Do you recognize this problem:

Generic ecommerce emails are hurting my customer retention rate

If you’re sending the same product picks to every subscriber, you’re missing a massive opportunity to drive engagement, loyalty, and revenue with ecommerce emails.

If your email marketing is generating flat results, the problem might not be your timing, design, or subject lines, it could be what’s inside: generic product content that fails to connect.

Generic product emails, where the same content goes to everyone, are still common. But here’s what many ecommerce marketers don’t see: they silently undercut customer relationships, and often sabotage long-term retention.

The problem with static products in ecommerce emails

If your emails still rely on manually selected, one-size-fits-all product content, you’re likely facing these challenges:

Poor click-through rates lead to fewer conversions.

When emails fail to capture interest, revenue slips through the cracks.

Manual product selection is time-consuming and inefficient.

Your team spends hours curating product blocks, only to guess what might work.

Performance is inconsistent and unpredictable.

Some campaigns get clicks, most don’t — because static content can’t adapt to shopper behavior.

Every subscriber sees the same content, and engagement suffers.

Generic emails lack relevance, so they get ignored, skipped, or worse, deleted.

It doesn’t scale.

As your customer base grows, managing product content manually becomes unsustainable and increasingly complex.

Irrelevant content drives unsubscribes.

Repeatedly showing products people don’t care about pushes them away from your brand.

The biggest mistake?
You’re pushing the products you want customers to see, instead of showing the products they actually want to buy.

It’s not just a content problem. It’s a relevance problem. And fixing it starts with personalization.

Here are 3 common ecommerce emails that often contain generic products and can be personalized

1. Seasonal Sale Campaigns

What is it: A mass-blast: “Summer Sale — Up to 50% Off!” with a few featured items selected by the marketing team.

Why it doesn’t work:

  • Ignores individual preferences, purchase history, or category interest
  • Limited relevance = lower urgency and engagement
Generic Ecommerce Emails Example

2. Weekly Newsletter

What is it: A recurring campaign with a grid of new arrivals or “Top Picks” handpicked for the entire list.

Why it doesn’t work:

  • Ignores customer behavior and intent signals
  • Time-intensive to create, with no guarantee of relevance

3. Re-Engagement Emails

What is it: A “We miss you” message paired with a generic discount and a selection of products.

Why it doesn’t work:

  • Feels impersonal and generic, the opposite of what a lapsed customer needs to feel valued
  • Doesn’t reflect past purchases and offers no compelling reason to return

Our solution: personalized product recommendations in the emails you already send

With our Newsletter Content solution, your emails become smarter without adding work. And it’s any email, not just your regular newsletter, think Abandoned Cart emails, Re-engagement, Automatic Campaigns etc.

Product recommendations are dynamically generated for each subscriber, based on their real-time browsing, past purchases, price preferences, and favorite brands or categories.

There’s no need to change your email platform. We integrate directly with your current setup, whether that’s Klaviyo, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, or another tool, and inject personalized product blocks into your existing campaigns.

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