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Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 6, 2022 | Online checkout

Accessibility and simplicity are the real frontiers of checkout optimisationMost checkout optimisation conversations focus on the same familiar levers: fewer form fields, guest checkout, saved cards. What this piece from Forbes Technology Council usefully surfaces is...
Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

Why form fields matter more than checkout steps

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Why form fields matter more than checkout stepsMost merchants obsess over the number of steps in their checkout flow. Baymard Institute’s latest large-scale usability research suggests that energy is largely misplaced. The average checkout today runs to 5.2...
Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

Why your credit card form is still killing conversions

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Why credit card form neglect is one of the most avoidable causes of checkout abandonmentResearch from Baymard Institute exposes a stubborn gap between what merchants know about checkout UX and what they actually ship. Despite years of best-practice documentation,...
Thirteen ways merchants can reduce checkout friction for every customer

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 25, 2021 | Online checkout

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkoutOnce growth moves beyond the home market, the checkout page is where cross-border ambition either converts or collapses. Offering only card payments to a Brazilian, South Korean or even a German shopper is...
What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyal

What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyal

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 15, 2021 | Conversion

What shoppers actually want at checkout to stay loyalData from a large-scale simulation of 510 merchants and a survey of over 2,000 US consumers puts hard numbers behind what checkout optimisers have long suspected: convenience features and payment method choice are...
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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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