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Talking about plugins and features for web shops, a good idea is to have a feature saying "Based on this product, you might also like these products: list of products".

The "You might also like"-feature is about statistics and correlations telling you that "People who buy this product also tend to buy these products"- products that might not be related at all.

I'll be having a speech on digital marketing, for a potential customer needing assistance on web shop improvement. For that case I'm looking for a shorter term for the above mentioned kind of feature. I believe I once heard a shorter term for it, but I forgot it :(

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    "related products"?
    – MrWhite
    Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 20:16
  • No, it's not the same. Related products are based on product groups/types and accessoires that match. The "You might also like"-feature is about statistics and correlations telling you that "People who buy this product also tend to buy these products"- products that might not be related at all. Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 20:29
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    "recommended"?
    – MrWhite
    Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 20:43
  • The marketing terms would be upsell and cross sell widgets.
    – tonydoe
    Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 20:47
  • The marketing term is cross promotion for any offer that is for another product or up sell for any product that is an add-on or complimentary feature such as a memory up-grade or a car charger or a carrying case. The mechanism is simply a recommendation. What is recommended is up to you and how you set up the feature.
    – closetnoc
    Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 21:32

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I believe "recommended" (as in "recommended products") would be a suitable short term for this section/feature. The tool for creating such a feature would seem to be a "recommendation engine" (or "recommendation system").

Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1994642/what-do-i-need-in-a-database-for-customers-who-bought-this-item-also-bought

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I believe the term as it relates to selling products is called "Cross Selling" as opposed to the technology that allows for suggested similar results of a search which is known as "Incremental Search".

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Upsell widget is the term for features like "viewed together" where you encourage a customer to buy a better and more expensive product. Cross sell widget is used for feauters like "ppl who bought this also bought that") where you invite a cusomer to buy related products.

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