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Wat de overgang van iDEAL naar Wero betekent voor jouw checkout

Wat de overgang van iDEAL naar Wero betekent voor jouw checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Aug 21, 2026 | Online checkout

Zeven op de tien transacties krijgen een nieuwe flow: wat dat betekent voor je conversie 141 miljard euro aan online omzet liep in 2024 via iDEAL. Dat is niet zomaar een betaalmethode, dat is de ruggengraat van de Nederlandse checkout. En die ruggengraat wordt de...
Baymard’s 14 years of checkout usability research unpacked

Baymard’s 14 years of checkout usability research unpacked

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 15, 2026 | Online checkout

What 14 years of checkout usability data tells merchants about abandonmentA 70.19% cart abandonment rate is not a rounding error. It is the current global average tracked by Baymard Institute across 14 years of large-scale checkout usability research, and it...
The EAA is enforceable: what your checkout must fix now

The EAA is enforceable: what your checkout must fix now

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 10, 2026 | Online checkout

The EAA deadline has passed and your checkout funnel is in scopeSince 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act is enforceable law across every EU member state. If you have been treating this as a future compliance task, that future has arrived. The regulation is...
Kruidvat’s headless rebuild keeps conversion at the core

Kruidvat’s headless rebuild keeps conversion at the core

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 10, 2026 | Conversion

Kruidvat’s redesign shows how to modernise without sacrificing conversionWhen one of the Benelux’s largest drugstore chains rebuilds its webshop from scratch, other merchants should pay close attention. Kruidvat has launched a fundamentally new site built...
Stop asking for account creation before the confirmation page

Stop asking for account creation before the confirmation page

by Ramon Helwegen | Mar 25, 2025 | Online checkout

Sequencing is the silent conversion killer hiding in your post-checkout flowMost merchants pour their optimisation energy into the steps before the order button and then treat everything after it as administrative tidying. That is a costly blind spot. The confirmation...
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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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