Monet vs BA Popup Upsell: Offers at the Moment of Intent

BA Popup Upsell and Monet both show Shopify upsell popups. Monet can open on add to cart, at the start of checkout, and on exit, with product suggestions, free.

Monet app icon on the left and the BA Popup Upsell app icon on the right

Key takeaways

  • BA Popup Upsell is a buying-moment popup for bundles and cross-sells.
  • Monet uses three moments: add to cart, the start of checkout, and exit.
  • The offer can be a bundle, a cross-sell or an add-on, with product suggestions, and the app is free.

BA Popup Upsell appears when the shopper is already in a buying motion, usually around add to cart. That is the right family of popup. It continues a click they just made. Monet keeps that standard and gives the offer three honest moments: the add, the start of checkout, and the exit.

A popup on a timer is an interruption. A popup after an add is a continuation. A popup as checkout starts is a last relevant ask. A popup as they leave is a smaller reason to stay. Those are different offers, and they should not share one creative.

One trigger catches one kind of shopper

BA's category is the post-click upsell. The shopper did something commercial. The popup offers a bundle or a related product before the cart is the only surface. Add to cart catches the enthusiast. It misses the shopper who reached checkout and stalled, and the shopper whose pointer is already leaving.

Monet lets you assign the moment per offer.

A bundle belongs on the add. The shopper just committed to a hero product. The set is a second yes of the same size. A smaller add-on belongs when checkout starts. They have finished browsing. One product, one price, one button. Exit is for the offer you would rather make than lose the session, and it should be shorter and cheaper than the bundle you showed on the add.

Templates cover a bundle, a cross-sell and an add-on. Product suggestions can come from the app, so you are not maintaining the grid by hand as the season changes. Discounts, buy-one-get-one, volume offers and a countdown are there when the offer should expire. Geography and customer tags keep a wholesale tag away from a retail deal, and keep a domestic-only gift out of an export session.

You can read views, the add-to-cart rate and conversion. Monet works with cart drawers, so the popup and the drawer do not have to fight over the same click. The app is free to install.

Monet and BA Popup Upsell

FeatureMonetBA Popup
PriceFree, with no cap on added revenueFree on development stores. Then $7.99, $14.99 and $29.99, capping added revenue at $100, $500 or $2,500
MomentsAdd to cart, checkout starting, and exitAdd to cart, exit, a timer, or hesitation
What the popup sellsA bundle, a cross-sell, or an add-onSingle product, multi-product, bundle and quantity breaks
Which productAI recommendations, included freeAI recommendations on the paid plans
Offer mathsPercent, flat amount, BOGO, volume and a countdownDiscounts and bundles
Who sees itCountry and customer tagFilter by product tag
Beside a drawerBuilt to run with a cart drawerNot included

One offer per moment

Run Monet when the upsell popup should meet shoppers in more than one honest moment. Design the add-to-cart version with add to cart popup upsells, and the leaving version with exit-intent popups. A popup with four products is a second storefront. Put one product in the frame.

Frequently asked questions

When does a Monet popup show?

When a shopper adds to cart, when checkout starts, or when they move to leave. You choose the moment per offer.

What can the popup sell?

A bundle, a cross-sell or an add-on. The offer can include a discount, buy-one-get-one, a volume deal or a countdown.

Does Monet have a monthly fee?

Monet is free to install.

Ninety9 Team

We build 5 conversion apps used by Shopify merchants in Bulgaria and beyond. Everything we write here comes out of what we see in real store data.

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