Push Notification & Messaging Blog

OneSignal supports #BlackLivesMatter

OneSignal will be donating $2,500 to the NACCP Legal Defense Fund, an organization that supports legal action and long term change. Additionally, we're matching OneSignal employee contributions to their related charity of choice up to an additional $2,500.

Announcement

Privacy Shield & Security Improvements

OneSignal is now officially Privacy Shield Certified and we’ve shipped new security features, including two-factor authentication, to ensure the highest levels of security for all users.

E-Commerce

Kasamba Increases User Retention 20% With Push Notifications

Kasamba rolled out push notifications to its site using OneSignal in 2017. Within a year they found notifications were having a significant impact on user retention and re-engagement, increasing by 20%, and that notifications are driving 40% of their website traffic.

Marketing

CMO's Need New Go 2 Market Plan

The 12th OneSignal podcast, hosted by Josh Wetzel, welcomes Reid Genauer, formerly CMO of Smule & Magisto, and business builder at eMusic & BitBop Mobile TV (Fox Acquisition)

Web Push

Chrome will now block abusive notifications. Here's what that means for developers.

Web Push Notifications are an incredibly powerful channel and have now been adopted by nearly 5% of top websites. As with many new technologies, a small amount of people have attempted to abuse

OneSignal

Comparing Amazon’s Messaging Products to OneSignal

Deciding on a push provider? It's likely you've considered Amazon's messaging products. Learn how Amazon's offerings stack up against OneSignal.

Best Practices

Evino Increases Sales 12% With Push Notifications

Evino, using OneSignal for mobile & web push notifications saw a 12% increase in sales, thousands of additional weekly orders and 8% overall increase in company revenue.

Web Push

Princeton Review Saw 400% Higher Sales Conversion From Web Push Subscribers

The Princeton Review selected OneSignal for web push notifications, they implemented in less than a week and started to see immediate results. After a year of usage they found that visitors who opted-in to notifications purchased 4x (400%) higher than other users.

Best Practices

Reduce Shopify Store Cart Abandonment with Web Push

Shopify has exploded onto the scene in recent years as an all-in-one e-commerce platform. However, one problem many Shopify store owners come across is how to deal with abandoned carts.

Podcasts

Personalization is Not Dead; Long Live Contextual Relevance!

The 11th OneSignal podcast, hosted by Josh Wetzel, welcomes Dogpatch Advisors Kyle Williams. Kyle has been at the cutting edge of outbound messaging development work for some of the most successful software startups

Best Practices

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) Compared to OneSignal

When choosing between providers for push notifications, mobile application developers often evaluate Firebase Notifications and OneSignal, two of the best push notification platforms on the market.

News

The State of iOS Web Push in 2020

It has now been five years since Google Chrome was the first browser to introduce support for Web Push Notifications in 2015, and about seven years since Apple first introduced support for Safari Desktop notifications in 2013.

Podcasts

Hear How Major Grocer Tackles COVID-19 & Innovation w/ Mobile Messaging

The 10th OneSignal podcast, hosted by Josh Wetzel, welcomes grocery senior mobile product manager, Lina Mamut, to the show.

News

OneSignal Shopify App Now Live

Now Shopify merchants can use OneSignal’s Shopify app to drive more sales, increase site visits, and improve customer satisfaction. We’ve focused on making it possible to get OneSignal up and running on your Shopify store in less than three minutes.

News

Use Prompt Delays to Make the Internet Just a Little Better

Web Prompt Delays are now available to all OneSignal Users on both free and paid plans. This new feature lets you specify the number of page views or seconds spent on a page (or both) before a user is prompted to provide your site push permissions.

Best Practices

4 Personalization Mistakes to Watch Out For

Companies still make mistakes when it comes to personalizing messages that they use to market their products and services. In many cases, bad personalization can actually alienate users and customers because these messages aren’t relevant to that specific person.

News

Confirmed Delivery: Improve CTR Accuracy & Monitor Delivery Health

The wait is finally over! Confirmed Deliveries, a new feature that the OneSignal community has long been asking for, is now available. Confirmed Deliveries provides near-perfect click-through rate numbers and gives app developers a new peace of mind...

Announcements

Advanced Analytics Now Available Across Platform

We’re proud to announce the launch of Advanced Analytics across all channels. This new feature serves as a turn-key solution for measuring, reporting, and uncovering insights to optimize your push strategies.

Customer

Deciding Between OneSignal and Airship

Choosing between OneSignal or Airship? Take a deep dive into the differences between the platforms, and discover the best option for your business.

News

OneSignal Named a WordPress VIP Gold Technology Partner

WordPress VIP, the leading provider of enterprise WordPress, has added OneSignal to its prestigious Technology Partnership program. OneSignal joins a small group of enterprise technology companies serving VIP clients.

News

OneSignal Named A Leader by G2 in Spring 2020 Report

OneSignal has been identified as one of the best push notification platforms based on its high levels of customer satisfaction ratings from real users on G2, the world’s leading business solutions review website.

Podcasts

The Importance of Good Notifications w/ PJ McLachlan

In this episode, we're joined by OneSignal CEO & Co-Founder, George Deglin who interviews Google Chrome Product Manager, PJ McLachlan to discuss Chrome web browser changes, the future of notifications, and the importance of PWA's (progressive web apps).

Best Practices

What to Consider When Choosing Between OneSignal and Braze

While both OneSignal and Braze provide advanced tools to deeply engage with users, each product is curated towards entirely different customer journeys.

News

Fight Coronavirus w/ Alerts That Work - Free Service for Organizations Fighting Pandemic

Governments, health, and non-profit organizations are turning to digital messaging channels as a way to efficiently send important news and informational alerts to the general populace, particularly during a pandemic.

Best Practices

Investigating the Chrome UX Report: How to Boost Web Push Opt-In Rates

Very few sites give much consideration to how they ask their users for permission. To combat this, we explore the results of the Chrome UX Report and offer best practices to help boost notification prompt acceptance rates.