic segment
• Creating a campaign
• Creating a text or email
• Creating an automation

STEP 1: Create a dynamic segment

1. From the main navigation bar, navigate to Contacts > Search Contacts.

2. Look for Cart Abandoned, and change it to Period. Choose the period of time you want your search to focus on. We recommend some time in the previous 24 hours. Once selected, click on the green Search button to return your results.

3. Review the results to make sure they return what you were expecting and then click on Create Segment . You’ll see it automatically becomes a Dynamic Segment since it was created via search and the system will automatically add the search string needed. Name your segment, something like Abandoned Cart, and give it an optional description.

4. You’ll see it automatically becomes a Dynamic Segment since it was created via search and the system will automatically add the search string needed. Name your segment, something like Abandoned Cart and give it an optional description. Next click Create Segment.

5. Click Save & Close to finish creating your new dynamic segment.

Click here for more help with creating and working with dynamic segments.

STEP 2: Create a campaign

1. Navigate to Campaigns > Create Campaign
2. Name the campaign Abandoned Cart.

3. Open up Campaign Settingsto assign contacts.

4. Next, choose Existing contacts in the following segments for your Target Audience and then select the segment you just created, Abandoned Cart, from the drop-down list.

5. Click Save & Close to finish creating your campaign.

Click here for more help with creating and working with Campaigns.

STEP 3: Create response email(s) or text message(s)

1. From within the campaign, select the Assets tab and then click + Add Asset.
2. Select Create an email or Create text message from the pop-up window and complete the next steps of naming and designing your messages. These will be the messages your customers receive after they have abandoned their cart.

Sample Message #1:

Hello from ____! You left something behind..

You're so close to a new you!

Finish your checkout: {{profile.shopify_abandoned_url}}

Sample Message #2:

Hi again from ____! We hope you love our products and want to show you some love back.

Use this code for 10% off to complete your purchase {{profile.shopify_abandoned_url}}

3. Once you've designed your messages, click Save & Close and repeat these steps for as many messages as you would like in your drip automation.

Click here for more help with creating text messages or creating an email with the email designer.

STEP 4: Create an automation

1. From within the campaign, select the Automations tab and then click + Add Automation.

2. Select Create a new automation.

3. From the Triggers tab, drag and drop the trigger When added to segment onto the canvas.

4. Select the trigger once dropped so the Properties box is displayed and choose the segment you just created, called Abandoned Cart, and click Update.

5. Next, from the Triggers tab again, drag and drop the trigger When time has passed onto the canvas overlapping the previous step. You will see a blue drop when it's safe to drop.
6. From the properties box, select the initial time frame you'd like to pass after their cart is considered abandoned and then click on Update. In this example, it's 1 day. Typically you want this to be sometime in the first 12-24 hours.

7. From the Actions tab, drag and drop the action Send a text message or Send an email onto the canvas overlapping the previous step so it will drop into place.
8. From the Properties window for the selected action, choose the text message or email to send and any sending preferences. Once selected, click Update.

6. Repeat these steps for as many drip messages you want to be sent.
7. Your final steps are to click Save and name the automation. You can give it an optional description as well. We recommend you use the description to say what is happening in the automation. For example, Triggers text drips when cart is abandoned.
8. Click the back arrow <-- to return to the automation settings.

9. From the settings screen, click on +Add Trigger from the Cancellation Triggers section. Select the Remove contact from automation when cart is purchased. Next, be sure to turn on the automation.

You're all set!

As soon as new customers are added to the segment they will automatically populate as Leads in the campaign and run through the automation to receive your messages.

Click here for more help with creating automations.