All customers
New / OnboardingBronze

Aisha

Just registered, finding a routine

Registered inside the last 90 days and taking her first few purchases. Tenure is New, so the model keeps her in onboarding and holds off any cross-sell. The whole job is turning a first purchase into a second, and a second into a habit.

What this journey moves
First-purchase conversion
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RFMBT
Classifies live as New / Onboarding · Bronze
  • Turn the first purchase into a second, fast
  • Establish a repeatable habit
  • Get the basket saved and stock alerts switched on
  • Graduate her to Rising, cross-sell only later
01Onboard

New customer, held in onboarding

Aisha's tenure is New, so she short-circuits to New / Onboarding before any cross-sell logic. The model deliberately protects the forming habit rather than pushing a second category too soon.

Trigger: tenure = New (<90 days)
Channels:
Model segment
Measure: Week-1 repeat purchase, onboarding completion
KPI: First-purchase conversion
RFM-BT model → CDP

New / Onboarding · habit first

tenure = New
lifetime_purchases = 2
segment = new_onboarding
rule = nurture habit, no cross-sell yet
Synced as custom attributes · targetable in the CDP
Model output, no customer message
02Onboard

Set up for an easy second purchase

Right after the first purchase, a welcome makes the second one frictionless. The single biggest predictor of retention is that second purchase.

Trigger: First purchase recorded
Channels:
EmailApp
Measure: Saved-details adoption, second-purchase rate
KPI: First-purchase conversion
Intelligent Data Models
Fuse
From: Intelligent Data Models
Subject: Nice one, Aisha, that is order one

Nice one, Aisha, that is order one

Your order is on its way. A couple of things to make next time easier: - Save your details for one-tap checkout - Turn on stock alerts for the pieces you love

Data models, made tangible · illustrative for demonstration · Fuse Growth Studio

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03Habit build

Turn two purchases into a routine

A light nudge after her second purchase frames a regular occasion, so buying becomes a habit rather than a series of one-offs.

Trigger: 2 purchases recorded, no pattern yet
Channels:
PushIn-app
Measure: Monthly active rate, cadence formation
KPI: Purchase frequency
Intelligent Data Models

Make it a monthly thing

Aisha, you are two for two. Save your basket and next month is sorted in one tap.

now
Push notification
04Graduate

Ready for the next stage

Once her frequency is visibly climbing, Aisha crosses from New into Emerging and the model moves her to Rising Customer, where nurture continues and cross-sell finally comes into view.

Trigger: Frequency climbing across 3+ weeks
Channels:
Model segment
Measure: New-to-Rising graduation rate
KPI: Purchase frequency
RFM-BT model → CDP

Graduating to Rising

tenure = New -> Emerging
frequency = climbing
segment = rising
next = nurture, then consider cross-sell
Synced as custom attributes · targetable in the CDP
Model output, no customer message