Merchant Adoption Brainstorming
Ian Jacobs
Early Experiments Show Faster Checkout
- Shopify findings
- J.Crew: Wait times for checkout on J.Crew’s online store have decreased 75% [with Payment Request API]
And Need to Improve Usability
- Browsers continue to adjust based on feedback
- Visual identity task force discussing logo, button/sheet connection
What are Primary Obstacles?
To be analyzed:
- Unawareness
- User experience confusion
- Reluctance to adopt while standard not completed / deployed universally
- Adoption technically difficult
- Concerns about handing user experience to browser
- Key features missing
- Does not address most important merchant issues
Potential Tactics
- Better understanding of SWOT?
- Influential merchants?
- PSPs and platforms (for scale)?
- Additional documentation for developers?
- Visibility at conferences?
- Analyst and press outreach?
- More experiment data?
- Focus on specific markets (e.g., US or EU or India or China)?
- Marketing campaign with Membership?