Providing a more straightforward replacements experience

We’re always seeking ways to improve your experience and to better support you to deliver shopping excellence. We’ve heard from shoppers that making carefully considered replacements that customers appreciate takes a lot of thought and effort, and it’s not always a simple choice. Today we’re announcing a new experience that helps simplify how you make replacements–with helpful guidance and less guesswork so you can more easily deliver excellence with confidence.
Improved in-app experience
The app will now help you walk through the steps to choose the best replacement or make a refund when an item is sold out.
Improved recommendations you can count on
Less guesswork when comparing replacement options
Scan up to three available replacement options that you think your customer would like. We’ll suggest which one to choose, or if you should refund based on your customer’s preferences. Replacing with the recommended in-stock replacement option means you’ll enjoy rating protection and can positively impact your shopping quality score. We’ll send all scanned options to your customer so they know what else is available in case they’d prefer something else.
Seamless Updates for Effortless Communication
More resources to support delivering excellence
Learn more about the new replacements experience and access additional resources on our website and Carrot Academy in the Shopper app.
What to expect
The updated replacement experience will be available to all shoppers over the next two weeks.
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