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One-click checkout drives 28.5% more spending, Cornell research finds

One-click checkout drives 28.5% more spending, Cornell research finds

by Ramon Helwegen | Feb 28, 2023 | Conversion

Frictionless checkout is not just convenient, it is a revenue multiplierA new peer-reviewed study from Cornell University puts hard numbers on something checkout practitioners have long suspected: removing payment friction does not merely preserve sales, it actively...
Guest checkout visibility: nearly half of sites are hiding it in plain sight

Guest checkout visibility: nearly half of sites are hiding it in plain sight

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 17, 2023 | Online checkout

Guest checkout prominence is a conversion lever most merchants are mishandlingBaymard Institute’s latest benchmark finding should concern any merchant running a checkout with an account-creation step: 47% of sites that offer guest checkout fail to make it...
One-click checkout drives 28.5% more spending, Cornell research finds

Buy buttons: how one-tap checkout cuts abandonment

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 13, 2022 | Conversion

Buy buttons as a first-line conversion tool for online merchantsCart abandonment is not a new problem, but the buy button is increasingly the most direct answer to it. When a third of consumers report abandoning a purchase in the past year because checkout felt too...
One-click checkout drives 28.5% more spending, Cornell research finds

SCA friction is costing merchants revenue: own your data

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 7, 2022 | Conversion

SCA exemption strategy starts with taking back control of your checkout dataStrong Customer Authentication was designed to reduce fraud, but for online merchants it introduced a new conversion problem: authentication drop-off. The friction inserted by 3DS flows,...
One-click checkout drives 28.5% more spending, Cornell research finds

Why shoppers abandon carts and what checkout changes actually fix it

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2022 | Conversion

Checkout friction is losing you two-thirds of your filled cartsThe statistic is brutal but well-established: roughly two in three online shopping carts are abandoned before purchase. Heading into peak season, that number deserves serious attention. The causes are not...
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