The document analyzes the email strategy of the website Fab.com by creating two test accounts and observing the different emails received over 21 days. It finds that Fab sends a multi-touch welcome series and daily newsletter but could improve by adding abandoned cart and browse abandonment email series to better target users. The email strategy is off to a solid start visually branding emails like the site, but missing opportunities with abandonment series that could significantly increase revenue.
4. I setup two test accounts on Fab.com.
Took different actions.
Watched how they treated individuals.
5. What I did vs. what they did
Account 1
• Subscribe to the newsletter
• Abandon a cart
• Purchased after the
abandoned cart
Account 2
• Subscribe to the newsletter
• Browse abandon
• Never purchased
What they did
They prompted us to create an
account, offered lots of
discounts, and even targeted
us to win a free trip!
23. Let’s look at their 21 day email strategy
Each week I’ll take a different action.
• Week 1: Sign up for newsletter
• Week 2: Abandon a cart & browse abandon
• Week 3: Purchase & not purchase
28. While the newsletter was not
segmented, they did send one of my
accounts a geo location based contest
to win a trip.
I would be curious to see if they run
other contests in different regions of
the country.
33. What they did well
Fab is off to a solid start with their emails.
They have built a great daily newsletter and a multi-touch welcome series.
Visually the emails are well branded to match the look and feel of Fab’s site.
34. What they can improve on
Abandoned cart emails
Adding a series of abandon cart emails would be a game changer for Fab. With over half of all
shopping carts abandoned, a well timed series of abandon cart emails could create a huge
increase in revenue.
Browse abandon emails
While Fab is already using dynamic recommendations in their welcome series, they could go
a step further and set up a browse abandonment series to target users after they’ve left Fab.