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Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

by Ramon Helwegen | May 13, 2022 | Online checkout

Frictionless checkout is not a feature, it is a survival strategyCart abandonment sits at nearly 70% across e-commerce. That single statistic should inform every decision a merchant makes about their checkout flow. The premise of this piece is straightforward: every...
Why 1 in 4 shoppers abandon at checkout and how to fix it

Why 1 in 4 shoppers abandon at checkout and how to fix it

by Ramon Helwegen | Apr 20, 2022 | Conversion

Friction at checkout is a conversion killer merchants can no longer afford to ignoreOne in four consumers will abandon a purchase the moment they encounter friction at checkout. That single statistic should sit uncomfortably with every online merchant still running a...
Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

Why Fast’s one-click checkout collapse still matters for merchants

by Ramon Helwegen | Apr 6, 2022 | Online checkout

Frictionless checkout is hard to build and even harder to scaleThe shutdown of Fast, the one-click checkout startup that burned through over $124 million in venture funding while generating only six-figure revenues, is a sobering reminder that solving checkout...
Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

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...
Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

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...
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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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