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# Smart Cart Recover™: a cart-abandonment widget tutorial

This tutorial guides you through the process of setting up and optimizing the Smart Cart Recover™ widget in Personizely. Our goal with this widget is to reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates and sales.

### Objectives and Goals
- **Combat Cart Abandonment**: Implement strategies to encourage visitors to complete their purchases.
- **Increase Conversion Rate and Sales**: Transform potential cart abandonments into successful sales.
- **Key Metrics**: Focus on enhancing the goal conversion rate and boosting revenue.

### Widget Creation
The widget creation process is designed to be straightforward and efficient. Follow these steps:

1. **Selecting the Purpose:** Start by choosing **Cart Abandonment** as your widget's main function.
2. **Offer Type Configuration:** At this step, opt for **Offer a Discount (Recommended)** with a name field.
3. **Coupon Setup:** Enter your discount code at the Coupon step.
4. **Email Integration:** At the Email step, select **Just Offer the Coupon**.
5. **Action Selection:** Choose to **Redirect to the Checkout Page** at the Action step.
6. **Urgency Addition:** Select **Show Timer** at the Urgency step and specify the time limit.
7. **Template Customization:** Choose a template that aligns with your design at the Template step. These templates are customizable.
8. **Naming Your Widget:** A recommended naming format is **Smart Cart Recover -  [Device/Location/Target Audience]  - (v1)**. This helps quickly identify the widget’s purpose, type, and target audience.

Your widget is now created and ready for further customization.

### Designing the Widget
The widget consists of a single step:

**Cart Abandonment Offer:**
   - Include a text element with a message like: "Before you go …"
   - Add a second text element detailing the Offer: (% Off & Free Shipping).
   - Incorporate a Timer element to show the remaining time for the offer.
   - Use a Button with custom text: "Checkout with my % off." The action for this button is set to automatically redirect to Checkout with the discount applied.

### Display Options

1. **Triggers and Mobile Fallback:** The initial setup includes an **Exit Intent** trigger, manually adjust it  with **Back Button** as a mobile fallback.
2. **Rules – Target and Frequency:**
   - Stop once converted
   - Pause for current session once closed
   - Implement a Cart Size Filter to show the widget for carts over a certain amount. (_automatically created during the creation steps_)
   - Exclude customers who have previously made purchases in the store (_target with order history filter_).

Your **Smart Cart Recover™** widget is now fully configured and ready to be published to start reducing cart abandonment and enhancing your sales effectively!