23/09/2026

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • News
  • Categories
    • Payment provider
    • Conversion
    • Client experience
    • Online checkout
    • Technology
  • Article archive
  • About betaaloptimaal
  • Contact
Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 6, 2022 | Online checkout

Accessibility and simplicity are the real frontiers of checkout optimisationMost checkout optimisation conversations focus on the same familiar levers: fewer form fields, guest checkout, saved cards. What this piece from Forbes Technology Council usefully surfaces is...
Why form fields matter more than checkout steps

Why form fields matter more than checkout steps

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Why form fields matter more than checkout stepsMost merchants obsess over the number of steps in their checkout flow. Baymard Institute’s latest large-scale usability research suggests that energy is largely misplaced. The average checkout today runs to 5.2...
Why your credit card form is still killing conversions

Why your credit card form is still killing conversions

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Why credit card form neglect is one of the most avoidable causes of checkout abandonmentResearch from Baymard Institute exposes a stubborn gap between what merchants know about checkout UX and what they actually ship. Despite years of best-practice documentation,...
Designing a payment selector that does not kill conversion

Designing a payment selector that does not kill conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Why your payment selector UI is quietly killing conversionsMost merchants know that offering multiple payment methods reduces abandonment. Fewer realise that the way those options are presented can be just as damaging as not offering them at all. Baymard...
Half of shoppers still abandon after reaching checkout

Half of shoppers still abandon after reaching checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 30, 2021 | Conversion

Checkout abandonment is the conversion leak most merchants ignoreCart abandonment gets all the attention, but the data presented here points to a more uncomfortable truth: nearly half of shoppers who actually reach the checkout never complete their purchase. On...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Search for articles

Other articles

  • Checkout abandonment is the conversion leak most merchants ignoreHalf of shoppers still abandon after reaching checkout
    By Ramon Helwegen
    In Conversion
  • Automatisch vertalen levert een begrijpelijke checkout op, geen vertrouwdeAutomatisch vertalen wint geen vertrouwen in je checkout
    By Ramon Helwegen
    In Conversion
  • Frictionless checkout and the fraud blind spot that conversion teams are missingWhen frictionless checkout becomes a fraudster’s fastest route
    By Ramon Helwegen
    In Online checkout
  • What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyalWhat shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyal
    By Ramon Helwegen
    In Conversion
  • Recognition at checkout builds repeat revenue, not just completed ordersRecognition over friction: rethinking checkout as a relationship start
    By Ramon Helwegen
    In Online checkout

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.

  • Follow

© 2026 EcomStream BV Privacy Policy