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Cart recovery in 2026: fixing the sequences that cost you sales

Cart recovery in 2026: fixing the sequences that cost you sales

by Ramon Helwegen | Aug 7, 2026 | Conversion

Cart recovery still fails most merchants because fixed sequences cannot read shopper intentAround 70% of shopping carts are abandoned before purchase, a figure that has stubbornly refused to budge despite three decades of ecommerce. The real problem is not that...
Baymard’s 2026 data: what’s shifting in shopper habits and checkout expectations

Baymard’s 2026 data: what’s shifting in shopper habits and checkout expectations

by Ramon Helwegen | Aug 7, 2026 | Conversion

Three shifts in shopper behaviour that should prompt a checkout and funnel reviewBaymard Institute has published its 2026 Quantitative UX Insights, drawing on a survey of 1,083 US online shoppers. The report covers the full ecommerce journey from product discovery to...
10 Cyber Monday UX lessons every merchant should apply year-round

10 Cyber Monday UX lessons every merchant should apply year-round

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 31, 2026 | Conversion

Baymard’s Cyber Monday research reveals UX gaps that cost merchants sales every dayBaymard Institute has published a set of ten research-backed UX best practices aimed at peak sales periods like Cyber Monday, drawn from large-scale usability testing and...
Websites optimaliseren voor mens én AI-agent tegelijk

Websites optimaliseren voor mens én AI-agent tegelijk

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 24, 2026 | Conversion

Twee totaal verschillende bezoekers, één checkout die het voor beiden moet doenEr is een stille verschuiving gaande in hoe webshops bezocht worden. Naast de menselijke bezoeker die visueel scant en op gevoel beslist, kruipen steeds vaker AI-agents over je...
Measure your checkout as a growth loop, not a failure report

Measure your checkout as a growth loop, not a failure report

by Ramon Helwegen | May 26, 2026 | Conversion

Why abandonment rates alone are a dangerously incomplete checkout metricMost checkout dashboards are built around loss. Abandonment rate, failed transactions, drop-off by step. These are valid signals, but they only capture the sessions that visibly broke. The far...
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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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