Cart Abandonment news and trends

Brand Sites Suffer as Consumers Browse but Do Not Buy
eCommerce // April 12, 2024

Consumers make many choices when shopping, and perhaps no decision is more important than whether to complete a purchase. But in the world of eCommerce, cart abandonment — where shoppers select items only to walk away before the purchase — can be especially vexing. As...

Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts
Faster Payments // March 13, 2024

Checkout-centric FinTech Skipify has launched a partnership with consumer finance company Synchrony. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), “leverages Skipify’s payment infrastructure to provide simplified and enhanced checkout for Synchrony cardholders, improving the experience for shoppers and delivering higher authorization rates, conversion, and security for Synchrony merchants.” According to...

Lack of Payments Choice Risks Higher Cart Abandonment on Online Brand Sites
eCommerce // February 29, 2024

Cart abandonment, a key element of increasing online conversion, poses a significant challenge for online marketplaces, retailer and brand sites. This issue is increasingly worrisome as budget-conscious shoppers use carts as wish lists while searching for better deals. Online businesses use various strategies to try...

sticky.io and FlexCharge Partner on eCommerce Payment Decline
Retail // October 17, 2023

Subscription management and recurring billing provider sticky.io has partnered with payment decline management firm FlexCharge. This collaboration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 17), aims to address the issue of cart abandonment and lost revenue due to payment failures faced by eCommerce merchants. According to research, online merchants lose 62% of customers...

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Brand Sites Suffer as Consumers Browse but Do Not Buy

April 12, 2024
Consumers make many choices when shopping, and perhaps no decision is more important than whether to complete a purchase. But in the world of eCommerce, cart abandonment — where shoppers select items only to walk away before the purchase — can be especially vexing. As PYMNTS Intelligence found in research for “How Preferred Payment Availability […]

Lack of Payments Choice Risks Higher Cart Abandonment on Online Brand Sites

February 29, 2024
Cart abandonment, a key element of increasing online conversion, poses a significant challenge for online marketplaces, retailer and brand sites. This issue is increasingly worrisome as budget-conscious shoppers use carts...

Global Merchants See Sales Boost With Modern Cross-Border Payments Infrastructure

September 29, 2023
The pandemic era ushered in many favorable trends for global eCommerce businesses, but times have changed, says Pranav Sood, EMEA executive GM at payments firm Airwallex, as international merchants grapple...

From Payments Choice to Gateway Preference: Payments Orchestration 2.0 Helps Global Platforms Grow Sales

April 27, 2023
With the rise of eCommerce bringing more retailers than shoppers could ever exhaust, consumer-facing businesses of all types fear cart abandonment above nearly everything else. Never has it been easier...

Quick Reads
Skipify and Synchrony Team on Frictionless Checkouts

March 13, 2024
Checkout-centric FinTech Skipify has launched a partnership with consumer finance company Synchrony. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), “leverages Skipify’s payment infrastructure to provide simplified and enhanced checkout for Synchrony cardholders, improving the experience for shoppers and delivering higher authorization rates, conversion, and security for Synchrony merchants.” According to a news release, the partnership will see Skipify add Synchrony […]

sticky.io and FlexCharge Partner on eCommerce Payment Decline

October 17, 2023
Subscription management and recurring billing provider sticky.io has partnered with payment decline management firm FlexCharge. This collaboration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 17), aims to address the issue of cart abandonment and lost revenue due...

PayU India Rolls out Tools for Merchants

September 05, 2023
PayU India has introduced new tools to help businesses address various payment challenges. The online payments company’s CommercePro stack, announced Tuesday (Sept. 5), is designed to help merchants deal with issues like cart...

American Express Teams With Skipify on Frictionless Checkout

August 01, 2023
Frictionless commerce firm Skipify has launched a partnership with American Express to streamline checkouts. The collaboration, announced in a Tuesday (Aug. 1) press release, lets American Express (Amex) customers link their cards with participating merchants, eliminating...