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What cart abandonment data really tells you about checkout friction

What cart abandonment data really tells you about checkout friction

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 15, 2021 | Conversion

Your abandonment rate describes your tracking before it describes your shoppers A checkout abandonment figure looks like a fact about shoppers. Before it is that, it is the outcome of a handful of settings: which step counts as the start, which visitors are measured...
Your checkout can get harder to complete without anyone changing it

Your checkout can get harder to complete without anyone changing it

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 25, 2021 | Conversion

A checkout can get harder to complete without anyone changing the checkout Checkout friction is usually treated as a design problem: too many fields, a hidden guest option, a slow page. A benchmark PYMNTS published in October 2021 with the payments company...
The checkout features that answer a shopper’s last doubts before paying

The checkout features that answer a shopper’s last doubts before paying

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 20, 2021 | Conversion

A checkout feature earns its place by answering a doubt before the shopper pays In October 2021 PYMNTS and Checkout.com published the first edition of Removing Friction at the Checkout, a report built on the Checkout Conversion Index that PYMNTS has run since 2016....
Pay later can raise spending, so build the return as carefully as the purchase

Pay later can raise spending, so build the return as carefully as the purchase

by Ramon Helwegen | Sep 26, 2021 | Conversion

Pay later can raise what shoppers spend, and the return decides whether that spending stays an order The case for putting a pay-later option in the checkout is usually made with an uplift percentage. Independent evidence is thinner, and what there is points to a...
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  • A year of payment upgrades means little to a shopper who meets the same checkoutThe checkout gap: retailers change their payments, shoppers judge what they see
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  • Fraud friction belongs on the moments an account changes hands, not on every paymentFraud checks belong on account changes, not on every payment
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  • A card form works when every field looks like the card in the shopper's handA card form should look like the card in the shopper’s hand
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  • Delivery choice is the last product decision in the checkout, and most retailers present it as an afterthoughtThe delivery step decides more orders than retailers think
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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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