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  • Real-Time Shipping Rates

    Real-time shipping rates are delivery prices pulled live from the carrier at the moment of checkout.

  • Reciprocity Principle

    The reciprocity principle is the human pull to return favors.

  • Referral Program

    A referral program is a system that rewards your current customers for bringing you new ones.

  • Refund Rate

    Refund Rate is the share of your sales revenue that you pay back to customers as refunds.

  • Reorder Point

    A reorder point is the stock level that tells you it is time to order more.

  • Repeat Purchase Rate

    Repeat Purchase Rate (RPR) is the share of your customers who buy from you more than once.

  • Request For Quote (RFQ)

    A Request for Quote (RFQ) is a digital tool that changes how people buy from your online store.

  • Retargeting

    Retargeting is advertising aimed at people who have already visited your store.

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a way for an AI model to look up outside information before it answers.

  • Return on Investment (ROI)

    Return on investment (ROI) measures how much profit you earn against what you spent.

  • Returns Management (RMA)

    Returns management is the full process of handling products that customers send back.

  • Rich Snippet

    A rich snippet (also called a rich result) is a normal search listing that Google enhances with extra visual details.

  • ROAS (Return on Ad Spend)

    Return on ad spend, or ROAS, measures how much revenue you earn for every dollar spent on ads.

  • Robots.txt

    Robots.txt is a simple text file that lives at the root of your website.

  • Rule-Based Discount

    A rule-based discount is an automated pricing strategy where e-commerce software applies a special deal only when a shopper meets specific conditions, using simple "if-then" logic.