Terms starting with
A
Browse every glossary entry filed under “A”.

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Abandoned Cart Email
An abandoned cart email is an automated message sent to a shopper who added items to their cart but left without buying.
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Abandoned Wishlist Recovery
Abandoned wishlist recovery is the practice of nudging shoppers back to a wishlisted product they haven't bought yet.
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Add-to-Cart Rate
Add-to-Cart Rate is the share of visits where a shopper adds at least one item to their cart.
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Add-to-Wishlist Rate
Add-to-wishlist rate is the share of store visitors who save at least one product to a wishlist.
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Agentic Commerce
Agentic Commerce is online shopping where an AI agent acts for the shopper.
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AI Hallucination
An AI hallucination happens when an AI tool states false or made-up information as if it were true.
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AI Overviews
AI Overviews are Google's AI-generated answer summaries that appear at the top of many search results.
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Alt Text
Alt text (short for alternative text) is a written description you add to an image so software and search engines can understand what the picture shows.
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Anchor Text
Anchor text is the visible, clickable words in a hyperlink.
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Anchoring Effect
The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias where the first number we see shapes the numbers we estimate after it.
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Anonymous Wishlist
An Anonymous Wishlist lets a shopper save products without creating an account or sharing personal details.
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Answer Engine Optimization
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of shaping your content to become the direct answer a shopper sees.
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Attribution Model
An attribution model is the rule that decides which marketing touchpoints get credit for a sale.
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Auction Multi-Vendor Marketplace
A select auction multi-vendor marketplace is a digital shopping mall where independent sellers list curated groups of products, and buyers compete to purchase them through live bidding.
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Authority Principle (Cialdini)
The Authority Principle is one of Robert Cialdini's seven principles of persuasion.
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Auto-Apply Coupon
An auto-apply coupon is a promotional discount that instantly lowers a customer's total at checkout without them having to type in a code.
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Availability Heuristic
The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut.
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Average Order Value
Average Order Value is one of the most important numbers you can track for your online store.
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Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)
Average revenue per user (ARPU) stands for average revenue per user.