WooCommerce

Write a WooCommerce abandoned cart recovery email sequence

A 3-email scenario prompt for recovering an abandoned $220 cart, escalating from a reminder to a real reason to come back, without training shoppers to always wait for a discount.

Works with Claude / GPT1,850 uses 4.7

The prompt

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A customer added the following to their WooCommerce cart and left without checking out:

CART: [Breville Barista Pro espresso machine, $699.95] plus [a bag of Ethiopian
Yirgacheffe beans, $18]
TIME SINCE ABANDONMENT: [58 minutes]
CUSTOMER HISTORY: [first-time visitor, came from a Google ad for "best home espresso
machine", no prior purchases]
SHIPPING NOTE: [free shipping over $75, so this cart already qualifies]

Write a 3-email recovery sequence, one email per stage:

1. Email 1, sent at the 1-hour mark. Just a reminder, no discount. Reference the
   specific machine by name and reassure on the thing a first-time buyer at this price
   point actually hesitates on (is this worth it vs a $150 machine), not a generic
   "you left something behind."
2. Email 2, sent at 24 hours. Add one piece of social proof or a specific answer to a
   likely objection (warranty length, return window). Still no discount, since a $700
   item abandoned once isn't automatically price-sensitive, it might just be research
   in progress.
3. Email 3, sent at 72 hours. Only now introduce an incentive, and make it something
   that doesn't erode margin on the machine itself, like a free tamper or a bag of
   beans thrown in, rather than a straight percentage off a high-ticket item.

Before writing, flag one judgment call: if this cart had instead been a $32 item
abandoned at checkout with shipping cost visible, the likely abandonment reason is
shipping sticker shock, not indecision, and the fix is showing the free shipping
threshold in email 1, not a discount at all. Apply whichever logic matches the CART
above.

Replace the bracketed details with your own product and timeline.

Sequencing the discount so it only appears in the third email, after the reassurance emails have done their job, keeps average order value intact instead of teaching every visitor to abandon on purpose and wait for 10% off. Swap in your own price point since the right first-email angle for a $700 item is different from a $30 one.