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The popularity of an online shop amongst consumers depends increasingly on the selection of payment methods available. At the end of an order process, customers want a selection of payment methods that they like to use and that are both simple and practical. Customers will only complete a purchase and be satisfied with their shopping experience when this is the case. In a survey carried out by the ECC Cologne e-commerce centre1, 42% of respondents said that they would shop with a competitor if none of their favourite payment methods were available.
Smartphone use is on the rise. Whether they’re keeping up-to-date on social networks, searching online, watching videos, or making purchases, users increasingly prefer to use a smartphone. This has resulted in a change in buyer–seller mentality that is better adapted to new behaviors smartphone technology has set in motion.
Today, most people are searching on Google using a mobile device. However, their ranking systems still typically look at the desktop version of a page’s content to evaluate its relevance to the user. This can cause issues when the mobile page has less content than the desktop page because their algorithms are not evaluating the actual page that is seen by a mobile searcher.