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Quote:Bryan Azorsky, a small Web shop owner and e-commerce entrepreneur, just released what could be called a digital version of the popular Post-it note. This new tool is a shopping cart plug-in called Gift-Reminders that you can customize so that your customers can send personalized reminders to themselves about a specific item on a future date of their choice.

Until recently, it was common for online shoppers to either bookmark an item of interest, e-mail themselves a link or attach a sticky note to their monitor and then trust that they would remember where to find the information when they need it. The Gift-Reminders service helps browsing customers get back to the site — and to your product — when they are ready to buy.

The advantage to e-tailers is obvious: When shoppers receive their e-mail reminder, they can return to the exact product, in just one click. By bringing the customer directly back to the item at your product page, the consumer has no need to search the Web, and therefore be lured away by the competition...