Spree Product Recommendations

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1. Spree Product Recommendations (No data scientists required!) By David Jones

   Resolve Digital - @d_jones

2. Amazon’s sales jumped ~29% after adding recommendation features* *“Amazon's recommendation

   secret” http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/30/amazon-5/ David Jones, @d_jones

3. Product Recommendations ✓ Better user experience ✓ More pages viewed

   per visitor ✓ Higher conversion rate ✓ Higher average order size ✓ Win-win for customers and store owners David Jones, @d_jones

4. The problem ⨯ Requires a solid understanding about machine learning

   ⨯ You need a data scientist to run it ⨯ Out of reach for small/medium sized stores David Jones, @d_jones

5. Prediction.IO ✓ Open Source ✓ Deploy yourself or instantly on

   Amazon’s Cloud ✓ Cheap to run (starts at $0.06/hr) ✓ Developer friendly API ✓ Easy to use admin UI David Jones, @d_jones

6. ratings product views orders David Jones, @d_jones

7. David Jones, @d_jones One important thing • Existing data is

   key: • Quality • Quantity • No existing data? Start logging data today, add recommendations later.

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12. Ruby SDK

13. Thank you David Jones - @d_jones resolvedigital.com Talk to us

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