Users of mobile devices increase every year and this growth has been even more enhanced by the pandemic. Especially 2021 was an essential year for eCommerce owners that saw an increase in visitors coming from smartphones and tablets more that from desktops.
But this frequent use of mobile devices did it bring an economic advantage for eCommerce owners? The answer is, unfortunately, no in most cases.
According to a search of SKIM and Google 7 consumers out of 10 don’t complete the purchase on a mobile device. In this article, we are going to analyze the 5 main causes that hinder the completion of the purchase from mobile.
The screen of a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) is way smaller than a desktop one, for this reason, visible products and information are way less. Users are frequently scrolling across all the screen, having the perception of losing time and to not find the information they are looking for. This situation is the first purchase abandonment reason as it generates great frustration to the customer
Simone
He found a website with lots of products but it’s hard to check on all the options on its phone He slides across the screen from right to left and left to right, in and out of the pages just to check on the website available products
Simone chooses a product to check on its details but he still needs to slide his finger everywhere, which complicates searching for simple information making it harder that it should be. While swiping he loses sight of what he had found before and has the feeling that he will never stop scrolling the page.
That’s the case when products are not represented in a comprehensive way, for example through small or low-quality photos or small or not visible description. All these elements can create insecurity to the customer that can decide not to complete the purchase due to the fear or being disappointed.
Caterina
When she opens up a website on a mobile device, she feels a bit more overwhelmed. She struggles to change tab or come back to a previous one and she doesn’t remember what she saw before.
She’s not sure about what’s the best quality-price ratio option and which are the differences with the other products
Confused and lost she decides to make the purchase another time
According to a Kantar research, approximately 90,4% of consumers compare online prices before doing a purchase. But is it so easy to do via mobile app?
The answer is no, comparing prices through a smartphone or tablet can be very difficult because usees can’t use easily many tabs like on a desktop and it’s pretty hard to switch from one to another. This difficulty may lead the consumer to bewilderment, so much that he could postpone the purchase of the product to the future.
Miriam
When she uses her phone she always needs
to switch screens to compare products. For this reason she usually saves screenshots and calmly covers them, then she goes back to the website she has chosen On the desktop instead, she could open more tabs simultaneously. It would be very convenient to be able to compare more products even from mobile.
This is the most common obstacle. When data is requested, like the ones for shipping or payment, and forms don’t pre-fill, it’s more likely that the user could abandon the purchase for two possible reasons:
Consequences are easy to imagine. For example a user that wishes to make a purchase on the e-commerce from the smartphone, during checkout could not have the necessary payment data. He could then postpone the purchase or even change website favoring a competitor.
Amanda
While Amanda enjoys her daily walk,
she decides to give a touch of color to her house with some new plants.
She takes the phone and finds a nice vivarium that could make deliveries at home
She selects some plants and proceeds with the payment when she realizes that she doesn’t have her credit card. The website doesn’t recognize any payment option
saved on her phone.
Disappointed, she decides to complete the order once back home, but can not find the same site… and eventually buys the plants from a competitor.
You managed to remove all the previous issues: tab switching is fluid, products are represented in a clear way, you have given users the possibility to compare products and it has been easy to set all the payment and shipment information. The user, however, could abandon the purchase due to a last obstacle.
Customers don’t like to receive surprises when they arrive at checkout, often they are faced with information that had not been previously specified, such as product availability, delivery times, or additional expenses.
We’ve just seen that all these 5 points contribute to worsen the mobile experience on your eCommerce, hindering sales.
You could have reached potential customers but you may have also lost them for these causes. According to Google 50% of users say that even if they are attracted by a particular brand, they will abandon it if the website is not mobile-friendly.
An innovative tool that can help you not fall into these issues is the Mobile App:
The mobile app is designed for small screen devices, so the page scroll and product visualization is optimized. Also, word search, filters and wishlist will make the process of choosing products even easier. Let’s find out how you can improve page scrolling with the mobile app:
On a mobile app product pages are made for a mobile experience, allowing to show a bigger number of elements compared to the web version of a eCommerce. In mobile apps CTAs are always clear and noticeable despite users’ scroll, making conversions easier and more immediate. Last, but not least, images are high-quality and have the possibility to zoom in a reactive and fluid mode, unlike the web.
Remember, then, to add detailed descriptions, high-quality images from different perspectives or videos. If you wish you can even add more sofisticated solutions like 3D images or artificial intelligence.
The Mobile App, unlike the web, allows to save users information (like shipping addresses and payment methods) on the device, making them quickly available to the user in the hottest stages of the purchase process. Also the App has cart recovery functionality, that’s not present on the web. The cart remains saved even if the user interrupts the shopping and closes the app.
It’s important to be the clearest during the process, providing all the necessary information to the user, so that when he arrives at checkout he doesn’t have any doubts and/or final surprise. On the app you can set all the necessary information for your customers so that they will not be surprised at checkout.
I showed you the main reasons why mobile conversion rate is lower than web conversion, but I also showed you the most effective solution to avoid these problems. In addition, with the Mobile App you will have many other advantages besides improving the conversion rate, I recommend this article to discover them all.
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