Ecommerce email marketing may not be the sexiest form of advertising but there’s no question it’s one of the most cost-effective ways to scale an ecommerce business. With an ROI of over 3600%, 56% of marketers say email is their top-performing channel for customer retention.

If you run an ecommerce business, you know increasing your average repeat purchase rate is important. But what makes a buyer become a loyal repeat customer?

An insurance company increased revenue by 45% by sending MORE email. An ecommerce store’s revenue dropped 30% after adding a weekly email newsletter. These are both examples of the powerful effects changing email cadence can have on your bottom line. 

As a marketing agency, we’re all too familiar with the struggles of email engagement.

Customer interests and behaviors change constantly. But your quarterly goals and product promotion schedules don’t always line up with what your customers care about. Generalized emails and batch-and-blast campaigns often miss the target, resulting in lost revenue opportunities.

Building an email list, especially if you do it the RIGHT way, is expensive. But what happens when your hard-earned email subscribers stop engaging with your emails? If you leave them on your list and continue to email them, eventually your deliverability may suffer. If your domain reputation falls, you’ll have a harder time reaching ALL your subscribers. But just deleting them doesn't seem like a great option either, does it?

Has your average email open rate taken a nosedive recently? There’s a good chance your content is not to blame. If you've started to wonder, "is my email going to spam?",  you’re on the right track. Your real problem is probably not content, it's more likely poor email domain reputation causing poor email deliverability. 

The goal of any brand is to grab consumers' attention and encourage them to convert into customers. If there is one thing that improves revenue without spending money, it is optimizing conversions on your site. There's no point in attracting a ton of traffic if you aren’t implementing conversion rate optimization (CRO) strategies to convert those site visitors into long-term customers.

Every ecommerce entrepreneur knows that the foundation of your online store lies in its marketing efforts — and email is still one of the sector’s top marketing channels.

Email marketing is cheap, efficient, and flexible, and forms the backbone of pretty much every ecommerce strategy.

(Warning, this blogpost may contain sarcasm)

I get asked the question “what's the best time to send email?” on a regular basis. I’m happy to report there is finally a clear-cut answer:

5pm on Tuesday.

Yes. According to Inc. Magazine after analyzing 1.5 billion emails,