Shopify articles - Page 40

Quit the poor performing marketing channels

I started Google Ads again for Repeat Customer Insights a few months ago before quitting yet again. In the past I was able to build a solid ads channel that would profitably sell my products. It was a nice secondary channel that took very little time or effort to maintain....

Find the most loyal customers in your Shopify store

I'm frequently asked how a Shopify store can find their most loyal customers using Repeat Customer Insights. There are two options: The Recency-Frequency (RF) Grid measures customer loyalty and organizes your customer base into ten segments. Focus on the Loyal, VIP (RF), and Potential Loyal segments. Each segment can be...

Adopt automation slowly in your Shopify store

After three years of building up the garden here, I'm starting to shift to more automation. I don't mean watering robots or computer controlled climate. That might be cool but I've read too much sci-fi to trust that. I'm talking about switching from annual veggies to shrubs and trees. We...

Have your new customers help you out of an economic downturn

If you find your store heading into a downturn (or if you're already in the middle of one), you'll want to rely on your existing customers more than usual. Most ecommerce stores only have 1-in-4 customers come back and make a second purchase (~27%). Improving that, even if just a...

Deciding when to pull a product

After a few months of fighting a vole, I've given up. (A vole is a mouse that lives in tunnels underground, also called a field mouse like in that children's song) This little pest has been sneaking around eating the bean stalks. It's killed off a few dozen plants now....

Invite non-Shopify accounts to Repeat Customer Insights

Every Repeat Customer Insights account can now have unlimited users without needing Shopify accounts for each. Previously, in order to use the app you'd be required to have a Shopify account to login. That's fine for staff but what if you wanted a consultant, advisor, or investor to see your...

Drawing past customers back to your Shopify store to order again

During downturns and slow recessions, it's best to focus on your current and past customers. New customers are great but if acquisition costs are too much your profit will suffer, not a great thing in a downturn. An easy thing to help current customers buy again is sending order reminders....

Assume all of your Shopify customers started out loyal

A lot of stores try to convince their customers to become loyal. There's loyalty programs, incentives, offers, deals... the list goes on. What if you had the attitude that all of your customers started out loyal but something your store did lost their loyalty. Maybe the product wasn't as good...

Up-front planning to save the basil

My hands smell like basil today, no matter how much I scrub them. I like basil but not this much. This year I started a lot of different seeds so I would always have something growing. I started a small tray of basil that ended up with about 70 seedlings...

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