Southeast Asia E-commerce 🛍️ Retention Benchmark Report [Download]

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Southeast Asia is home to the world’s most active internet users. Tokopedia, Go-Jek, Bukalapak, are some of the many billion-dollar tech startups that lead the e-commerce space in Southeast Asia. Despite the skyrocketing growth story, e-commerce apps in the region are fighting user retention challenges.

There are several technological and behavioral traits that trigger the app uninstalls. Presenting, the MoEngage Southeast Asia e-commerce Benchmarks Report that gives you an overview of user retention trends and benchmarks for this region.

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The MoEngage Southeast Asia E-Commerce Benchmarks Report

We evaluated the behavior of 2.2 million e-commerce app users in SEA, spread over a 90-day period. The results of the study are encapsulated in the MoEngage Southeast Asia eCommerce Benchmarks report [2019].

Detailed Analysis of the factors influencing app uninstalls

The overall uninstall trends for e-commerce apps in SEA over the last quarter indicate that for all the users who installed e-commerce apps between D0 – D30, only 27.36% of users are retained at the end of the 90-day period.

A deep-dive into the day-of-week trends shows that most users are likely to uninstall e-commerce apps on Sundays.

To understand why users uninstall e-commerce apps, we analyzed various physical and behavioral attributes. Our study found that physical attributes such as the device OS, manufacturer, the city can be contributors to your app user retention strategy.

Also, there’s a direct correlation between the number of sessions, transactions, and push notifications that a user receives that can influence retention.

Want to know what all of this means to your app? Download the report to get a peek into the various factors influencing e-commerce app user retention. That’s not all. We’ve also included ways to use this data and build an effective retention strategy for your e-commerce app.

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Akshatha Kamath

Akshatha Kamath leads content marketing at MoEngage. She's one of "LinkedIn Content 50", has been recently featured on the list of "The Most Influential Content Marketing Professional" by World Marketing Congress and is among the “100 Fastest Growing Marketers” identified by Adobe. She is a content marketing specialist with close to 12 years of experience in writing, strategizing, and managing content for various organizations. Before MoEngage, she’s steered content marketing teams for companies like Simplilearn, Vizury, and Conzerv helping them with content, brand, and communication strategies that are aligned with their business goals. Akshatha volunteers with AMA SF as a writer. She is also a published author with publications such as Clickz, Digital Market Asia, Get Elastic, and e27. She is an avid reader and a traveler who enjoys experiencing the flavors of life in different places.