When you’re shopping online, sometimes you’ll add items to your shopping cart but then never purchase those items. Online retailers consider this an ‘abandoned cart’ and will often send you targeted offers to encourage you to finish checking out and purchasing those items.
Reader Jordan asked if we could create a page that shares what websites do and don’t offer these promotions and what promotions to expect. As always, please make sure you add your datapoints in the comments below – the only way these are useful is if everybody contributes.
Contents
- 1 Amazon
- 2 Bed Bath & Beyond
- 3 Body Shop
- 4 Bluenile
- 5 Cardpool
- 6 Delta Airlines
- 7 eBags
- 8 Framebridge
- 9 GAP Stores (Including Banana Republic, Old Navy, Baby GAP, Athleta & GAP Kids)
- 10 Gilt
- 11 GNC.com
- 12 Kmart
- 13 MPIX.com
- 14 Omaha Steak
- 15 Puritans Pride
- 16 Rite Aid
- 17 Rockauto
- 18 Sears
- 19 Shutterfly
- 20 Sierra Trading
- 21 Sprint
- 22 Swanson
- 23 Target
- 24 Williams Sonoma
- 25 Vita Cost
- 26 Zinus
- 27 Final Thoughts
Amazon
Bed Bath & Beyond
Body Shop
Bluenile
- No offers, just reminders
Cardpool
Delta Airlines
eBags
Framebridge
- Offered 10% off and then 15% off the following day
Gilt
GNC.com
Kmart
MPIX.com
Omaha Steak
PrideBites
- $5 off
Puritans Pride
Rite Aid
Rockauto
Sears
Shutterfly
Sierra Trading
Sprint
Swanson
Target
Williams Sonoma
Vita Cost
Zinus
Final Thoughts
Please share any datapoints you have, please try to include things such as when you received the offer (not necessary if it was around the date of your comment), what you had in the cart, what the offer was and if they offered more than one thing. Hopefully this doesn’t confuse people with the shopping cart trick.
Big thanks goes to Jordan for suggesting this post.
