Healthy recommendations vs creepy tracking. Where should an online seller draw the line?

[Trush Jodie]

Online sellers always make recommendations to their customer base. That's to stimulate repeated buys from their customers. However, some online sellers are almost invading the privacy of their customers all in the name of making recommendations.

Where is the line between healthy product recommendations and being creepy trying to suggest products?

 

[eLdavis]

I think in a situation where you start ignoring their own needs and preferences, and simply try to force them to choose yours, it becomes wrong.

 

[Fire&Rain]

Recommendations can be super helpful when they actually match what you’re interested in, it feels like the store gets you. But when it gets too personal or random, it crosses into creepy territory real quick. I think the line is when sellers stop suggesting based on your shopping habits and start digging into stuff that feels private. Keep it relevant and useful, and people will appreciate it instead of feeling watched.

 

[Augusta]

Don't pry into your clients personal life. Just do your recommendation once or twice and step back for the customer to take the decision

 

[Fidelia]

When sites use trackers on your browser to check your other interests beyond your activities on their shop, it is already creepy recommendations.

 

[King Belieal]

Online businesses should not push recommendations to the user based on the private data they have about a person. That's creepy advertisements.

 

[Augusta]

Healthy recommendations is the way to go. I don't want anything creepy for myself