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What cart abandonment data really tells you about checkout friction

What cart abandonment data really tells you about checkout friction

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 15, 2021 | Conversion

Shipping surprises and price doubt are killing your checkout before it startsCart abandonment is rarely a checkout problem. It is almost always an information problem that reaches its crisis point at checkout. PYMNTS research covering over 2,100 U.S. consumers found...
What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyal

What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyal

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 15, 2021 | Conversion

What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyalData from a large-scale simulation of 510 merchants and a survey of over 2,000 US consumers puts hard numbers behind what checkout optimisers have long suspected: convenience features and payment method choice are...
Checkout friction is rising, and merchants are not keeping up

Checkout friction is rising, and merchants are not keeping up

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 25, 2021 | Conversion

Rising checkout friction is a warning sign merchants cannot afford to ignoreA large-scale benchmarking study of over 500 U.S. merchants reveals something uncomfortable: checkout friction has increased, not decreased, over the course of 2021. The PYMNTS Checkout...
Missing checkout features are costing merchants customers

Missing checkout features are costing merchants customers

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2021 | Conversion

Checkout feature gaps are a direct conversion threat, not an edge caseNew research from PYMNTS puts a hard number on a problem most merchants already sense but rarely quantify: 60% of consumers will switch to a competing merchant if they cannot pay with their...
Why BNPL at checkout drives bigger baskets and better conversion

Why BNPL at checkout drives bigger baskets and better conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Sep 26, 2021 | Conversion

BNPL at checkout is a conversion lever, not just a payment optionThe case for buy now, pay later has never been purely about giving shoppers a way to pay. At its core, BNPL is a checkout conversion tool, and the numbers make that clear. RBC Capital Markets puts the...
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Independent commentary on what moves conversion at the checkout. Editorial direction by Ramon Helwegen, payments specialist and founder of EcomStream. Editorially independent. No ads. No sponsored content.

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