Email & Retention

Segment

A subset of your email list defined by behavior or properties ("bought in last 30 days," "never purchased," "clicked last campaign"). Segmentation is where email revenue compounds.

A segment is a subset of an email list defined by behavior, properties, or a combination: "bought in the last 30 days," "subscribed but never purchased," "clicked last 3 campaigns," "spent $200+ lifetime."

Segmentation is where email revenue compounds. Blasting every campaign to every subscriber produces declining open rates, rising unsubscribes, and poor deliverability within a quarter. Segmenting — sending the right message to the right subset at the right frequency — preserves deliverability, raises relevance, and often 2-3x revenue per campaign.

The two segments every store should have dialed in: engaged (opened or clicked in last 30-60 days, send everything) and unengaged (no activity in 90+ days, send sparingly or sunset).

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