Purpose
1.2. Drive automated upsell of higher-margin surplus goods and personalized recommendations based on customer purchases, browsing behavior, and inventory.
1.3. Trigger automated product suggestions post-purchase, abandoned cart, or customer segmentation to maximize upsell conversion.
1.4. Automatedly deliver targeted military surplus product bundles and related goods using data-driven logic for maximizing customer lifetime value.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Purchase of army surplus triggers product upsell workflow.
2.3. Abandoned cart involving surplus items automates recommendation of similar or complementary goods.
2.4. Automated customer enters new segment (e.g., “outdoor gear buyers”).
2.5. Store inventory automation detects new arrivals, triggers related email campaigns.
Platform Variants
3.1. Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Journey Builder; configure ‘Entry Event’ as purchase completion, ‘Email Activity’ to send dynamic cross-sell content.
3.2. Klaviyo
• Feature/Setting: Automated Flows; set trigger to “Placed Order” with product recommendation block for cross/upsell.
3.3. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Customer Journey; trigger on purchase, use dynamic product content for surplus recommendations.
3.4. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Automations; trigger on completed purchase, “Product Recommendation” action using CRM tags.
3.5. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflows; automate cross-sell emails post-purchase with dynamic surplus item recommendations.
3.6. Omnisend
• Feature/Setting: Automation Workflow; set abandoned cart triggers, insert “Product Recommender” block.
3.7. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Marketing Automation API; POST event to trigger email with dynamic surplus goods block.
3.8. Braze
• Feature/Setting: Campaign Triggers; apply “Action-based” automation firing on transaction.
3.9. Iterable
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Studio; configure purchase event triggers, use “Catalog Recommendations” API.
3.10. Maropost
• Feature/Setting: Automated Campaigns; set condition as post-checkout, send related goods.
3.11. Zoho Campaigns
• Feature/Setting: Automation; trigger email sequence on specific category purchases.
3.12. Drip
• Feature/Setting: Automation Rule; purchase or tag triggers surplus cross-sell series.
3.13. Sendinblue (Brevo)
• Feature/Setting: Transactional Automation; event-based product recommendation emails.
3.14. Moosend
• Feature/Setting: Custom Automation Workflow; set “Purchase” as trigger, AI recommendations block.
3.15. Postmark
• Feature/Setting: Template API; automate product suggestion email sequence after trigger event.
3.16. Dotdigital
• Feature/Setting: Program Builder; “Order Placed” as start node, recommendation node for surplus goods.
3.17. Responsys (Oracle)
• Feature/Setting: Program Canvas; schedule action on transactional data feed.
3.18. Emarsys
• Feature/Setting: Automation Center; set automation program, use “Product Recommender” block.
3.19. Eloqua
• Feature/Setting: Program Builder; transaction rule triggers dynamic surplus emails.
3.20. Mailjet
• Feature/Setting: Automation Workflow; event-based email with product cross-sell.
4. Benefits
4.2. Automation enhances customer experience by sending relevant surplus recommendations at optimal times.
4.3. Automating the process reduces manual marketing labor and error, improving campaign consistency.
4.4. Automatedly leverages behavior and inventory data to personalize and maximize surplus sales.
4.5. Automation enables real-time adjustment to campaign logic based on live inventory and buyer actions.