{"id":19163,"date":"2022-10-07T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-blog-five-ways-offer-personalised-shopping-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:32:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:32:18","slug":"five-ways-offer-personalised-shopping-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/content\/five-ways-offer-personalised-shopping-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ways to offer a personalised shopping experience online"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ecommerce personalisation has been talked about for years, with surveys and studies finding that it\u2019s something that many online shoppers not only value, but now also expect.<\/p>\n
According to Instapage<\/a>, 74% of customers feel frustrated when website content isn\u2019t personalised, and Epsilon<\/a> found that 80% of consumers are more likely to make a purchase when they\u2019re offered personalised experiences.<\/p>\n That being said, we\u2019ve also all seen the other side of personalisation in marketing; the social media advert that mysteriously appears in our feed even though we haven\u2019t consciously been looking for that product; the brand ads that follow you from platform to platform for weeks. There can be a fine line between \u2018convenient\u2019 and \u2018creepy\u2019 in this kind of context!<\/p>\n We look at why ecommerce personalisation is a valuable tactic, who is doing it well and how to develop a strategy that falls on the right side of the line.<\/p>\n There are multiple benefits of personalisation and customisation in ecommerce, because when it’s done well, it ultimately provides consumers with targeted content and makes finding and buying products that they’re interested in really straightforward.<\/p>\n The main benefits include:<\/p>\n Personalisation on your website can only be effective if it\u2019s based on certain data points that apply to your customers, so that they are accurately<\/strong> segmented and then served with the most relevant<\/strong> content, options and products for them.<\/p>\n Some of the most common ways to do this include:<\/p>\n There are a variety of different platforms, from WordPress to Shopify or Magento, that can essentially plug into your website and use cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI) to offer personalisation elements to visitors, such as dynamic content that is unique to every visitor or segment.<\/p>\n They each offer different features and services that may or may not be suited to your particular website build, product range and customers, so it\u2019s essential to do your own research. Some examples include Nosto<\/a>, Dynamic Yield<\/a> and Clerk.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n In order to determine how to best tread that fine line between useful personalisation and a website that \u2018knows too much\u2019 and will scare people off, we\u2019ve gathered some examples of websites doing personalisation well that can possibly inspire your own strategy.<\/p>\n We couldn\u2019t write a piece on ecommerce personalisation and NOT include Amazon!<\/p>\n It runs through every stage of the journey, from the moment you land on the homepage right through to purchase and beyond. For the purposes of this post, we\u2019ll focus on their \u2018frequently bought together\u2019 personalisation, designed to cross-sell additional products that complement the one that the visitor is viewing, based on their product searches and on-site activity.<\/p>\n When looking for a dog harness in a small size, it does stand to reason that the shopper might be interested in a new dog lead too, in complementary colours. Even if they already have a dog lead and weren\u2019t originally looking for a new one, seeing the two products together could easily tip the balance into making a bigger sale.<\/p>\n With a slightly different objective i.e. to show shoppers that there are alternatives to the product they are currently viewing, including those of a higher value, Next\u2019s website will show you variations on a theme, in this case linen trousers, on every product page.<\/p>\n Email is still one of the best-converting marketing channels for many ecommerce brands, so segmenting your audience to target those who are visiting for the first time with a chunky incentive to opt in to marketing emails makes a lot of sense.<\/p>\n If this popup showed to someone who was already an email subscriber when they came back to the site, it would be annoying. So, ensuring it only shows to people who haven\u2019t bought from them before is a straightforward way to minimise that kind of issue.<\/p>\n Online grocery shopping, like any kind of ecommerce for consumables, means that repeat purchases are probable within a fairly short space of time. Asda can fairly safely assume that because I\u2019ve bought crumpets, bread and chicken several times in the past when shopping through their website, I might want to add them to my order again this time. They\u2019d most often be right! Who doesn\u2019t love crumpets?<\/p>\n As a consumer, I know and expect a supermarket website to keep track of what I\u2019ve ordered in the past and suggest those things again. It offers the shopper a quicker way to add favourites to their basket and can help increase the order value if the customer ends up adding things they otherwise wouldn\u2019t have done, just because it\u2019s presented to them as a helpful reminder of what they usually order.<\/p>\n Ebay is another brand that have been utilising elements of personalisation for some time, but some of their product recommendations take it a step further than many online retailers.<\/p>\n Having had a quick look for a second-hand laptop, Ebay doesn\u2019t just show me a range of other laptops in a similar price and specification range, it also shows me something that might commonly need to be replaced, especially with a second-hand purchase.<\/p>\n For those who get a bit creeped out that websites seem to retain too much information about them, the simple explainer at the top of the section \u2018because you searched\u2026\u2019 will help explain why they are being shown these products. This may or may not put their mind at rest!<\/p>\n As with all areas of marketing, the key to success when offering a personalised online shopping experience is to understand what your customers want, the barriers that stand in the way of their purchases and what they need to know and feel in order to take that final step.<\/p>\n Understanding the various user journeys that your site visitors take (including the ones who don\u2019t buy from you) is the starting point for all other areas of your marketing strategy, including personalisation. It helps to shape your ecommerce content<\/a>, your SEO strategy and even your digital PR services<\/a> and comms plan.<\/p>\n If you want help with your online retail presence, the team would love to hear from you. Get in touch using the form below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Offering personalised shopping experiences online – without it being ‘creepy’ Ecommerce personalisation has been talked about for years, with surveys and studies finding that it\u2019s something that many online shoppers not only value, but now also expect. According to Instapage, 74% of customers feel frustrated when website content isn\u2019t personalised, and Epsilon found that 80% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe benefits of personalisation in ecommerce<\/h2>\n
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Gathering data and segmenting users for your ecommerce personalisation strategy<\/h2>\n
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Ecommerce personalisation examples<\/h2>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amazon \u2013 \u201cFrequently bought together\u201d recommended products<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Next \u2013 \u201cYou might also like\u201d recommended products<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LeSportSac \u2013 Pop-up newsletter sign-up incentives\/discounts for first-time visitors<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asda \u2013 Re-order favourite products<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ebay \u2013 \u201cBecause you searched:\u201d recommended products<\/h3>\n
<\/p>\nYour strategy for personalisation and customisation in ecommerce<\/h2>\n