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Guest checkout visibility: most sites bury the option shoppers look for

Guest checkout visibility: most sites bury the option shoppers look for

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 17, 2023 | Online checkout

The account step is a one-second decision, and the guest route has to win it Between the cart and the address form most shops put a screen that asks the shopper who they are. Sign in, create an account, or continue without one. The shop sees a menu of options. The...
Buy buttons skip your checkout, so decide what the shopper must still see

Buy buttons skip your checkout, so decide what the shopper must still see

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 13, 2022 | Conversion

A buy button is a second checkout, so design it as one A buy button hands the checkout to someone else. When a shopper taps PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay in the cart, the wallet’s own sheet takes over the work your forms would normally do: the card, the...
Card authentication is a checkout step: measure it apart from abandonment

Card authentication is a checkout step: measure it apart from abandonment

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 7, 2022 | Conversion

The bank’s authentication screen is a checkout step, so stop counting it as abandonment Between the moment a shopper presses pay and the moment the order is confirmed, a card payment can pass through a screen your shop did not design. The shopper’s bank...
Find the checkout step that loses the order before you fix cart abandonment

Find the checkout step that loses the order before you fix cart abandonment

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2022 | Conversion

Before you fix cart abandonment, find the step where the order stops Lists of reasons for cart abandonment look much the same wherever you find them. A Wix blog post on abandoned cart recovery, published in May 2026, has the usual set. At the top are shipping, taxes...
Every payment link you send is a checkout, so build it like one

Every payment link you send is a checkout, so build it like one

by Ramon Helwegen | Apr 20, 2022 | Conversion

A payment link is a checkout without the shop around it, and it deserves the same care In an episode of the PaymentsJournal podcast published on 19 April 2022, Ashleigh DePopas, co-founder and head of GoCart, at the time a checkout product from FIS, and Don Apgar of...
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