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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...
Buy buttons: how one-tap checkout cuts abandonment

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...
SCA friction is costing merchants revenue: own your data

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,...
Why shoppers abandon carts and what checkout changes actually fix it

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. For Dutch and Belgian merchants heading into the peak season, that number deserves...
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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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