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Why clunky checkout flows still haunt online merchants

Why clunky checkout flows still haunt online merchants

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 27, 2021 | Conversion

Checkout friction is not a new problem, but it keeps costing merchants real moneyCart abandonment rates consistently hover around 70 percent across e-commerce sectors, and the root causes are rarely mysterious. Slow forms, forced account creation, session timeouts,...
Delegated authentication: fix the friction before it kills the cart

Delegated authentication: fix the friction before it kills the cart

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 27, 2021 | Online checkout

Delegated authentication as the answer to SCA-driven checkout drop-offStrong customer authentication was introduced to reduce fraud, but for many merchants it has simply moved the problem. Instead of losing customers to fraudulent chargebacks, they are losing them at...
Why abandoned carts need a UX fix, not more retargeting emails

Why abandoned carts need a UX fix, not more retargeting emails

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 26, 2021 | Conversion

Solving cart abandonment at the browser level, not the inboxCart abandonment rates consistently hover around 70 percent across ecommerce. The standard merchant response has been to throw retargeting emails and display ads at the problem and hope some shoppers come...
Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkout

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 25, 2021 | Online checkout

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkoutOnce growth moves beyond the home market, the checkout page is where cross-border ambition either converts or collapses. Offering only card payments to a Brazilian, South Korean or even a German shopper is...
Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversion

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 24, 2021 | Conversion

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversionCross-border ecommerce is not simply a logistics challenge. It is fundamentally a checkout challenge. Merchants who crack international markets do so not by offering the cheapest shipping or the widest...
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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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