Push notification
This is what web push notification (with Chrome) can look like.
That notification comes from https://onedollaronly.com.sg/ in case you want to check it out for yourself.
Triggered mobile push notifications
From a 2016 study, triggered mobile push notifications drive 2,770 percent higher conversion rates for the same number of sends as compared to batch and blast mobile push notifications. This is driven by a 726 percent higher click rate and a 420 percent higher post-click conversion rate. (source)
Sequence
Bajaao added a sequence of web push notifications, which now contribute to 4.5% of their sales. Their abandoned cart notifications have a 2% conversion rate.
Case studies
Message templates
This article has some message templates for the various notifications.
Types of notifications
There are triggered-based, alert-based, and segment-based notifications
- Welcome
- Abandoned Cart
- Personalized recommendations
- Upsells & cross-sells
Timing
- Send push notifications between 2 pm to 7 pm on weekdays.
- Wednesday is the best day for an optimal click rate.
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Changes to Google & Firefox
Important to know if you’re using web push notifications or plan to:
Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox said that they will be making changes to permission prompts for web push notifications to make the visitor journey on a website that uses notifications seamless
Quieter notification prompts will be enabled first for users who typically block notification permission requests and second, on sites with very low opt-in rates
Read more: https://vwo.com/blog/vwo-engage-new-permission-prompt/