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Ninety seconds: what the Shopify and BCG study says about checkout time

Ninety seconds: what the Shopify and BCG study says about checkout time

by Ramon Helwegen | Aug 28, 2023 | Conversion

The most useful figure in the Shopify and BCG study is a time, not an uplift In August 2023 Retail Dive ran a sponsored article from Shopify on what makes a checkout convert. It rests on a study Shopify carried out with Boston Consulting Group, published by BCG in...
Checkout speed is measured after the page loads, not before

Checkout speed is measured after the page loads, not before

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 31, 2023 | Conversion

Checkout speed is decided after the page has loaded, in the time between a tap and the answer on screen Advice on site speed usually starts with load time: how quickly the first screen appears after a click. For a product page that is a fair test. For a checkout it...
A tailored checkout is only better if revenue per started checkout goes up

A tailored checkout is only better if revenue per started checkout goes up

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 25, 2023 | Conversion

A checkout that differs per shopper is only better if revenue per started checkout goes up Most checkout work is judged on one number: the share of shoppers who start the checkout and complete the order. That works as long as everyone gets the same checkout. Once the...
The checkout gap: retailers change their payments, shoppers judge what they see

The checkout gap: retailers change their payments, shoppers judge what they see

by Ramon Helwegen | Jul 5, 2023 | Client experience

A year of payment upgrades means little to a shopper who meets the same checkout In 2023 the payments company Primer surveyed 2,000 consumers and 300 retail businesses in Singapore and published the results under the title Mind the Gap. The retailer half of the survey...
Winkelmandje verlaten: Nederlandse shoppers houden je aan de belofte in je checkout

Winkelmandje verlaten: Nederlandse shoppers houden je aan de belofte in je checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Jun 26, 2023 | Conversion

Je klant houdt jou aan de belofte in je checkout, ook als de vervoerder hem breekt Komt een pakket te laat of raakt het zoek, dan wijst een groot deel van je klanten niet naar de vervoerder maar naar jou. Gemiddeld legt 42 procent van de Europese shoppers de schuld...
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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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