Ecommerce merchants are primarily using email to communicate with shopping cart abandoners, according to the results of the MCM Outlook 2013 survey. According to the results, 45.1% of respondents use email, up from 36.2% in 2012.
According to the survey, 42.0% of respondents said they don’t target shopping cart abandoners, essentially the same as in 2012.
When it comes to alternative payment options, 41.3% of respondents said they are not offering it, while 40.1% said they are offering PayPal as a payment option, according to survey results.
Having trustmarks of approval from a third-party company is less likely for sites today. According to survey results, 60.4% of respondents said they use a trustmark from a third-party company, which is down from 62.2% of respondents in 2012. SSL Security was named by 49.3% of respondents this year and by 52.0% of respondents in 2012.
This report is based on the online MCM Outlook 2013 survey, which was fielded by Multichannel Merchant from Mar. 5 through Mar. 18 2013, and drew 1,110 respondents. Of those respondents, 556 described their primary responsibilities at their company as ecommerce marketers.
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