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Checkout friction is rising, and merchants are not keeping up

Checkout friction is rising, and merchants are not keeping up

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 25, 2021 | Conversion

Rising checkout friction is a warning sign merchants cannot afford to ignoreA large-scale benchmarking study of over 500 U.S. merchants reveals something uncomfortable: checkout friction has increased, not decreased, over the course of 2021. The PYMNTS Checkout...
Missing checkout features are costing merchants customers

Missing checkout features are costing merchants customers

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2021 | Conversion

Checkout feature gaps are a direct conversion threat, not an edge caseNew research from PYMNTS puts a hard number on a problem most merchants already sense but rarely quantify: 60% of consumers will switch to a competing merchant if they cannot pay with their...
Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty lever

Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty lever

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 12, 2021 | Client experience

Payment choice at checkout is now a loyalty leverMerchants who treat payment method selection as a back-office afterthought are handing customers a reason to leave. Research from PYMNTS, based on a simulation across 510 leading merchants and a consumer panel of more...
Why BNPL at checkout drives bigger baskets and better conversion

Why BNPL at checkout drives bigger baskets and better conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Sep 26, 2021 | Conversion

BNPL at checkout is a conversion lever, not just a payment optionThe case for buy now, pay later has never been purely about giving shoppers a way to pay. At its core, BNPL is a checkout conversion tool, and the numbers make that clear. RBC Capital Markets puts the...
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