Browse & Cart

One Generic Browse Email Is A Wasted Flow.

Dan, Co-Founder · 29 Mar 2026 · 4 min read

TL;DR: Most brands run a single brand-intro browse abandonment and stop. The revenue is in per-product and per-collection journeys.

From the audit vault: From audits of a condiments brand and a homeware retailer: one browse email for the whole catalogue, when every product had its own story, objections and proof waiting to be used.

The signal you’re ignoring

A browser told you the exact product they are considering. Answering with a generic “still looking?” email discards the one piece of information that mattered. The email should know what they looked at and speak to it directly.

Build per product where it counts

Hero SKUs deserve their own sequences: the story behind the product, its ingredients or making-of, testimonials for that product, the objections specific to it. For long catalogues, collection-level journeys cover the tail while the heroes get the full treatment.

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Considered purchases need longer windows

For high-ticket categories a browse today may convert in month four. Extend the window and pace the sequence accordingly: relevant, patient touches tied to what they viewed, not a three-day burst followed by silence.

Ship this

Answer the specific product interest, never a generic “still looking?”.

Hero SKUs get dedicated sequences; collections cover the tail.

Match the window to the consideration period, up to months for big tickets.

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