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Use case · Retail

Abandoned cart recovery

Abandoned-cart recovery with Adobe Experience Platform and Journey Optimizer: trigger, data, journey logic, channels, measurement and guardrails.

Quick answer

Abandoned-cart recovery uses a cart-add event without a purchase within a set window to start a Journey Optimizer journey. The journey checks consent, waits, sends a reminder with the cart contents, exits when the customer buys and suppresses recent purchasers from paid media. Success is measured as incremental purchases against a holdout.

How it works

Abandoned cart recoveryABANDONED CART RECOVERY1Cart addevent2Waite.g. 1 hour3Purchased?exit if yes4Consent check5Reminderemail/push6Measurevs holdout
Use-case flow from signal to measurement.

Trigger and data needed

Trigger: commerce.productListAdds with no purchase within the wait window

  • Cart-add and purchase Experience Events
  • Product lookup data (name, image, price)
  • Email or push consent
  • Authenticated identity linked to ECID

Audience and journey logic

  1. Enter on cart-add event for known profiles
  2. Wait for the agreed window
  3. Exit immediately if a purchase event arrives
  4. Check channel consent and frequency caps
  5. Send a reminder with cart items from lookup data
  6. Optional second reminder; then exit

Channels

  • Email
  • Push
  • On-site banner
  • Paid-media suppression

How to measure it

  • Conversion rate within 7 days vs holdout
  • Revenue per journey entry
  • Unsubscribe and complaint rates

Guardrails

  • Never message without consent
  • Cap reminders per person per week
  • Do not show out-of-stock items

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