How to Increase Repeat Purchase Frequency in DTC eCommerce

When is the right time to ask a customer to purchase again? What automations matter to retaining customers and what should we do if a customer doesn’t reorder when you reach out?

Alex McEachern (Repeat) and Blake dive deep into those questions, the 3 must-have post-purchase automations, frameworks for creating repeat customers, and more.

They also give plenty of tactical examples from brands like Huron, BluMaan, Hanz de Fuko, Aura Bora, Kopari, Olipop as well as tech that enables it with platforms like Repeat, Wonderment, & Klaviyo.

If you’re looking to level up customer retention - this is a must-listen.

The TYCA Podcast is brought to you by Wonderment - the retention Swiss army knife used by hundreds of leading Shopify merchants including The Ridge, Bokksu, and Jones Road Beauty.

Wonderment is the easiest way to proactively set expectations on shipping timeframes, automatically update customers with delays, and measure shipping expectation vs reality across the business. Check out www.wonderment.com today.

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Time Stamps
0:00 - intro

1:00 - Who is Alex McEachern?

2:56 - The current state of customer retention

5:08 - Can you automate retention?

8:22 - How to reach out at the right time for reordering

11:24 - Wonderment is your retention swiss army knife

12:30 - Huron example & post-purchase education with the tracking page and emails

14:14 - the 3 base flows for post-purchase

17:23 - DTC is the loyalty channel for CPG

19:40 - Which brands have nailed reordering flows?

22:00 - How to “earn” the right to ask for another purchase from a customer

24:45 - what to do if a customer doesn’t reorder when you reach out

28:24 - If a customer doesn’t come back again... what do you do?

30:57 - Removing pain points around shipping lags in DTC... and how to stay competitive with retail

33:57 - Alex’s biggest piece of advice for retention marketers

37:00 - where else can you automate reordering (besides email & SMS)

38:47 - Is customer retention more difficult now than it was 10 years ago?

40:30 - final remarks