How to set up cronjob for Abandoned Cart Reminder + Auto email module?

Unlike when shopping directly at the store, customers buying online will have many choices from products to stores and agents. And most customers often have a habit of adding items that they find interesting to their shopping cart, leaving it, and looking at other products. Then, they can't decide what to buy and leave the cart there.

Numerous studies indicate that more than 50% of online shopping carts are abandoned. It's a huge source of lost revenue for e-commerce websites. In fact, this number may be even more for small online businesses, which are weak in using advanced tools to take care of customers and improve interaction rates.

PrestaShop store owners also have a headache when looking at abandoned cart numbers. It is essential to have a module that automates reminding customers of their abandoned carts, as well as supporting the store in marketing programs!

If you are using our Abandoned Cart Reminder + Auto Email module, there is a great feature that you should not skip - Cronjob.

The Cronjob feature helps you automatically send reminder emails and emails of marketing campaigns to customers; besides, deleting expired vouchers according to the schedule you set up.

This article will guide you on how to set up Cronjob on the server for the Abandoned Cart Reminder + Auto Email module. If you are using any of the PrestaHero modules that have a cronjob feature, you can also refer to this post.

How to set up cronjob?

Please note that the interface will be different on different servers

1.  Login cPanel account (Control panel account) – If you don’t have a cPanel account, contact your server provider to get it
2. Access Cronjob tab.

3. Add new cronjob

4. Copy command which is generated from our module

(I’m using a demo of Abandoned Cart reminder module)

/usr/local/bin/php/home/ets/public_html/demo1/reminder/modules/ets_abandonedcart/cronjob.php secure=13JMuveZmz

5.  Paste the command here, then select the schedule:

Note: If your server allows custom commands, you can copy whole the command (with 5 stars ahead – that means run once per minute).

6.  Click on the “Save cron” button:

7.  Click on “Run” icon to test your configured cronjob:

Here we’ve done. Hope you find this article helpful and wish you success in applying!