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Data Source "Endpoints" - General Overview
Data Source "Endpoints" - General Overview

What are endpoints and how do I use them?

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Written by Christian Sokolowski
Updated over 4 months ago

REBUY ENDPOINTS

Rebuy has created different endpoints that will return pre-built, custom rules when selected, saving you time when building your personalized widgets. The endpoints built with AI are training/learning and giving updated recommendations based on individual and collective customer data. The Category endpoints are pulling data and recommending products that meet a set of specific characteristics.

AI ENDPOINTS

Rebuy’s AI Endpoints will watch and respond to customer trends without needing any additional effort from you. Recommendations to customers shift as needed based on the data that Rebuy’s proprietary AI is pulling from.

Pro tip: Use an AI endpoint as the last rule in any custom ruleset in order to make sure the widget is always displaying product recommendations.

RECOMMENDED (AI)

This endpoint looks at the input product(s) and then cross references them with other products that customers have purchased. This AI is always training and updating to give the most up-to-date product recommendations for customers.

Pro tip: Use this as a dynamic “Customers Also Bought” function to your website.

SIMILAR PRODUCTS (AI)

The Similar Products endpoint looks at Product data (tags, types, etc.), Specific customer data (cart data, past order data, etc.) as well as storefront wide data (general product data, conversion data, etc.) in order to recommend products similar to the one your customer is viewing. The Similar Products endpoint is great for improving Product Discovery at any point of the customer journey.

Pro tip: Use this endpoint on Product Display Pages to offer alternatives for your customers. This can also be used in Post-Purchase to recommend a product that’s similar to one that the customer just purchased.


Category Endpoints

Category endpoints will pull and display product recommendations to customers based on specific characteristics. Rebuy regularly checks and updates data to ensure that Category endpoints are displaying the most up to date information.

TOP SELLERS

This will display the products from your store that have the highest sales volume for the previous 90 days. Rebuy regularly collects sales history and will update dynamically if your inventory sales volume rankings change.

Pro tip: Use this endpoint paired with a widget on the home page in order to show customers the most popular items from your store. Learn more about creating a Home Page widget.

The "Top Sellers" feature considers only the sales volume from the last 90 days and does not factor in the product's price. Therefore, it prioritizes products with a higher total sales count, regardless of their individual monetary value. Keep in mind that this endpoint may favor items with more frequent sales over those with a higher monetary value.

BUY IT AGAIN

The Buy it Again endpoint will return items that the customer has purchased in the past. This only works if the customer is logged into their store account. The image below shows the most common use case for this endpoint but can be paired along with other Customer based input rules.

Pro tip: Use this endpoint along with an account page widget.

RECENTLY VIEWED

This endpoint will display products that the customer has navigated to and viewed.

TRENDING PRODUCTS

The trending endpoint analyzes the sales data from the past few days (a sales period of 30 days) and compares it to the previous sales period. During this analysis, we focus on identifying products that have experienced a noticeable increase in sales volume.

It is important to note that these products may differ significantly from the top-selling items. If there are no trending products in the results, the system will default to using top sellers as the closest alternative. This ensures that a listing with no results is not returned.


Custom Endpoints

Custom endpoints allow you to point a Data Source rule to another pre-configured Data Source (essentially a nested set of rules). This feature can be helpful for consolidating your rule sets and reducing the total number of rules in a single Data Source.

To get started, set the "RETURN" statement in your rule to "Endpoint", then select "Custom Endpoints".

Then search for and select your pre-existing Data Source source from the Custom Endpoints dropdown menu.

NOTE: This feature is recommended for advanced Rebuy users. For those new to Data Source custom endpoints, we recommend setting up an Optimization Call with our Merchant Success Team here to can discuss the optimal Data Source configuration for your custom use-case.

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