Setting up Email Recommendations with any Email Client Using the email clients built-in mergetags allows you to implement email recommendations with any client Stefan Lorenz Olsen
1. Creating an Email Design #
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In my.clerk.io, go to Designs.
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Click New Design and give it a name.
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Choose Email, and optionally, pick either a starting Design.
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Style the email Design to your liking.
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Click Update Design.
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Go to Content, and create a new Content block.
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Choose the type of email recommendations you want to show and click Update Content.
2. Getting the Embedcode #
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In the Content page, under Limit start by choosing the amount of products you want to be shown.
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In E-mail Placeholder, input a mergetag that returns the customer email
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In Cache buster, input a mergetag that returns something unique for the email campaign - for example, a timestamp of when the email is sent out or an ID for the campaign.
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The website URL can be left empty in most cases, but should be input if you are using specific product URLs. A Tracking code should only be input if you have a GA tracking code that you want to use.
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Copy the embedcode from the bottom of the popup.
3. Embedding the Recommendations #
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After copying the embedcode, go to your email client.
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Insert the embedcode as HTML to your email in the place where you want recommendations to be shown. They will then be rendered and shown.