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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....
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...
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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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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