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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.

  • Abandoned Wishlist Recovery

    Abandoned wishlist recovery is the practice of nudging shoppers back to a wishlisted product they haven't bought yet.

  • Add-to-Cart Rate

    Add-to-Cart Rate is the share of visits where a shopper adds at least one item to their cart.

  • Add-to-Wishlist Rate

    Add-to-wishlist rate is the share of store visitors who save at least one product to a wishlist.

  • Agentic Commerce

    Agentic Commerce is online shopping where an AI agent acts for the shopper.

  • AI Hallucination

    An AI hallucination happens when an AI tool states false or made-up information as if it were true.

  • AI Overviews

    AI Overviews are Google's AI-generated answer summaries that appear at the top of many search results.

  • 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.

  • Anchor Text

    Anchor text is the visible, clickable words in a hyperlink.

  • Anchoring Effect

    The anchoring effect is a cognitive bias where the first number we see shapes the numbers we estimate after it.

  • Anonymous Wishlist

    An Anonymous Wishlist lets a shopper save products without creating an account or sharing personal details.

  • Answer Engine Optimization

    Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of shaping your content to become the direct answer a shopper sees.

  • Attribution Model

    An attribution model is the rule that decides which marketing touchpoints get credit for a sale.

  • 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.

  • Authority Principle (Cialdini)

    The Authority Principle is one of Robert Cialdini's seven principles of persuasion.

  • 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.

  • Availability Heuristic

    The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut.

  • Average Order Value

    Average Order Value is one of the most important numbers you can track for your online store.

  • Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)

    Average revenue per user (ARPU) stands for average revenue per user.