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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 cross-border sales demand ruthlessly simple checkout UX

Why cross-border sales demand ruthlessly simple checkout UX

by Ramon Helwegen | May 31, 2022 | Online checkout

Cross-border checkout friction is the silent killer of international conversionEvery merchant eyeing international growth eventually hits the same wall: the checkout experience that works tolerably well for domestic buyers falls apart the moment a foreign customer...
SCA friction is costing merchants revenue: own your data

How offering the right payment method lifts conversion and loyalty

by Ramon Helwegen | May 24, 2022 | Conversion

Payment method choice as a conversion and loyalty lever, not just a checkout detailMost merchants think about payment methods reactively: add what customers expect, keep abandonment low, move on. This Nielsen Media research, commissioned by PayPal, pushes that framing...
Why cross-border sales demand ruthlessly simple checkout UX

Five practical ways to cut friction from your checkout flow

by Ramon Helwegen | May 13, 2022 | Online checkout

Frictionless checkout is not a feature, it is a survival strategyCart abandonment sits at nearly 70% across e-commerce. That single statistic should inform every decision a merchant makes about their checkout flow. The premise of this piece is straightforward: every...
SCA friction is costing merchants revenue: own your data

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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