10 Brilliant Push Notification Ideas For Your eCommerce App

What is a push notification?

Push notifications are short messages that can be sent on mobile devices to users who have your app. They can be sent regardless of whether the user has the app open and are a really effective way of communicating with your customers.

App permissions

When a customer signs up to your app, make sure you ask if they’re happy to receive updates in order to activate push notifications. The chances are, they’ll be more obliging to receive notifications like this rather than putting their email address in – it’s a really simple opt-in or opt-out setting they can control at any time.

Push notification ideas you can implement‍

‍Stock alerts

‍Enable your customers to sign up for stock alerts on items that are temporarily out of stock. This is also a good idea to implement for items that are kept on your customer’s wishlists. ‍

Instore/near store location

‍Alert your app users to special offers when they are near your stores using location settings on their device. This is a great way to drive foot traffic if you operate a store as well as an eCommerce presence.‍

Order and delivery updates

‍People like to be kept up to date when it comes to what is happening with their order. Use push notifications to let them know how the order is being processed when it is with couriers, and out for delivery.‍

Flash sales

‍Create a sense of urgency to drive traffic to your app with a flash sale, or limited time offer. Let your app users know this is happening with a push notification. Customers are more likely to get this notification in time to access a flash sale and make the most of the offer rather than via an email marketing campaign as not everyone checks their email as regularly as their phone.‍

Personalised offers

‍Use push notifications to notify your app users of special personalised offers unique to them. Make them feel super special with promotions like money off for their birthday or sign-up anniversary offers.‍

New lines and products added

‍Let your customers know when you have new lines or products going live. The exclusivity of checking out something new is bound to drive app opens.‍

Abandoned cart reminders

‍You should see a lower abandonment rate for your shopping carts on an app than desktop thanks to a more seamless eCommerce UX. For those who don’t check out, they can easily be promoted with a friendly push notification reminder.‍

Price drop alerts

‍Prompt users to purchase by keeping them in the know when it comes to price fluctuations. Send them an alert when items on their wishlist items or recently viewed items are reduced.

‍Reminders for inactive users

‍Sometimes, your customers may just need a little nudge. If you’ve not had a visit from a user for a while, you can look to sending a push notification with a reminder and offer code to entice them back.‍

Weather-based offers

‍The weather, especially here in the UK is extremely unpredictable. The crazy weather we have is always a hot topic so take full advantage of big weather events to boost sales of seasonal products.