Browse abandonment
Following up on a product someone looked at and left — and why it is a different message from cart recovery.
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 cart | Browse abandonment | |
|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Cart went quiet | Product viewed, not bought |
| Intent | High — they had committed | Lower — they were considering |
| Right tone | “Your cart is waiting” | “Here’s what you were looking at” |
| Volume | Lower | Much 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:
- One reminder only.
- A longer delay — pushing it to the next day naturally reduces how many shoppers still qualify.
- Switch it off and rely on cart recovery plus back-in-stock, which are the two automations shoppers rarely object to.