Shopify articles - Page 31

When shouldn't you use RFM analysis

Even though RFM analysis can work on most Shopify store sizes, there are some times when it's too complex or not worth the time to use. Early in your store RFM analysis uses your customers past buying behavior to segment them. If your store is new, say within the last...

Evaluating your 4th of July's promotions

Happy 4th of July to you. Being the US's Independence Day, it gets a lot of attention every year along with special holiday sales. This year the promotions started last Friday and I've seen some extended into Wednesday. A nice long 6-day cycle that captures both the weekend and a...

Discover silent wholesale customers using order analysis

Wholesale orders can be profitable for your store, even without a separate wholesale division or even much of a plan. When they buy on a regular schedule you can get a foundation of stable revenue. When companies buy in bulk they are usually looking for two things: good price on...

The Cohort Analysis: finding profitable customer behavior

Table of Contents What is a cohort analysis? Why a cohort analysis important for ecommerce Cohort analysis example How to read a cohort analysis 1. Figure out how the cohort report is grouping 2. Read across to understand one groups behavior 3. Read down to understand a cohort's age...

Email subscriptions for Store Analysis released

Customers of Repeat Customer Insights can now subscribe to the Store Analysis report and be emailed copies of the report automatically. Email subscriptions were something I added awhile back. They have the app compile and send you reports automatically on a weekly or monthly schedule. With this latest enhancement you...

Email Subscriptions from Repeat Customer Insights

In Repeat Customer Insights you can subscribe to the reports to get a copy emailed to you automatically. These email subscriptions make finding and reacting to your metrics easier. That's the whole point of tracking metrics: better changes, better decision making. Multiple email addresses allowed Each account can have multiple...

Use the right analysis tools to optimize your repeat customer performance

Last week and today I've been spending time to optimize and speed up both Repeat Customer Insights and my main website. I've made it a regular thing to optimize Repeat Customer Insights, usually before the winter holidays but my main website had years of accumulated cruft (even with the redesign)....

Understanding how short periods change Average Customer Purchase Latency

A Repeat Customer Insights customer was asking about how the Average Customer Purchase Latency changes when the orders are sequenced on annual reports vs quarter reports. It's a common confusion so I wanted to share the details here. The quarter reports are typically in pulling long-term repeat customers into the...

Know your customers

Awhile back, a merchant was bragging about how most of their customers are repeat customers and so they can get away with not writing any product content for their store. Customers already knew everything about their products so it was just a quick transaction for them right? But then they...

Identifying more customer behaviors you might have missed

Hopefully by now you've listed out customer behaviors you want to encourage and discourage. If not, it's best to do that now before reading on. spoiler alert Chances are you've identified a few of the main behaviors like purchases, social sharing, leaving a review, etc. Now it's time to go...

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