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Suggest practical items to reduce cart abandonment
May 05, 2026

Suggest practical items to reduce cart abandonment

People were up to 21% less likely to abandon ecommerce carts when they were recommended to add practical items to it.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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Special case study: The 2 steps to effective chatbots
Apr 17, 2026
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Special case study: The 2 steps to effective chatbots

How to design an ecommerce AI chatbot your customers will love, using insights from our Wharton Blueprint for Effective AI Chatbots.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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What biases AI agents to choose your product
Apr 14, 2026

What biases AI agents to choose your product

Optimizing your website for AI buying agents can drastically increase the likelihood they choose your product (e.g. tweaking a product title increased choice by 80 percentage points).

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
AIAI
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AI-driven traffic isn’t (yet) as good as it’s hyped to be
Apr 07, 2026

AI-driven traffic isn’t (yet) as good as it’s hyped to be

Research on 164m sales across 973 ecommerce websites finds that AI traffic drives more revenue per session than paid social, but less than any other channel. This gap is smaller for complex products.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Ask users to register at the start (not the end)
Jan 27, 2026

Ask users to register at the start (not the end)

Prompt people to register at the start of their shopping experience (not at the end, or at checkout). They will be more likely to do so, and later spend up to 13% more.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Let people keep their returns
Jan 20, 2026

Let people keep their returns

When customers want to return a product, refund it while letting them keep it. They will be up to 2x more likely to buy again.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
B2CB2C
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Case study: Using images vs illustrations in ecommerce
Nov 20, 2025
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Case study: Using images vs illustrations in ecommerce

Product photos build trust and reinforce key features, while illustrations focus customers away from practical features and benefits

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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Case study: How to boost marketing opt-ins
Nov 06, 2025
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Case study: How to boost marketing opt-ins

Opted-in customers are 26% less likely to churn. Here’s how to encourage them to opt-in for marketing communications.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
Customer ExperienceCustomer Experience
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The optimal email marketing frequency
Oct 14, 2025

The optimal email marketing frequency

7 monthly emails is the ideal average frequency. Sending 4 instead of 7 reduced customer lifetime value by 32%. For best results, vary the number of emails based on purchase frequency.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
B2CB2C
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Case study: The optimal donation page
Oct 09, 2025
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Case study: The optimal donation page

How to design and write a donations page for a non-profit so that people are more likely to care for the cause, and donate.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
B2CB2C
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Case study: Optimizing a videogame page on Steam
Sep 25, 2025
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Case study: Optimizing a videogame page on Steam

How to optimize your descriptions, videos and images to maximize conversions for a videogame product page on the 3rd party Steam platform.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
B2CB2C
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Selling on Amazon boosts your direct sales too
Aug 12, 2025

Selling on Amazon boosts your direct sales too

Marketplaces (e.g. Amazon, Taobao) don’t only drive sales, they are a low-cost channel to peel off and convert buyers to direct sales from your own website.

Thomas McKinlay
Thomas McKinlay
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