Add cart threshold incentives to raise AOV

Idea byKasper DolkMaison Commerce

Commentary byLiftArchiveOur analysis, not theirs

Test cart thresholds (free shipping, gifts) to raise AOV without hurting conversion much; try several offers and make it easy to add extra products from the cart (he mentions HypeCart as a no-code option).

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Kasper Dolk (@kasper_dolk) shared this idea on X. The numbers and screenshots are theirs.

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