Mid-market benchmarks
Mid-market benchmarks
Visualize how performance may—or may
not—shift over the year
Mid-market and enterprise brands often experience different patterns and face unique challenges compared to smaller businesses. With larger subscriber bases, more complex operations, and sophisticated multi-channel strategies, these organizations need specific benchmarks to gauge their performance accurately.
In this section, we break down email and SMS benchmarks for businesses with annual revenues above $30 million, so you can better understand how your enterprise-level campaigns compare to similar organizations.
Campaign engagement rates and revenues
Email campaign engagement rates
SMS campaign engagement rates
Revenue per recipient
Email campaign engagement rates
SMS campaign engagement rates
Revenue per recipient
All
Apparel & accessories
Food & beverage
Health & Beauty
Home & Garden
Sporting Goods
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewellery
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Food & beverage
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Sporting goods
$1.56
$0.09
$0.52
$0.13
$1.51
$0.07
$0.20
$0.04
$1.24
$0.10
$0.42
$0.06
$1.12
$0.11
$0.86
$0.11
$1.14
$0.09
$0.65
$0.08
$1.09
$0.16
$0.93
$0.10
$1.00
$0.09
$0.72
$0.13
$0.94
$0.09
$0.83
$0.12
$0.91
$0.10
$0.54
$0.15
$0.96
$0.10
$0.92
$0.11
$0.92
$0.10
$0.65
$0.08
$0.87
$0.10
$0.85
$0.12
$0.76
$0.14
$0.76
$0.10
$0.81
$0.09
$0.77
$0.08
$0.58
$0.08
$0.43
$0.10
*Note for RPR: Your product price point influences the positioning of your metrics relative to these averages. Therefore, RPR may not be an accurate benchmark if your product prices deviate from the average within your industry.
All
Apparel & accessories
Food & beverage
Health & Beauty
Home & Garden
Sporting Goods
Non-ecommerce
Home & garden
Jewellery
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Food & beverage
Health & Beauty
Home & Garden
Sporting Goods
Non-ecommerce
14.42%
26.85%
0.16%
0.69%
0.98%
0.33%
14.37%
30.37%
0.05%
0.20%
1.03%
0.32%
13.92%
27.16%
0.15%
0.77%
0.94%
0.19%
6.25%
15.30%
0.07%
0.43%
1.22%
0.25%
5.49%
12.91%
0.08%
0.47%
1.55%
0.39%
5.70%
15.99%
0.10%
0.65%
1.26%
0.28%
7.28%
18.76%
0.13%
0.73%
1.29%
0.31%
6.71%
16.80%
0.07%
0.44%
1.30%
0.41%
5.70%
15.49%
0.09%
0.79%
1.26%
0.20%
4.07%
11.61%
0.03%
0.25%
1.10%
0.17%
5.72%
14.18%
0.06%
0.42%
1.58%
0.45%
15.49%
27.65%
0.07%
0.24%
1.14%
0.51%
11.82%
25.06%
0.09%
0.42%
0.80%
0.22%
13.01%
25.77%
0.11%
0.41%
0.84%
0.25%
14.18%
27.50%
0.09%
0.44%
0.91%
0.27%
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
37.23%
52.70%
1.35%
5.29%
0.03%
0.21%
0.24%
0.10%
40.67%
55.99%
1.03%
3.36%
0.12%
0.54%
0.31%
0.12%
40.62%
54.99%
0.66%
2.21%
0.08%
0.33%
0.22%
0.10%
44.57%
58.69%
1.10%
4.14%
0.02%
0.16%
0.18%
0.07%
39.89%
56.36%
0.84%
2.55%
0.06%
0.46%
0.18%
0.10%
40.91%
52.25%
1.17%
3.68%
0.05%
0.33%
0.18%
0.09%
39.06%
56.56%
1.58%
6.36%
0.09%
0.55%
0.36%
0.11%
40.57%
58.57%
1.13%
4.90%
0.05%
0.60%
0.27%
0.09%
42.85%
56.71%
1.35%
3.46%
0.05%
0.16%
0.25%
0.11%
40.31%
54.13%
1.24%
3.64%
0.07%
0.47%
0.25%
0.09%
41.78%
56.86%
0.98%
3.35%
0.03%
0.15%
0.23%
0.10%
40.46%
51.44%
1.24%
3.95%
0.04%
0.16%
0.39%
0.15%
40.29%
57.67%
1.10%
3.50%
0.04%
0.21%
0.31%
0.12%
42.80%
56.63%
1.21%
4.28%
0.05%
0.18%
0.17%
0.08%
41.52%
52.10%
1.05%
3.56%
0.05%
0.28%
0.22%
0.09%
Flows engagement rates and revenues
Email flows engagement rates
Revenue by flow types
Email flows engagement rates
Revenue by flow types
All
Apparel & accessories
Electronics
Automotive
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
$92.39
$11.43
$49.82
$4.03
$37.64
$5.51
$16.77
$1.60
$14.20
$0.55
$151.64
$4.63
$36.04
$1.23
$29.09
$0.81
$19.54
$1.06
$17.66
$1.08
$112.76
$11.78
$85.22
$8.64
$54.50
$9.23
$21.76
$1.99
$14.14
$3.58
$83.67
$8.94
$43.65
$3.20
$22.35
$1.77
$22.66
$0.92
$0.12
$0.00
$55.47
$7.55
$33.82
$4.60
$28.28
$3.77
$12.42
$0.98
$10.37
$1.76
$47.59
$8.30
$38.71
$5.89
$32.49
$4.70
$14.67
$1.44
$13.43
$2.26
$42.58
$4.26
$25.68
$2.64
$23.90
$2.05
$10.55
$0.67
$7.63
$1.10
$39.92
$4.28
$34.11
$2.73
$24.00
$2.15
$13.66
$0.87
$9.87
$1.23
$38.99
$6.98
$21.39
$4.23
$20.15
$2.14
$8.99
$0.72
$6.44
$0.84
$38.34
$4.47
$25.28
$3.43
$21.58
$2.19
$8.80
$0.81
$4.32
$0.98
$32.63
$3.20
$21.48
$1.88
$19.27
$0.72
$15.86
$1.82
$8.23
$0.91
$19.15
$2.61
$16.81
$2.00
$12.03
$1.44
$6.26
$0.82
$4.69
$0.32
$17.02
$2.80
$9.04
$1.26
$7.34
$1.38
$4.79
$0.90
$4.96
$0.45
$17.76
$2.64
$9.26
$1.66
$6.64
$1.52
$5.81
$0.65
$3.22
$1.03
$13.70
$2.55
$11.23
$1.73
$8.95
$1.08
$3.90
$0.93
$3.00
$0.34
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
Non-ecommerce
48.90%
64.60%
5.73%
17.02%
1.26%
6.58%
0.77%
0.16%
50.21%
64.28%
5.13%
11.54%
1.49%
5.44%
0.82%
0.22%
46.30%
62.18%
4.21%
10.07%
1.25%
4.51%
0.67%
0.27%
50.30%
69.35%
5.97%
14.36%
0.84%
2.90%
0.59%
0.26%
47.45%
61.22%
4.50%
10.94%
1.24%
3.63%
0.70%
0.24%
47.57%
64.23%
4.59%
12.54%
1.26%
4.31%
0.63%
0.30%
48.50%
66.01%
4.80%
13.15%
1.48%
5.41%
0.76%
0.00%
49.18%
71.15%
4.73%
17.30%
0.99%
4.55%
0.61%
0.00%
53.60%
66.24%
6.05%
13.02%
1.43%
6.74%
0.77%
0.26%
46.58%
64.19%
4.93%
12.53%
1.22%
4.46%
0.69%
0.15%
49.86%
65.17%
5.26%
12.44%
0.99%
3.84%
0.96%
0.00%
51.47%
65.02%
5.79%
11.85%
1.52%
4.46%
1.10%
0.22%
52.60%
66.70%
5.52%
14.77%
1.30%
5.50%
0.85%
0.32%
51.28%
64.91%
5.16%
13.07%
1.21%
4.17%
0.62%
0.18%
49.93%
64.46%
5.00%
12.23%
1.23%
4.64%
0.71%
0.21%
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
AUTOMATIONS
REVENUE PER RECIPIENT
PERFORMANCE
Triggered messages drive more revenue than
one-off campaigns.
Multi-channel messaging keeps performance high across metrics.
Though email campaigns continue to be a critical component of a comprehensive digital marketing strategy, automated emails deliver higher revenue compared to campaigns, likely because they’re highly personalized to recipients’ behaviors.
- On average, revenue per recipient and placed order rate for email automations significantly outpace that of email campaigns by more than 2x across industries.
- Abandoned cart automations generate the most substantial revenue per recipient—up to $42.58 for high-performing companies across ecommerce industries.
Using both email and SMS enhances customer reach and engagement. Coordinating these channels ensures broader audience coverage and reinforces key messages across touchpoints.
- While email excels at driving high average revenue per recipient (e.g., $4.26 for abandoned cart emails), SMS delivers immediacy with click rates as high as 30.37% for high performing home & garden brands.
- SMS campaigns achieve placed order rates as high as 0.44% for high-performing businesses across industries, complementing email’s higher revenue performance.
ACQUISITION
RETENTION
Top companies are skillfully balancing acquisition and retention efforts.
Industry-specific patterns reveal potential for B2C companies at large.
Leading businesses are leveraging marketing automation to target both new and existing customers effectively.
- Welcome emails drive acquisition, with open rates surpassing 50% on average and placed order rates as high as 8.20% for high-performing businesses across industries.
- Retention-focused communication, such as post-purchase messages, achieves strong performance, including notably low unsubscribe rates for high-performing business across industries (0.02%).
Performance benchmarks vary by industry and demonstrate the viability of marketing automation for ecommerce and non-ecommerce verticals alike, highlighting the need for personalized strategies.
- Apparel & accessories brands lead in email revenue per recipient for abandoned carts for high performers ($38.34), while food & beverage SMS campaigns achieve the highest order rates on average (0.16%).
- For non-ecommerce companies, open rates for email automations reach as high as 64.01% for high performers, and abandoned cart email revenue per recipient peaks at an impressive $151.64.
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Advice on improving performance
“With the highest average flow open rate, the post-purchase flow is the best opportunity to get in front of a first-time shopper and turn them into a loyal customer. Include educational content for your customer and start to plant the seed for repeat purchases. Just bought a new skincare product? Tell them how to best make it part of their routine. Coffee beans? Barista tips and recipes. A vacuum cleaner? Tips on cleaning the filter. Build out your post-purchase flow with conditional splits based on the collection(s) or product(s) purchased to focus on delivering highly relevant and personalized recommendations.”
David Visser, CEO, Zyber
Advice on improving performance
“Bringing customers back to browse your site is no easy task, but abandon browse flows have a 0.92% conversion rate—10x higher than the average email campaign. So, it’s a message well worth sending. Consider these strategies for building out your best browse abandonment flow:
- Personalize your email with the top products someone viewed.
- Optimize cadence and frequency by sending the first email or SMS touchpoint 4–24 hours after site activity, and be sure to send 2–3 more touchpoints over the next few days.
- Increase 1:1 personalization by adding Klaviyo AI-powered product recommendations to the emails.
Once you’ve established baselines, test an incentive. In the second or third message, try giving the customer 10% off or free shipping.”
Michael Pattison, lead digital strategist, Klaviyo
Advice on improving performance
“If you’re an ecommerce brand and you don’t have an abandoned cart flow set up, you’re leaving money on the table. When a customer adds a product to their cart, they’re showing the highest level of buying intent among all of your website visitors. If that customer leaves your site before completing their purchase, it’s important to reach out to them while they’re still in that buying mindset. Capitalize on one of the highest-converting flows by sending a personalized message that reminds the customer about the items they left behind, and incentivize them to return to complete their purchase.”
Ashley Ismailovski, director of email marketing, SmartSites
Advice on improving performance
“Collect zero-party data in sign-up forms and serve content in a welcome flow that personalizes messaging based on subscriber responses. Sell coffee? Ask people if they prefer whole beans, grounds, cups, or decaf. Showcase content in-message based on what potential customers tell you they’re most interested in.”
“Collect zero-party data in sign-up forms and serve content in a welcome flow that personalizes messaging based on subscriber responses. Sell coffee? Ask people if they prefer whole beans, grounds, cups, or decaf. Showcase content in-message based on what potential customers tell you they’re most interested in.”
“To help improve open and click rates, include your offer in the subject line, and/or consider A/B testing it against a softer subject line. Consider including a letter from the founder as the first or second touchpoint in your welcome series. Send these emails in fast succession from one another, never allowing your brand to leave the subscriber's mind (or inbox) because once they go a few weeks after signing up without making a purchase, it's likely they'll never make a purchase.
Ben Zettler, founder, Zettler Digital
Ben Zettler, founder, Zettler Digital
Aryana Adkanian, marketing automation strategist, 829 Studios
Automated email flows
See both high-level and flow-specific benchmarks
While email campaigns are sent to a targeted audience, an automated flow is an email triggered when a subscriber takes a certain action—like subscribing, visiting a product page, or making a purchase.
Because flows are based on what’s important and relevant to customers, they’re incredibly effective at driving engagement and revenue.
Personalization = engagement. Nothing new there, right?
As you’ll see in this section, top-performing flows can convert 3x more recipients* than average flows—so there’s a high degree of variability between what a “good” and “great” flow can mean for your bottom line.
Use the benchmarks and guidance in this section to break into the top 10% of automations. Your revenue will thank you for it.
*As measured by the performance of the median placed order rate (1.42%) compared to the top 10% placed order rate (4.93%) for all flows across all industries
Flows engagement rates & revenues
Email flows engagement rates
Revenue by flow types
Email flows engagement rates
Revenue by flow types
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
$66.53
$9.04
$51.35
$5.54
$37.56
$4.82
$24.40
$2.67
$14.77
$1.32
$58.80
$4.99
$40.17
$3.67
$35.97
$2.87
$17.88
$1.22
$14.30
$0.54
$57.32
$5.21
$36.89
$3.96
$31.17
$2.98
$12.98
$1.34
$10.33
$0.59
$47.59
$8.30
$38.71
$5.89
$32.49
$4.70
$14.67
$1.44
$13.43
$2.26
$42.54
$5.84
$30.35
$4.17
$23.73
$3.02
$9.18
$1.38
$6.96
$0.69
$35.75
$3.19
$25.79
$2.13
$23.67
$1.86
$15.12
$0.98
$6.84
$0.31
$36.88
$2.59
$23.18
$1.92
$17.84
$1.44
$8.87
$0.79
$7.98
$0.27
$35.14
$3.03
$22.91
$2.37
$18.10
$1.71
$7.06
$0.37
$6.77
$0.78
$27.12
$3.07
$20.92
$2.35
$16.15
$1.68
$7.05
$0.95
$5.27
$0.38
$27.30
$2.19
$22.65
$2.03
$16.98
$1.30
$8.50
$0.81
$4.46
$0.23
$21.87
$3.18
$20.51
$2.59
$14.46
$1.75
$4.85
$0.82
$4.94
$0.47
$20.56
$2.85
$14.87
$1.87
$11.55
$1.46
$6.30
$0.99
$4.19
$0.38
$19.15
$2.61
$16.81
$2.00
$12.03
$1.44
$6.26
$0.82
$4.69
$0.32
$15.40
$2.56
$11.75
$1.73
$9.98
$1.46
$5.77
$0.99
$3.60
$0.36
$14.16
$2.30
$12.84
$1.68
$8.78
$1.18
$5.76
$0.89
$2.68
$0.24
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
All
Apparel & accessories
Automotive
Electronics
Food & beverage
Hardware & home improvement
Health & beauty
Home & garden
Jewelry
Mass merchant
Office supplies
Other
Specialty
Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
48.33%
64.71 %
4.91%
11.77%
1.47%
4.76%
0.72%
0.13%
50.62%
67.09%
4.89%
12.29
1.72%
5.57%
0.88%
0.09%
46.73%
63.38%
3.96%
10.53%
1.39%
4.75%
0.67%
0.00%
46.79%
66.67%
4.39%
11.75%
1.16%
4.56%
0.65%
0.00%
47.98%
64.97%
4.22%
11.53%
1.51%
5.00%
0.90%
0.00%
48.58%
65.88%
4.39%
11.33%
1.42%
4.81%
0.75%
0.00%
48.50%
66.01%
4.80%
13.15%
1.48%
5.41%
0.76%
0.00%
51.71%
67.03%
5.39%
12.90%
1.51%
5.01%
0.86%
0.19%
48.63%
67.17%
4.87%
14.93%
1.40%
5.21%
0.74%
0.00%
44.82%
62.99%
4.37%
11.74%
1.24%
4.46%
0.82%
0.00%
50.00%
67.14%
4.89%
12.45%
1.38%
5.11%
0.96%
0.00%
49.50%
64.78%
4.98%
11.87%
1.52%
4.86%
1.04%
0.19%
49.14%
65.92%
4.98%
13.13%
1.26%
4.68%
0.89%
0.00%
48.61%
66.67%
4.31%
11.58%
1.38%
4.78%
0.64%
0.00%
48.57%
65.74%
4.67%
12.21%
1.42%
4.93%
0.81%
0.04%
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
WELCOME flow
$2.35
$2.35
Abandoned browsing flow
ABANDONED CART flow
$0.95
$0.95
$3.07
Post-purchase flow
$0.38
$0.38
engagement rate
Flows are the secret advantage of a conversion-driven marketer.
Certain flows tend to drive higher revenue.
These flows tend to drive the highest average RPR across all combined ecommerce industries:
1. Abandoned cart flow - $3.07
2. Welcome flow - $2.35
3. Abandoned browsing flow - $0.95
4. Post-purchase flow - $0.38
Compared to campaigns, flows generate more engagement at every stage of the funnel, all the way to placing an order.
While campaigns often get the acclaim, a well-segmented, highly relevant flow continues to engage a consumer throughout their lifecycle with your company. Flows are how marketers send the right message to the right person, at the right time—without over-extending their team.
Deeper analysis: Welcome flow
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
TOP 10%
Average
WELCOME FLOW - ORDER RATE
1.97%
A welcome series is the second-highest converting flow overall.
Starting off strong can make all the difference.
The top 10% of welcome flows convert 5x as many people as the average (9.89% vs. 1.97% placed order rate).
To break into this high-revenue group, make sure your welcome emails are personalized to your new customer or subscriber to push performance from the average—an already healthy nearly 2% conversion—to as high as nearly 10%.
Want to see this in action? See how Otherland’s welcome flow “has the biggest impact on our business,” Otherland’s brand manager Jenna Catalon Songer.
with an average placed order rate of 1.97%.
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Sporting goods
Toys & hobbies
53.83%
74.31%
5.79%
16.30%
1.95%
8.79%
0.87%
0.00%
52.97%
75.02%
5.59%
16.32%
2.12%
10.24%
1.11%
0.00%
48.47%
71.53%
4.35%
15.05%
1.96%
10.00%
0.90%
0.00%
48.56%
73.64%
4.59%
14.85%
1.53%
8.78%
0.85%
0.00%
51.87%
71.94%
5.05%
14.76%
2.10%
10.55%
1.11%
0.00%
51.46%
74.47%
5.18%
15.69%
1.94%
9.69%
0.95%
0.00%
51.67%
74.91%
5.34%
16.75%
2.17%
10.19%
0.93%
0.00%
55.56%
75.11%
6.06%
16.54%
2.16%
9.64%
1.11%
0.00%
51.72%
75.69%
5.28%
17.36%
2.08%
11.14%
0.89%
0.00%
46.67%
70.76%
4.87%
14.41%
1.54%
8.58%
1.07%
0.00%
52.64%
74.44%
5.26%
15.95%
1.87%
9.93%
1.17%
0.00%
52.19%
73.23%
5.64%
16.77%
2.10%
10.50%
1.22%
0.00%
53.04%
73.84%
5.72%
16.80%
1.75%
8.75%
1.11%
0.00%
51.52%
74.64%
4.55%
14.81%
2.00%
9.62%
0.90%
0.00%
51.26%
74.19%
4.92%
15.69%
1.97%
9.89%
0.96%
0.00%
Deeper analysis: Abandoned cart flow
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
RPR
TOP 10%
AVERAGE
Abandoned cart flows drive the highest RPR and average placed order rate of all flows.
But compared to other flows, abandoned cart flows show the least disparity between the median and top 10% of conversions
If you’re looking for a single flow to set up to drive revenue, you’ve found it in the abandoned cart series.
which suggests that few abandoned cart flows diverge from the status quo.
It may also signal that you can't go wrong with even a basic abandoned cart flow.
Looking to differentiate the flow that’s probably your No. 1 revenue driver? Get inspired by how Manly Bands uses a survey in their abandoned cart flow to see a 4.8x median order rate.
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Toys & hobbies
46.26%
60.75%
5.33%
11.43%
2.56%
6.15%
0.70%
0.00%
49.24%
63.84%
5.69%
12.68%
3.08%
7.69%
0.87%
0.00%
45.80%
61.54%
4.76%
11.24%
2.67%
6.87%
0.58%
0.00%
45.31%
64.31%
4.90%
12.49%
2.35%
6.94%
0.38%
0.00%
46.27%
62.67%
4.89%
10.78%
2.71%
6.81%
0.80%
0.00%
46.71%
62.52%
5.18%
11.32%
2.84%
6.85%
0.68%
0.00%
46.32%
62.31%
5.42%
12.83%
2.77%
6.97%
0.72%
0.00%
49.30%
63.70%
5.85%
11.99%
2.86%
6.67%
0.76%
0.00%
46.09%
64.21%
5.34%
13.08%
2.58%
7.14%
0.60%
0.00%
44.44%
59.82%
5.39%
11.44%
2.06%
6.64%
0.66%
0.00%
47.88%
64.15%
5.62%
13.12%
2.62%
7.13%
0.75%
0.00%
47.12%
61.64%
5.80%
12.52%
2.85%
6.83%
0.97%
0.00%
46.48%
63.16%
5.28%
12.50%
2.30%
6.04%
0.86%
0.00%
46.99%
64.79%
5.02%
12.68%
2.63%
6.90%
0.39%
0.00%
46.97%
63.59%
5.21%
12.35%
2.68
6.97%
0.58%
0.00%
Deeper analysis: Abandoned browsing flow
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
Abandoned browsing flow
EMAIL CAMPAIGN
Abandoned browsing flow - CLICK RATE
5.00%
This flow shines at bringing people back to your site over generating immediate purchases.
While ranked 3rd out of the 4 flows in placed order rate, the browse abandonment still converts.
Perhaps considered more of a nice-to-have than the 3 other flows in this report, the browse abandonment flow yields an impressive average click rate (nearly 5%) that shows subscribers value it enough to engage.
Since a browser's intent to buy is lower than a new subscriber's or a cart abandoner's, it makes sense that clicks are more likely than purchases.Make sure your own flow answers this need by including education and reasons to tempt subscribers to purchase.
When comparing placed order rate, browse abandonment emails still pull in 10x higher conversion rates than a standard email campaign (placed order rate of 0.82% vs. campaigns at 0.08%).
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53.19%
67.17%
5.80%
10.88%
0.84%
2.60%
0.47%
0.00%
55.37%
70.00%
5.00%
11.11%
1.21%
4.21%
0.53%
0.00%
52.66%
67.97%
4.24%
10.17%
1.06%
3.52%
0.40%
0.00%
54.04%
70.82%
4.75%
11.54%
0.58%
2.30%
0.36%
0.00%
54.05%
70.55%
4.78%
10.10%
1.04%
3.84%
0.53%
0.00%
53.57%
69.20%
4.89%
11.11%
1.01%
3.57%
0.43%
0.00%
53.55%
69.38%
5.00%
11.50%
0.87%
3.08%
0.42%
0.00%
57.13%
69.23%
5.89%
12.19%
0.80%
2.59%
0.47%
0.00%
52.08%
70.97%
4.74%
11.47%
0.87%
3.60%
0.42%
0.00%
48.46%
66.14%
4.56%
10.56%
0.74%
2.44%
0.44%
0.00%
55.28%
70.83%
5.22%
11.32%
0.71%
2.74%
0.58%
0.00%
54.27%
69.02%
5.96%
12.54%
0.99%
3.50%
0.68%
0.00%
55.03%
72.42%
5.60%
12.37%
0.64%
2.44%
0.59%
0.00%
54.4o%
70.11%
4.42%
10.69%
0.67%
2.29%
0.32%
0.00%
54.10%
69.72%
4.74%
11.08%
0.82%
3.02%
0.41%
0.00%
Deeper analysis: Post-purchase flow
Key takeaways
Based on the performance data of all aggregated ecommerce industries, here are two key learnings:
OPEN RATE
59.77%
PLACEd ORDER RATE
0.48%
TOP 10%
X4
PLACED ORDER RATE
Post-purchase flows have the highest average flow open rate (59.77%) but the lowest average placed order rate (0.48%).
The top 10% of performers have unlocked 4x more purchases with a 2% placed order rate. So up-selling isn’t impossible.
Bottom line: In the post-purchase flow, you have your new customer’s attention. While an immediate additional purchase isn’t going to happen every time, the post-purchase flow is certainly an opportunity to frame up- and cross-sell messages—in a sensitive and timely manner, so as to not appear overly pushy.
See how Freshly Cosmetics drives 136% increase in revenue through their post-purchase flow.
The immediate post-purchase experience is more about driving loyalty with your new customers than driving immediate purchases—though it's worth noting that average placed order rate is still significantly higher than that of email campaigns.
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62.43%
78.64%
4.75%
15.16%
0.68%
2.35%
0.46%
0.00%
59.81%
75.96%
3.37%
10.65%
0.56%
2.24%
0.51%
0.00%
56.33%
72.91%
2.88%
9.62%
0.38%
1.64%
0.43%
0.00%
61.25%
79.69%
3.85%
12.65%
0.45%
1.95%
0.41%
0.00%
59.61%
76.10%
3.32%
12.05%
0.46%
1.91%
0.59%
0.00%
59.15%
75.98%
3.48%
11.43%
0.54%
2.21%
0.47%
0.00%
60.36%
76.94%
3.88%
13.61%
0.49%
2.59%
0.53%
0.00%
63.94%
79.49%
4.56%
15.55%
0.59%
2.13%
0.57%
0.00%
59.63%
77.42%
3.95%
18.20%
0.39%
2.15%
0.37%
0.00%
57.14%
75.29%
3.61%
9.98%
0.36%
1.82%
0.46%
0.00%
62.64%
79.64%
4.21%
14.29%
0.49%
1.92%
0.63%
0.00%
60.58%
77.37%
4.26%
15.27%
0.70%
2.48%
0.66%
0.00%
61.38%
78.26%
4.63%
16.68%
0.48%
1.99%
0.59%
0.00%
60.09%
77.17%
3.33%
11.33%
0.52%
1.99%
0.42%
0.00%
59.77%
76.92%
3.48%
12.19%
0.48%
2.00%
0.46%
0.00%
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