Customer Experience
Customer Experience
Why Payment Declines Are The Reason For Your Low Conversion Rate
“The customer is always right” is a timeless tenet of customer service policies. Even though we all know that not every customer is right all the time, we understand that this phrase is meant to work towards the key to merchant success: customer satisfaction and loyalty. Keeping customers coming back for more establishes a strong […]
Customer Experience
Creditworthiness is Lagging Behind the Evolution of Personal Finance
In today’s digital economy, everything from payments to personal finance is rapidly evolving. Banks and payment providers are often left struggling to keep up with constantly changing consumer preferences. As consumer wariness of the financial industry mounts, traditional forms of spending and saving are becoming obsolete. This, in turn, makes the current methods for assessing […]
Customer Experience
Raising the Digital Bar: A Report for the eCommerce Fashion Industry
2020 turned the fashion industry on its head, sending in-store revenues plummeting while eCommerce sales soared. A transition that would’ve taken years was completed in a matter of months, giving businesses that were already strong digital players a significant advantage. Those who were not, on the other hand, often struggled to accommodate the shopping boom […]
Customer Experience
Pass With Flying Colors: The Time for Airline Digitalization Is Now
The air travel crisis has made one thing clear: the time for digitalization is now. The industry is not expected to return to cash positivity until 2022, but airlines can’t afford to continue counting their losses. The economic and social impact of the pandemic, combined with the explosion of a new digital front, offers an […]
Customer Experience
The Merchant’s Guide to Payment Decline Decisions
Payment authorization failures give merchants such a headache, costing them loyal customers and $600 billion in revenue. It’s not a problem easily solved, because merchants have only limited control over authorization decisions. The vast majority of declines are made by card issuers and payment gateways. Merchants have a difficult time understanding the root of the […]
Customer Experience
Payment Declines: The $600 Billion Problem You Aren’t Aware Of
eCommerce businesses spend most of their budget on customer acquisition, focusing on getting consumers to hit the “buy” button. While failing to reach the proper target audiences in the appropriate channel tends to be one of the biggest factors contributing to acquisition leakage, another looming threat, the problem of payment declines, is often overlooked. According […]
Customer Experience
Fulfillment Will Matter in 2021. Are You Ready?
Fulfillment has become a top priority for customers. According to Shopify, 67% of U.S. consumers expect either same-, next-, or two-day delivery. Click-and-collect commerce is also on the rise and is forecast to top $64 billion in 2021. Around the world, businesses are prioritizing fulfillment to meet this demand – evident in the arms race […]
Customer Experience
The Elephant in the Room: False Declines Send Customers Packing
**All details have been anonymized. Alice** was buying furniture for her move to New York City. After a full day of price comparing, reading reviews, and calculating the right measurements for her new apartment, Alice decided on her purchase. At 5 pm, she ordered a $200 couch and a $300 mattress from a retailer we’ll […]
Customer Experience
Ecommerce 2021: Rethinking Digital Challenges & Opportunities
Forrester indicates that 27% of brands improved their CX Index score in 2020 – a notable jump. But the crisis made clear the gap between customer experience leaders and the laggards: 70% of the most digitally mature companies significantly outpaced their competition. To build up resilience and drive recovery in the long run, eCommerce merchants must […]