Email Marketing for eCommerce stores is imperative. We consistently see eCommerce conversion rates for email marketing that is triple or more, the eCommerce conversion rate for social, direct and even organic traffic.
But How Do I Choose The Best Email Platform for eCommerce?
A good email provider:
1. Is simple
Once you're set up, your email platform should not take too much of your time or interfere with the running of your business.
2. Has quality templates
Lean in to great templates! Email templates should have a sleek, contemporary and professional design and have the ability to be customized to look like an extension of your brand.
3. Offers automation
You should, at the very least, be able to create an autoresponder. And if your automation needs are more sophisticated, the platform should cater to that. Audience segmentation is also important for the ability to send targeted emails based on your customer profiles.
Here's Our Top 5 eCommerce Email Platforms in 2021
Here are some of the top email providers for integration with Shopify, and what we like about each one:
Our Top Choice: Klaviyo*
An excellent match for Shopify, Klaviyo is specifically created to be marketing software for eCommerce. Klaviyo offers extensive pre-built automation workflows and advanced segmentation. The templates work with dynamic blocks which means you can decide what’s visible to which customers based on individual data. Klaviyo’s built-in CRM makes it a great choice for SMEs with teams and bigger client base.
Pricing: Starts at $25 per month for up to 300 subscribers and unlimited sends. The price increases based on the size of your list.
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Shopify Email
It’s a direct extension of your eCommerce store, relatively simple to install and user-friendly. It also has basic automation and a range of sleek templates. A bonus of this provider is that, it's accessible from right within your Shopify dashboard. We would consider this a good starter platform.
All merchants with a paid Shopify plan have 2,500 free emails to send at the beginning of every month. Emails are counted based on each individual email address that an email activity is sent to. For example, sending 1 promotional email to 800 subscribers counts as 800 emails and one activity. Unused emails don't carry over to the following month. You can send additional emails beyond the 2,500 free emails at a cost of $0.001 USD per additional email.
Pricing: FREE up to 2,500 emails
OmniSend
This multi-channel provider is a slick tool that offers targeted automation at various stages of the customer journey such as browse abandonment, cart abandonment and order confirmations. Products listed in the store can automatically be added into emails and it’s one of the only providers that offer nifty features like scratch cards, gift boxes and other incentives. In addition to email, Omnisend also offers FB and WhatsApp messaging.
Pricing: FREE for up to 15,000 emails per month. Up to $199 per month for Pro, but with an upper limit of 9,000 subscribers. Enterprise is a flat $2,000 per month.
MailerLite
An ideal provider for beginners or smaller merchants. It’s not the most feature-rich or advanced provider, but what MailerLite lacks in sophistication, it makes up for it in ease of use and cost. One great feature is that it automatically generates segments based on customer history, for example, first-timers, repeat customers and high spenders.
Pricing: $10 per month for up to 1,000 subscribers. Up To $50 per month for 10,000 subscribers.
Drip
A more sophisticated option, Drip has super-sophisticated segmentation and automation features. Even the smallest actions by customers can trigger targeted automated responses. Drip also offers the option of integrating with Facebook Customer Audiences, which means that targeted Facebook ads can be combined with automated Shopify campaigns. Drip integrates with most eCommerce platforms including Shopify, Magento, and Woo Commerce.
Why didn’t MailChimp make our list of email providers for eCommerce? The direct MailChimp to Shopify integration is no longer available for new downloads, and you’ll have to use a 3rd party integration like Zapier or Automate.io for connecting your Shopify store to MailChimp. While we love MailChimp as a robust email marketing option, it’s not worth it if you have your eCommerce store on Shopify.
TVP eCommerce - Email Marketing for Shopify
Just like there’s an app for just about everything under the sun, there’s an email provider that can be integrated with Shopify that will suit the needs of every eCommerce business. And to get everything set up and running smoothly, you have TVP NYC. eCommerce by email is the next logical step in evolving your online store, especially in a world where social media marketing is increasingly crowded and fighting for organic traffic is increasingly difficult.
