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Automations

Browse abandonment

Following up on a product someone looked at and left — and why it is a different message from cart recovery.

Last updated · Aug 5, 2026

Fires when: a subscriber viewed a product and did not buy it.

Most shoppers never reach the cart. Browse abandonment is the follow-up for the much larger group who looked, thought about it, and left.

How it differs from cart recovery

Abandoned cartBrowse abandonment
TriggerCart went quietProduct viewed, not bought
IntentHigh — they had committedLower — they were considering
Right tone“Your cart is waiting”“Here’s what you were looking at”
VolumeLowerMuch higher

Set it up

Automations → Browse Abandonment.

Start with one reminder. This automation has the highest volume of the five — every product page view by a subscriber is a candidate — so it is also the one most likely to annoy people if you send three.

Use a longer delay than you would for a cart. A few hours, or the next day, reads as helpful; twenty minutes reads as surveillance.

What to write

Reference the product without implying commitment, and give an easy way to look at alternatives.

Title: Still looking at the Kiln Mug? Message: It’s in Slate and Bone, and both are in stock right now. Primary button: View it again → the product URL Secondary button: See the collection → the collection URL

The secondary button matters more here than anywhere else. If they did not buy, there is a decent chance the reason was the product itself — so offer the neighbours.

What it skips

  • Products the shopper has since added to their cart — abandoned cart takes over from there, and the two never both fire for the same item.
  • Products they bought.

Volume control

There is no per-day cap in the app. If you find this automation sending more than you are comfortable with, your levers are:

  1. One reminder only.
  2. A longer delay — pushing it to the next day naturally reduces how many shoppers still qualify.
  3. Switch it off and rely on cart recovery plus back-in-stock, which are the two automations shoppers rarely object to.
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