Klaviyo · Audience strategy · Oct 2026

Who gets which email, and why.

Every campaign goes to an audience built from three questions: should this person get email at all, what is it about, and what offer fits. A region layer sits on top for prices and shipping.

18 Oct: 18 segments built in Klaviyo, the rest is a plan Deadline: Early BF, 12 Nov Owner: Yahav
$0.39–0.66 / recipient

Segmented BFCM 2025 sends (Wizard list, product viewers)

$0.03–0.13 / recipient

Whole-list blasts in the same period

0.9–1.2% unsubscribes

Per blast. Every one shrinks the list we sell to on Black Friday

New · 18 Oct

Built in Klaviyo

The rule: a subscriber in the EU gets the EU version; everyone else is split into US + Canada, rest of world, and unknown country. Email subscribers only. Every segment updates itself. Click any number to open it.

Outside the EU · 139,672 subscribers
TierUS + CanadaRest of worldUnknown countryTogether
E1 Hot · 30 days10,080WYqTWQ703YA4gzS3,866XwzGa714,649
E2 Active · 31–90 days19,539WZ29Zc2,093XH9sV57,248VDwyie28,880
E3 Dormant · 91–180 days2,225S5v3pA1,391RXjLRx7,062QNCG4210,678
E4 Cold · 180+ days22,579WPKDiq18,782SxJzhh44,104T9smPJ85,465
Total54,42322,96962,280139,672
Purchased (ever)12,256RYRM4c4,364UtDdmu4TFQa6X16,624

Check: 139,672 + 11,566 EU = every email subscriber (counts move by a few as people sign up). Activity = click, site visit, product view, cart or order (opens do not count). New subscribers count as active from sign-up. Purchased = a Shopify order.

41% cold

US + Canada: the healthiest group. 54,423 subscribers and 12,256 buyers.

82% cold

Rest of world: 22,969 subscribers, only ~2,800 active.

4 of 62,280

Unknown-country buyers. A Shopify order always records a country, so these are sign-ups (mostly apps), 71% cold.

~43,500 active core

E1 + E2 across all three columns; ~29,600 of it is US + Canada.

00 · Start here

What is most urgent

Three levels, ordered by what costs money or list health right now.

Most urgent · this week

Stop the damage

  • Send to E1 + E2, not the whole listAbout 43,500 people (both columns). Whole-list blasts earn $0.03 to $0.13 and cost 1% unsubscribes each.
  • Three versionsAny email with prices or shipping: US + Canada, EU, and a neutral one for rest of world.
  • Decide the unknown group's versionUS version (current rule) or the neutral rest-of-world one.
Less urgent · before 12 Nov

Black Friday ready

  • Brand Owner / Prospect segmentsPlus the Wizard pair. Owners are a large share of the list: a GoCube campaign must not push GoCube to people who already own one.
  • Saved BF audiences + dry runEvery Early BF and BF send gets an audience and exclusions.
  • Sunset flow for E485,465 people. Two emails, then suppress; start with the 44,104 unknown-country cold ones.
  • Checkout SMS consent syncTurn it on in Shopify so the SMS segments fill up.
  • Confirm "active" = 90 daysTiers are built on 30 / 90 / 180; switch to 60 if preferred.
Least urgent · after BF

Grow and refine

  • EU engagement tiersE1 to E4 for the 11,566 EU subscribers.
  • Retire the 4 Oct country segmentsXvbe73, VA766D, X3ZWdy, XLfvdV overlap the new ones.
  • Lifecycle L2 / L3 refinementVIP and win-back logic, once BF data is in.
  • Zero-party dataAsk who it is for (kids, adults, gift) in forms and post-purchase.
  • App-only customers journeyNeeds the consent decision first.
  • SMS steps in flowsAfter consent reaches Klaviyo.
  • Clean up 12 old formsLive but point at deleted lists. Almost no traffic (Xmas blog, old LPs); the India/Russia ones only redirect. Archive or repoint.
  • Archive clones and frozen RFM listsTidy, not harmful today.
  • Monthly measurement reviewRevenue per recipient by tier and brand.
01

What exists today

About 34 segments and 46 lists, built campaign by campaign. The useful ones are mixed with clones and frozen snapshots. Click any chip to open it in Klaviyo.

Good base

Engagement

Opened, clicked, active on site or viewed a product. Only one window, and Apple Mail opens inflate it.

New, partial

Region

Built 4 Oct on Engaged (180 Days). Germany is the only EU country covered.

Outdated

Viewed, not ordered

Built July 2025 on collection names. No GoChess or Wizard version.

New, unused

SMS subscribers

Dynamic, one per brand. No SMS flow uses them yet.

Mostly automatic

Hygiene

Any bounce in the last 30 days (1,035 people). Klaviyo already suppresses hard bounces, unsubscribes and spam complaints on its own; this adds only the few soft bounces. Optional.

Duplicated

Purchasers & abandoners by product

The CGH series (Wizard, GoBalance, GoCube, GoChess Lite+Mini). Built Sept 2026 for one campaign on variant IDs, several marked (clone) (clone).

Frozen

RFM

"Lists 2026: RFM: Loyal and Previously Loyal" are static lists from Feb 2026. They never update.

No journey

Sources

A list per sign-up form. The mobile app adds about 2,800 to 3,000 profiles a month, the biggest source, with no journey of its own.

02

Gaps

Region is partly covered: four country segments were built on 4 Oct, but the EU beyond Germany has none, and EU VAT goes live around 19 Oct.

✓

Region (closed 18 Oct)

EU vs everyone else is now segmented. UK, Switzerland and Norway get the US version.

2

Lifecycle stage

No split between never bought, first-time, repeat and lapsed customers.

3

Brand ownership

No dynamic "owns GoChess / GoBalance / GoCube / GoDice", so we sell people what they already own.

✓

Engagement tiers (built outside the EU)

E1 to E4 exist for known and unknown country. Still open: EU tiers and the sunset flow.

5

Owners get sold what they own

No campaign excludes people who already bought that product. Recent buyers and people inside a flow are small edge cases; Smart Sending covers most overlap.

6

Buying intent

The ICP briefs name Wizard fans, gift buyers, parents and fitness women. No segment finds them.

03 · Recommended

The framework: three axes and a region layer

Every audience is one engagement tier, one brand position and one lifecycle stage. All of these segments are still to be built.

Axis A · Engagement

Should they get email at all?

E1 HotClick or visit, 30 daysEvery campaign
E2 ActiveClick or visit, 90 daysDefault audience
E3 DormantAny activity, 180 daysBF and launches only
E4 ColdNothing for 180+ daysSunset flow, then suppress

Clicks and visits, not opens: Apple Mail marks most emails as opened.

Axis B · Brand

What is it about?

GoChess WizardOwner / Prospect, leads every multi-brand send
GoChessOwner / Prospect
GoBalanceOwner / Prospect
GoCubeOwner / Prospect
GoDiceOwner / Prospect

Owner = ordered it. Prospect = viewed, carted or signed up, never ordered.

Axis C · Lifecycle

What offer fits?

L0 SubscriberNo orderValue, proof, a first offer
L1 First-timeOne orderSetup, accessories, reviews
L2 Repeat2+ ordersVIP, early access, no discount
L3 LapsedBought, then 180 days quietWin-back with a discount
Engagement×Brand×Lifecycle→sent per region: US · EU · RoW
04 · Recommended

Default send rules

Applied to every campaign unless the brief says otherwise.

🎯

E1 + E2 by default

E3 joins only for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and launches. E4 never gets campaigns.

🚫

Light exclusions

E4 always. Recent buyers (7 days) for discount sends. Unsubscribed, hard bounces and spam complaints are suppressed by Klaviyo automatically.

🛒

Never sell what they own

A GoBalance campaign excludes GoBalance owners. Owners get accessory, app or upgrade content.

♛

Wizard first

In every multi-brand send, GoChess Wizard leads; the other brands follow.

⏱

Frequency cap

Max 2 marketing emails a week, 3 in Black Friday week. Smart Sending always on.

🧪

Test first

A/B the subject line on 20% of the audience, then send the winner to the other 80%.

🌍

One version per region

Whenever the email mentions prices, shipping or delivery dates.

05

Work plan

Black Friday sets the order: segments must be live and tested before Early BF on 12 November.

Week 1 · from 20 Oct
Phase 0 · Foundations

Region and tiers

EU segments, E1 to E4 and Purchased for known and unknown country (done 18 Oct). Still open: checkout SMS consent sync.

Segments done 18 Oct
Weeks 1–2
Phase 1 · Brand segments

Owners and prospects

8 brand Owner/Prospect segments plus the Wizard pair, for US and EU. Answers the ClickUp task "decide how to split the list" (due 30 Oct).

Done when each segment has a stable count and one naming pattern
Weeks 2–3
Phase 2 · Lifecycle & sunset

Stages and the cold tail

Build L0 to L3, plus a 2-email sunset flow for E4 that suppresses non-responders.

Done when E4 shrinks week over week
Before 12 Nov
Phase 3 · Wire to campaigns

Black Friday ready

Turn the send rules into saved campaign audiences and dry-run the Early BF and BF sends against them.

Done when every BF send has an audience and exclusions
After BF
Phase 4 · Enrichment

Ask what they want

Zero-party data (who it is for, kids or adults) through forms and post-purchase emails. Then add SMS steps to flows, once checkout consent reaches Klaviyo.

Done when most new sign-ups carry a stated interest
Monthly
Phase 5 · Measurement

Review and adjust

Revenue per recipient, click rate and unsubscribe rate by tier and brand.

Done when there is one monthly review with a decision log
06 · Open

Decisions needed

These four block Phase 1. Each needs one owner and one answer.

Blocks Phase 1
What counts as "active"?

Built as 30 / 90 / 180 days. 60 days gives a cleaner list but a smaller audience before Black Friday.

90 days (proposed)60 days
This week
Which version does the unknown group get?

62,280 subscribers with no country. Some are not American.

US version (current rule)Neutral version, no US-only shipping
Pricing
UK, Switzerland, Norway

Outside the EU, so today they get the US version.

Keep US versionOwn price version
Consent
App-only customers

May people who signed up only in the GoChess, GoCube or GoBalance apps get marketing email, and under which consent?

YesOnly with explicit opt-in
Ownership
Who owns the framework?

One person keeps the segment definitions and approves new ones.

YahavMargaritaIncoming CMO