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Re: Stripe Checkout

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Post by kickme444 »

vassvdm wrote: post #204
ceejayoz wrote: post #170

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That seems like an odd feature request, but maybe I'm just not thinking of a use case.

The use case is for marketplaces (and maybe crowdfunding sites). An escrow service is a means to increase trust for both the buyer and seller sides. Funds are paid up front but held in escrow until goods are effectively exchanged or services rendered. I realize that it is a major feature and requires more than just code, but I'd love to see another major player in this space that isn't PayPal. Balanced Payments and M…

Stripe does exactly this. When you make a payment to stripe it does into your account which is an escrow account, which you can then use to make payments to others, like a marketplace setting.

Re: Stripe Checkout

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Post by teach »

sroussey wrote: post #208
natemcguire wrote: post #178

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So, I as a user see the remember me option ONCE, and it's only the first time I check out with stripe, right? Then in theory I go to some other site and it increases conversion on site b because it pre-fills my saved CC info, etc. It seems plausible that change will increase conversion on the second site, but as appears to be the case anecdotally, the change can decrease conversions on the first site. Seems like this…

The important thing to see, I think, is that the gains will come not on the first day this rolled out, but over time. One tiny merchant on a single day as the only data point is a sad sample to base decisions on. Particularly for said tiny merchant. Their pick up in sales will not happen immediately, but with time. Removing the "Remember Me" in freakout mode will likely be just shooting themselves in the foot, in a v…

I'm not talking about a change in a single day. The change in question happened in late December, so I do have SOME data.

If I lose sales for two years and then EVENTUALLY get a bump, that's two years of network effects and word-of-mouth that I've missed out on.

Re: Stripe Checkout

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Post by amirmc »

pc wrote: post #85
benmathes wrote: post #84

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You could also automatically run split tests on a per-merchant basis, thereby automatically auto-tune the checkout for each merchant.

That's a neat idea.

Maybe. Unless the merchant is also changing site content that you're not aware of and then everybody ends up making decisions based on flawed data and assumptions.
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