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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...
Measure your checkout in fields, not screens

Measure your checkout in fields, not screens

by Ramon Helwegen | Jan 3, 2022 | Online checkout

Merging checkout screens rarely shortens a checkout, because the shopper still has to face every field When a checkout feels slow, the usual reflex is to cut screens: put delivery and payment on one page, switch to a one-page layout, show a progress bar with fewer...
One-click pay later meets the EU credit rules at the first purchase

One-click pay later meets the EU credit rules at the first purchase

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 23, 2021 | Payment provider

The new EU credit rules move the pay-later credit check into the first purchase In November 2021, when the Australian BNPL company Zip finalised its acquisition of Twisto for 89 million euros, the Prague-based firm’s founder and chief executive Michal Smida gave...
Shoppers come back to finish an order, so build the checkout for the return visit

Shoppers come back to finish an order, so build the checkout for the return visit

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 15, 2021 | Conversion

A cart left before checkout is often an order postponed, so build the checkout for the shopper who comes back In November 2021 PYMNTS published Consumer Choice at the Checkout, a report produced with Checkout.com on what keeps online shoppers with a merchant. It draws...
Payment choice holds the customers for whom the method decides

Payment choice holds the customers for whom the method decides

by Ramon Helwegen | Oct 12, 2021 | Client experience

Payment choice holds the customers for whom the method decides, so find them first The study PYMNTS published with Checkout.com in October 2021, built on its Checkout Conversion Index, carried the headline that 60% of consumers would move to a different merchant when...
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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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