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Which recommendation type to use on which page type
Which recommendation type to use on which page type

In this article, you’ll learn how to differentiate between the different recommendation types and where to use them.

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Written by Lucie Leonhardt
Updated over 3 years ago

Which recommendation should I use on my homepage?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Order Related Recommendations, with a fallback of Personalized Recommendations and another fallback of Bestsellers

Caters to shoppers at every stage in the funnel. Returning customers see products related to their last order, returning visitors see a personalized set of recommendations, and new visitors see bestsellers

Click-through rate, AVV

Live Feed

Displays what’s live and happening in your store right now in real-time

Click-through rate

Which recommendation should I use on my category page?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Bestsellers within the viewed category

Shows bestselling products within the viewed category

Click-through rate, conversion rate

Personalized recommendations within the viewed category

Recommends products based on the customer’s buying affinities within that category

Click-through rate, conversion rate

Browsing history (great on mobile!)

Reminds customers of the products they have recently browsed.

Click-through rate, conversion rate

Which recommendation should I use on my product detail page?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Product-based cross-sell within the category of the viewed product

Recommends other products related to the product that is being viewed

Conversion rate, AOV, bounce rate

Browsing history related within the category of the viewed product

Recommends products that are new to the customer based on their recent behaviour

Conversion rate, AOV, bounce rate

Bundled recommendations

Recommend bundled product created explicitly to inspire shoppers

AOV

Which recommendation should I use on my search page?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Search and viewed

Recommends products based on what people viewed after searching with the search term

CTR, conversion rate

Search and purchase

Recommends products based on what people bought after searching with the search term

CTR, conversion rate

Which recommendation should I use on my cart page?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Cart based recommendations

Recommends products based on customer’s shopping cart contents

AOV

Personalized recommendations

Recommends products based on the customer’s buying affinities

AOV

Which recommendation should I use on my 404 page?

What does it do?

Which metrics will it impact?

Browsing history related recommendations

Recommends products that are new to the customer based on their recent behaviour

CTR, conversion rate, bounce rate

Browsing history recommendations

Reminds customers of the products they have recently browsed.

CTR, conversion rate, bounce rate

Bestsellers

Inspires customers by showcasing what’s hot in your store right now

CTR, conversion rate, bounce rate

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