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<p>In ecommerce, a few minutes can be the difference between a record-breaking sale and a buried notification.</p>
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<p>In ecommerce, a few minutes can be the difference between a record-breaking sale and a buried notification.</p>
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<p>We’ve all seen the traditional “batch and blast” approach: you hit send at 10:00 AM ET, and your message lands in tens of thousands of inboxes simultaneously. Some people see it immediately. But for many others, your message is quickly buried under a mountain of newsletters, work emails, and shipping updates by the time they actually check their phones.</p>
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<p>We’ve all seen the traditional “batch and blast” approach: you hit send at 10:00 AM ET, and your message lands in tens of thousands of inboxes simultaneously. Some people see it immediately. But for many others, your message is quickly buried under a mountain of newsletters, work emails, and shipping updates by the time they actually check their phones.</p>
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<p>The reality is that your customers don’t shop in sync. One subscriber might browse during their morning commute, while another doesn’t open a single app until they’ve tucked the kids into bed at 9:14 PM.</p>
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<p>The reality is that your customers don’t shop in sync. One subscriber might browse during their morning commute, while another doesn’t open a single app until they’ve tucked the kids into bed at 9:14 PM.</p>
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<p>If you’re sending to everyone at the same time, you’re targeting when an “average” person is engaged. In today’s noisy world, “average” doesn’t cut it anymore.</p>
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<p>If you’re sending to everyone at the same time, you’re targeting when an “average” person is engaged. In today’s noisy world, “average” doesn’t cut it anymore.</p>
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<p>That’s why we launched<a>personalized send time</a>, an AI-driven feature designed to help your messages reach the top of the inbox exactly when each individual is most likely to open, click, and convert.</p>
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<p>That’s why we launched<a>personalized send time</a>, an AI-driven feature designed to help your messages reach the top of the inbox exactly when each individual is most likely to open, click, and convert.</p>
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<p>Personalized send time moves away from the “one size fits all” schedule. Instead, it uses AI models to determine when a recipient is most likely to engage based on their past behavior and similar profiles, and learns every time a new action is taken.</p>
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<p>Personalized send time moves away from the “one size fits all” schedule. Instead, it uses AI models to determine when a recipient is most likely to engage based on their past behavior and similar profiles, and learns every time a new action is taken.</p>
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<p>With personalized send time, your messages will reach every individual when they’re most likely to convert.</p>
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<p>With personalized send time, your messages will reach every individual when they’re most likely to convert.</p>
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<ul><li><strong>Drive more sales with the right timing:</strong>Tailor send times on a 1:1 basis, predicting when each person is most likely to open, click, and convert.</li>
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<ul><li><strong>Drive more sales with the right timing:</strong>Tailor send times on a 1:1 basis, predicting when each person is most likely to open, click, and convert.</li>
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<li><strong>Fine-tune every channel:</strong>AI models calculate the perfect time for every send, whether you use email, text, push, or WhatsApp.</li>
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<li><strong>Fine-tune every channel:</strong>AI models calculate the perfect time for every send, whether you use email, text, push, or WhatsApp.</li>
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<li><strong>Optimize on autopilot:</strong>Continuously learns and adapts to user behavior so you get better results without extra work.</li>
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<li><strong>Optimize on autopilot:</strong>Continuously learns and adapts to user behavior so you get better results without extra work.</li>
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<li><strong>Implement with a single click:</strong>Just toggle on when scheduling campaigns. Quiet hours and local time are already included.</li>
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<li><strong>Implement with a single click:</strong>Just toggle on when scheduling campaigns. Quiet hours and local time are already included.</li>
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</ul><h2><strong>Why timing matters for your bottom line</strong></h2>
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</ul><h2><strong>Why timing matters for your bottom line</strong></h2>
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<p>The goal isn’t just open rates. Klaviyo’s personalized send time model drives revenue by automatically optimizing for opens, clicks,<em>and</em>conversions.</p>
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<p>The goal isn’t just open rates. Klaviyo’s personalized send time model drives revenue by automatically optimizing for opens, clicks,<em>and</em>conversions.</p>
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<p>During our beta, top performing campaigns saw a 35% increase in click rates.* Every campaign sent with personalized send time is automatically tested with a control group to directly compare performance, and while performance can vary by business, you’ll be able to easily track your performance in Klaviyo reporting.</p>
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<p>During our beta, top performing campaigns saw a 35% increase in click rates.* Every campaign sent with personalized send time is automatically tested with a control group to directly compare performance, and while performance can vary by business, you’ll be able to easily track your performance in Klaviyo reporting.</p>
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<p>“We used personalized send times for non-time-sensitive campaigns to reach subscribers when they were most likely to engage (and not get lost in the inbox abyss),” said Noele Crooks, Director of Consumer Retention & Analytics at the premium sunglasses brand<a>Shady Rays</a>.</p>
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<p>“We used personalized send times for non-time-sensitive campaigns to reach subscribers when they were most likely to engage (and not get lost in the inbox abyss),” said Noele Crooks, Director of Consumer Retention & Analytics at the premium sunglasses brand<a>Shady Rays</a>.</p>
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<p>“It removed the guesswork from scheduling, saved our team time, and helped our messages land at just the right moment for our customers.”</p>
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<p>“It removed the guesswork from scheduling, saved our team time, and helped our messages land at just the right moment for our customers.”</p>
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<p>Shady Rays saw an over 10% increase in placed order rates after testing personalized send time with over 30 email campaigns.</p>
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<p>Shady Rays saw an over 10% increase in placed order rates after testing personalized send time with over 30 email campaigns.</p>
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<h2><strong>When to use personalized send time</strong></h2>
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<h2><strong>When to use personalized send time</strong></h2>
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<p>While it’s always a good idea to tailor your communications based on customer behavior, personalized send time works best when you’re sending non-urgent campaigns. This means the overall performance is more important than getting a specific message out to your entire audience at the exact same moment.</p>
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<p>While it’s always a good idea to tailor your communications based on customer behavior, personalized send time works best when you’re sending non-urgent campaigns. This means the overall performance is more important than getting a specific message out to your entire audience at the exact same moment.</p>
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<p><strong>Campaigns that are great for personalized send time</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Campaigns that are great for personalized send time</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Campaigns that shouldn’t use personalized send time</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Campaigns that shouldn’t use personalized send time</strong></p>
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<p>Newsletters</p>
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<p>Newsletters</p>
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<p>Flash sales</p>
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<p>Flash sales</p>
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<p>New products</p>
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<p>New products</p>
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<p>Last chance</p>
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<p>Last chance</p>
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<p>Loyalty campaigns</p>
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<p>Loyalty campaigns</p>
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<p>Expiring offers</p>
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<p>Expiring offers</p>
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<p>Educational content</p>
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<p>Educational content</p>
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<p>Urgent product updates</p>
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<p>Urgent product updates</p>
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<p>Feedback requests</p>
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<p>Feedback requests</p>
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<h2><strong>How do I use personalized send time?</strong></h2>
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<h2><strong>How do I use personalized send time?</strong></h2>
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<p>Using personalized send time in Klaviyo is easy:</p>
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<p>Using personalized send time in Klaviyo is easy:</p>
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<ol><li>When you schedule a campaign, select a sending window and turn on personalized send time.</li>
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<ol><li>When you schedule a campaign, select a sending window and turn on personalized send time.</li>
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<li>Klaviyo determines an optimal send time for each recipient of the campaign based on their past engagement on the channel, within your sending window and SMS quiet hours.</li>
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<li>Klaviyo determines an optimal send time for each recipient of the campaign based on their past engagement on the channel, within your sending window and SMS quiet hours.</li>
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<li>Klaviyo will automatically create a control group and finish delivering messages.</li>
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<li>Klaviyo will automatically create a control group and finish delivering messages.</li>
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<li>You can track the impact and performance lift from personalized send time directly in your campaign reporting.</li>
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<li>You can track the impact and performance lift from personalized send time directly in your campaign reporting.</li>
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</ol><p>Personalized send time is now exclusively available as part of<a>Klaviyo’s Marketing Analytics</a>and<a>Advanced Klaviyo Data Platform</a>packages, which turns customer data into actionable automations.</p>
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</ol><p>Personalized send time is now exclusively available as part of<a>Klaviyo’s Marketing Analytics</a>and<a>Advanced Klaviyo Data Platform</a>packages, which turns customer data into actionable automations.</p>
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<p>Learn more about using<a>personalized send time in your next campaign</a>.</p>
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<p>Learn more about using<a>personalized send time in your next campaign</a>.</p>
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<p><em>*Based on average click rate for the top 15% of campaigns sent using personalized send time from October to November 2025 when comparing the click rates of messages sent at personalized times with a control group of messages sent at a set time within each of those campaigns. Performance results are not guaranteed and may vary based on implementation, industry, and business model.</em></p>
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<p><em>*Based on average click rate for the top 15% of campaigns sent using personalized send time from October to November 2025 when comparing the click rates of messages sent at personalized times with a control group of messages sent at a set time within each of those campaigns. Performance results are not guaranteed and may vary based on implementation, industry, and business model.</em></p>
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