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Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

by Ramon Helwegen | Mar 7, 2024 | Conversion

Checkout friction is still the single biggest conversion killer in European retailA benchmark study covering actual shopping transactions across five European countries, including the Netherlands, has produced a number that every online merchant should pin to their...
Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

Why slow checkout load times are silently killing your conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 31, 2023 | Conversion

Checkout latency is a conversion leak most merchants ignorePage speed at checkout is not a technical nicety. It is a direct revenue lever, and the numbers are unambiguous. A one-second delay can suppress conversions by around 7%. Amazon’s internal data suggests...
Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

Cart abandonment in Dutch webshops: what the data actually shows

by Ramon Helwegen | Jun 26, 2023 | Conversion

Cart abandonment benchmarks for Dutch merchants are better than global figures suggestGlobal cart abandonment statistics get cited endlessly in e-commerce circles, with figures hovering around 88%. Those numbers feel abstract and discouraging from a Dutch or Belgian...
Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

Four checkout friction points that cost merchants billions

by Ramon Helwegen | May 25, 2023 | Conversion

Delivery gaps at checkout are bleeding conversion rates dryA £32 billion abandonment figure is hard to ignore. Research from the ‘Battling Basket Abandonment’ study puts a stark number on what many merchants already sense but rarely quantify: the checkout...
Half of shoppers say checkout is where retailers fail them most

Stop losing revenue at the final step of checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Mar 23, 2022 | Conversion

Authorization failures are the silent killer of checkout conversionMost merchants obsess over the top of the funnel. Ad spend, landing page copy, product imagery, cart abandonment emails. Yet a significant share of revenue is lost at the very last moment, when a...
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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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