Power of Transactional Emails

Posted August 10, 2016

Not all emails are created equal. Today when customers receive hundreds of emails in the inbox, it’s only a fraction of them that get their attention – the ones that are waited upon anxiously, that are welcomed. Yes, I am talking about transactional emails. These are emails that are triggered when a user takes some action. Some examples include - Password reset mail, shipping details, order confirmation, abandoned cart email, transaction summary.

We all know the importance of these transactional emails. Yet, as high as 55% of the companies are not at all capitalizing on it. Here I give a quick roundup of why it’s time you paid more attention to these transactional emails

Eightfold open rates:

The degree of open rates of transactional e-mails is as high as eight times that of promotional mail.

Six-fold revenue generation:

Transactional emails which constitute to only 3-5% of the total emails sent generate 6X more revenue than any other type of email. By contextual upselling/ cross selling and by relevant targeting, brands can maximize returns from transactional emails.

Extra reading time:

A recent trend shows that subscribers spend more reading time on transactional emails and that these emails are opened more than once. Another study corroborates this finding by stating that transactional messages sent by top-performing companies get opened almost four times each.

Creates the right first impression:

Transactional emails are not only critical but are also expected by the subscribers and thus act as the first impression of a brand. Make the best use of these emails to create a long-lasting impression of their brand.

Happy connects:

Apart from the first impression, transactional e-mails act as ‘happy connects’ to educate the customers, regain lost customer and also capture new leads thus calling for an excellent user experience.