For Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, custom carts
Get repeat visits from Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, custom carts with PWA install prompts
A one-time visit to shopify, woocommerce, magento, custom carts rarely turns into a habit on its own. Bookmarks get forgotten and browser tabs get closed. An installed PWA puts your site on the home screen, where it is one tap away the next time someone has a reason to come back.
Why one-time visitors don’t come back
Most traffic to shopify, woocommerce, magento, custom carts arrives from search, ads or social — channels that rarely bring the same person back a second time without a direct prompt. Email and SMS re-engagement have real costs and declining reply rates.
What installing changes
Once a visitor installs, the icon sits on their home screen or dock alongside the other apps they actually use. There is no login screen to re-find, no bookmark to search for — just a tap.
Timing the install prompt
Prompting immediately on page load produces low-intent installs that get uninstalled. For ecommerce, the better trigger is after a visitor completes a meaningful action — a purchase, a saved item, a finished session — when the value is fresh.
Measuring the lift
Track install rate against day-7 and day-30 return rate for installed vs non-installed sessions using UTM or referrer tagging on the install event. This isolates the effect of installing from general returning-visitor behaviour.
Example notification
Something you saved just changed — take a look.
Pick up where you left off.
FAQ
Does installing require a native app-store listing?
No. A PWA install adds an icon to the home screen or dock directly from the browser, with no app-store review.
Will this replace our email re-engagement?
It complements it. Push reaches installed users at a much lower cost per send and is not filtered by spam rules, but email still works for users who choose not to install.
How long does an install prompt take to add?
Typically a single script tag or a few lines in your existing build — most teams ship it in under a day.