{"id":4708,"date":"2015-02-09T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T08:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cs-cart.com\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2022-02-25T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:30:56","slug":"cross-selling-tools-in-cs-cart-customers-also-bought-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/cross-selling-tools-in-cs-cart-customers-also-bought-suggestions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Selling Tools in CS-Cart: \u2018Customers Also Bought\u2019 Suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi!<\/p>\n<p>One of the ways to boost your online sales is to use <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cross-selling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cross-selling<\/a> techniques. Today, we\u2019ll tell you about one of the CS-Cart cross-selling tools\u2014the <strong>Customers Also Bought<\/strong> add-on.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1806750155  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Customers Also Bought Add-on\" src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alsoboughtmain.png\" alt=\"Customers Also Bough Add-on\" width=\"753\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use the <strong>Customers Also Bought<\/strong> add-on to show what products people usually buy with a particular item.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;customers also bought&#8221; suggestions <a href=\"https:\/\/predictableprofits.com\/amazon-can-teach-cross-selling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brought 35 percent of the annual profit to Amazon in 2006<\/a>. Even though the results are not so dramatic today, Amazon, Ebay, and Best Buy have been successfully using product suggestions for years. This feature has become a must-have for a proper online store.<\/p>\n<p>In CS-Cart, customers see product suggestions right on the product\u2019s details pages. If products are purchased together with the given one often enough, they end up in its &#8220;customers also bought&#8221; block.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=787931903  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Customers Also Bought Block\" src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/also-bought.png\" alt=\"Customers Also Bough Block\" width=\"860\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For example, the PlayStation 4 standard accessory set includes only one controller and a mono headset. To get the best experience from PS4, customers often buy the console, an additional controller, and a PlayStation 4 camera. CS-Cart remembers their choices and offers them to future customers:<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=866214300  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alsobought1.png\"  decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Customers Also Bought\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Customers Also Bough\" width=\"860\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.7.x\/user_guide\/addons\/customers_also_bought\/display_also_bought.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detailed instructions on setting up the Customers Also Bought add-on<\/a> in our Knowledge Base.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Feel free to share your experience of using cross-selling add-ons in your stores. We are always happy to know what you think about our products!<\/p>\n<p>One more post about cross-selling in CS-Cart is coming, so stay tuned and don\u2019t miss it. Follow us on <a title=\"CS-Cart on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cscart.official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"CS-Cart on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cscart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a title=\"CS-Cart on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/cscartvideos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> to stay informed.<\/p>\n<p>Bye!<\/p>\n<p><!-- SUBSCRIBE--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f7f7f7;\">\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 0 10px;\">\n<h2 id='follow-cs-cart-news-promotions'  id=\"boomdevs_1\" style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Follow CS-Cart news &amp; promotions<\/h2>\n<form style=\"text-align: center;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\" method=\"post\" name=\"subscribe_form\"><input name=\"mailing_lists[1]\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"redirect_url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"index.php\" \/><br \/>\n<label class=\"cm-required cm-email\" style=\"display: none;\" for=\"subscr_email\">Email<\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"subscr_email\" class=\"subscribe-input\" style=\"font-size: 16px; padding: 10px; width: 400px; border-radius: 4px; height: 41px; color: #72757a; border: 2px solid #C7C7C9; box-sizing: border-box;\" name=\"subscribe_email\" type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Enter e-mail address\" \/><br \/>\n<button class=\"subscribe-btn\" style=\"background: #2F4156; outline: 0; border: 0; padding: 12.5px 15px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #fff; margin-left: -10px; vertical-align: top; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; cursor: pointer; height: 41px;\" type=\"submit\">Subscribe<\/button><br \/>\n<input name=\"dispatch\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"newsletters.add_subscriber\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/SUBSCRIBE--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hi! 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