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Segments & Lists - Best Practices & Inspiration

Here’s some inspiration to help you build your segments using the Audience Builder. 

Activity-based

🏌️ Inactive contacts

Exclude contacts that are most likely inactive to ensure a positive ROI on your campaigns.

Rules to Identify Inactive Users:

All of the following conditions are true:


Behaviour-based inactivity

  • Contact has not received a message in the last X days

  • Contact has not read a message in the last X days

  • Contact has not clicked a message in the last X days

Purchase inactivity

  • Contact has not placed an order at least once in the last X days

  • Contact has not bought a product at least once in the last X days

Timeframe indicators

  • 30–60 days: No message engagement (no receive/read/click)

  • 60–90 days: No purchase activity

  • Up to 12 months: No engagement + no purchase → fully inactive / churned


Event based

🎆 VIP product launch

Send your product launch campaign to your most engaged audience.

VIP drop — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt‑in as last activity

Events – received message

  • Contact has → received message → is greater than or equal to → 5 times → over all time
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign

Events – clicked message

  • Contact has → clicked message → is greater than or equal to → 2 times → over all time
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign

Events – bought product

  • Contact has → bought product → is greater than or equal to → 5 times → over all time
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products


📧 Event-based campaigns

Send several campaigns for one event (e.g. Black Friday announcement, reminder, and last chance).

1.General campaign send (e.g. Black Friday announcement)

2.Reminder: Read the campaign, but have not yet clicked or purchased (these are active customers but aren’t yet convinced by the campaign):
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Black Friday — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – read message

  • Contact has → read message → at least once → over all time
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign

Events – clicked message

  • Contact has not → clicked message → at least once → in the last → 180 days

Events – bought product

  • Contact has not → bought product → at least once → in the last → 180 days
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products


3. Last chance: Clicked campaign but not yet purchased (these are interested customers but may have forgotten or need the final push):
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Black Friday — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – clicked message

  • Contact has → clicked message → at least once → in the last → 90 days
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign

Events – placed order

  • Contact has → placed order → at least once → in the last → 180 days


Re-engage sleeping customers

😴 Sleeping customers

Re-engage customers who are no longer engaging or purchasing with you.

Sleeping customers — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – received message

  • Contact has → received message → at least once → in the last → 180 days

Events – clicked message

  • Contact has not → clicked message → at least once → in the last → 180 days

Events – bought product (no recent purchase)

  • Contact has not → bought product → at least once → in the last → 180 days
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products

Events – bought product (lifetime purchase)

  • Contact has → bought product → at least once → over all time


👟 Loyal, but inactive

Target customers who have made multiple purchases in the past but have been inactive lately with a re-engagement campaign.


Loyal but inactive — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – bought product (lifetime loyalty)

  • Contact has → bought product → equals → 10 times → over all time
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products

Events – bought product (recent inactivity)

  • Contact has not → bought product → at least once → in the last → 60 days


Purchase behavior

🛍️ Cross/upsell based on products

Cross or upsell your products to an audience of customers who have bought something similar in the past.

E.g. a new handbag hat, compliments shoes or bestselling products.

Cross/upsell — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

All of the following conditions are true:

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – bought product

  • Contact has → bought product → at least once → over all time
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products



💰 High-value customers

Target these customers with premium offers or loyalty awards.

High-value customers — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – bought product (lifetime value)

  • Contact has → bought product → is greater than or equal to → 50 times → over all time
    ​Filter: where product name → is any of → products

Events – clicked message (recent engagement)

  • Contact has → clicked message → is greater than or equal to → 2 times → in the last → 30 days
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign


🎁 Seasonal shoppers

Target customers who have made at least one purchase between specific holiday dates (e.g. Black Friday or Christmas).

Purchased Black Friday — Rules

All of the following conditions are true:


Opt‑in

  • Contact has → Opt-in as last activity

Events – bought product (Black Friday purchase window)

  • Contact has → bought product → at least once → between dates → 2025.11.21 and 2025.12.04

Events – clicked message (recent engagement)

  • Contact has → clicked message → at least once → in the last → 180 days
    ​Filter: where campaign name → is any of → select campaign
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