San Francisco startups vie for checkout dominance
In the checkout arena, it’s a battle of speed, and two San Francisco-based startups with four-letter names are angling to make buying quicker and more convenient for consumers. Bolt, an almost eight-year-old company that’s raked in $963 million in venture...
5 ways to increase ecommerce revenue
In pre-pandemic days, window shopping consisted of walking by storefronts with no intention of buying. Now, a new generation of window shoppers have emerged as U.S. eCommerce sales totaled a record-shattering $469.2 billion in 2021: shoppers adding items to their...
Bolt Acquires Tipser to Drive Remote Checkout
Shopper network startup Bolt closed a deal to acquire embedded commerce platform Tipser for undisclosed terms. The acquisition, Bolt’s first, will drive both firms’ shared goal of facilitating immediate checkout at the point of discovery. “Tipser and Bolt share the...
New Study: Checkout Frictions Rise
The many faces of friction in the checkout experience cover a range from time spent to value-adds like free shipping and other variables that add up to good — or less good— checkouts. PYMNTS developed the proprietary Checkout Conversion Index scoring system in 2016 to...
Lack of Checkout Features Make Consumers Switch
Motivated by a desire to control their shopping experience, consumers have significantly shifted their activities to the digital space. Every digital touchpoint represents an aspect of the customer experience, and could potentially end a sales relationship with a...Other articles
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