The Recently Bought Indicator is, similar to the Popular Indicator, a positive stressor which indicates the popularity of an item. On the Product Detail page the indicators says, that a given amount of customers purchased the item within a specific amount of time (“10 customers bought this product in last “10 customers bought this product in last 30 days”). This indicator for popularity might in turn lead other customers to purchase the given item which increases conversions.
...
In order to set up the Recently Bought Indicator access STORES / SETTINGS / CONFIGURATION, navigate to MAGESUITE and the POSITIVE INDICATORS section. Open the Open the ENABLED dropdown and select YES in order to enable the indicator. Next enter in the ORDER PERIOD input field the time period that should be considered for this indicator. E.g. if you input is “30”, then the indicator will display the amount of customers purchasing the item in the last 30 days. In the MINIMAL VALUE input field enter the minimum amount of products that need to be purchased in order to display the indicator on the storefront. In combination with the In combination with the ORDER PERIOD the Recently Bought Indicator will be shown on the storefront if 1) the the MINIMAL VALUE quantity of a given product was purchased and 2) within the time- period set in period set in ORDER PERIOD. In case one of the two parameters was not reached, the Recently Bought Indicator will not appear on the storefront the Recently Bought Indicator will not appear on the storefront.
When the settings are done click SAVE CONFIG on the top area on the right-hand side. In order to make the changes visible go to In order to make the changes visible go to SYSTEM / TOOLS / CACHE MANAGEMENT and
click click FLUSH MAGENTO CACHE.
...
The ORDER PERIOD and MINIMAL VALUE settings can be also controlled per product. Access CATALOG Access CATALOG / INVENTORY / PRODUCTS. Choose the product from the Product Overview grid and click EDIT. Now expand the POSITIVE INDICATORS section. You can set the RECENTLY BOUGHT: ORDER PERIOD and RECENTLY BOUGHT: MINIMAL VALUE per product. The settings made here will overwrite the The settings made here will overwrite the settings made in STORES / SETTINGS / CONFIGURATION for the given product. The field RECENTLY BOUGHT: ORDERED SUM is just an information about the amount of purchases for the product within the time-period set in STORES / SETTINGS / CONFIGURATION or the product.
...
When the settings are done click SAVE on the top area on the right-hand side. In order to make the changes visible go to the changes visible go to SYSTEM / TOOLS / CACHE MANAGEMENT and click FLUSH MAGENTO CACHE.
...