{"id":540,"date":"2017-03-23T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web_staging_fern.staging.cartstack.com\/blog\/?p=540"},"modified":"2020-10-14T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T13:00:00","slug":"infographic-6-busted-myths-abandoned-cart-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartstack.com\/blog\/infographic-6-busted-myths-abandoned-cart-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"[Infographic] 6 Busted Myths About Abandoned Cart Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are, you already know that over 70% of the online shoppers that fill a shopping cart will abandon it. This is pretty common knowledge. For this reason, online businesses have tried just about every way to get a customer back to finish the purchase. Abandoned cart emails, retargeting campaigns, Facebook ads, phone calls, text messages&#8230; and the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>But when we look at the solution that converts the highest number of these abandoners into clients industry-wide, there is one reigning champ: <strong>Email Remarketing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The right cart abandonment emails can consistently convert between 20% and 30% (or more) of these shoppers into customers when executed properly. Execute the campaign poorly, and rest assured your shoppers probably aren&#8217;t going to take the bait.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Do These Myths Come From?<\/h3>\n<p>While researching these email campaigns, and their effectiveness, some business owners can tend to stumble upon not-so-accurate information from those who didn&#8217;t quite &#8220;nail it&#8221; when they tried it. Maybe they used the wrong &#8220;tone&#8221; in the subject line. Or maybe they sent their reminders too soon, too frequently or not frequently enough. Perhaps their shoppers didn&#8217;t feel incentivized enough to return to the cart. Or maybe the emails just lacked <a href=\"https:\/\/web_staging_fern.staging.cartstack.com\/blog\/3-tips-for-personalizing-your-cart-reminder-emails\/\">personalization.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason, a failed abandoned cart email campaign is more often the result of user error than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>So, to help you decide if a cart abandonment email campaign could work for you, we&#8217;ve put together a list of common cart abandonment myths and misconceptions to help clear the air and show you some &#8220;best practices&#8221; on how to ensure your recovered revenue conversion goes through the roof!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-551 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/web_staging_fern.staging.cartstack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01-1-91x300.jpg\" alt=\"cart_abandonment_email_myths_cartstack_ecommerce_conversion_blog_cart_abandonment\" width=\"690\" height=\"2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartstack-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01-1-91x300.jpg 91w, https:\/\/cartstack-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01-1-768x2520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cartstack-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01-1-312x1024.jpg 312w, https:\/\/cartstack-blog.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A\/\/www.cartstack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CartAbandonmentMyths_Infographic-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-546\" src=\"https:\/\/www-new.cartstack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SocialShareButtons-03-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"79\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=6%20Myths%20about%20Cart%20Abandonment%20Emails...%20Busted!%20https%3A\/\/goo.gl\/fWWNq4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-547\" src=\"https:\/\/web_staging_fern.staging.cartstack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SocialShareButtons-04-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"78\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A\/\/cartstack.com\/blog\/infographic-6-busted-myths-abandoned-cart-emails&amp;title=6%20Busted%20Myths%20about%20Abandoned%20Cart%20Emails&amp;summary=&amp;source=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-552\" src=\"https:\/\/web_staging_fern.staging.cartstack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SocialShareButtonsLI-05-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"78\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a tip to share about cart abandonment emails? Leave it in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are, you already know that over 70% of the online shoppers that fill a shopping cart will abandon it. This is pretty common knowledge. For this reason, online businesses have tried just about every way to get a customer back to finish the purchase. Abandoned cart emails, retargeting campaigns, Facebook ads, phone calls, text [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Infographic] 6 Busted Myths About Abandoned Cart Emails<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abandoned cart emails, when executed properly, can help you recover massive amounts of revenue. 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