How Free Shipping Influence Online Buying Decisions - Invesp (2024)

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Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh is CEO and co-founder of Invesp. He is the co-author of Amazon.com bestselling book: "Conversion Optimization: The Art and Science of Converting Visitors into Customers."Khalid is an in-demand speaker who has presented at such industry events as SMX, SES, PubCon, Emetrics, ACCM and DMA, among others.

  • 5 Jan
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Did you know that 9 out of 10 consumers say free shipping is the top most incentive to shop online more and orders with free shipping average around 30% higher in value. 93% of online buyers are encouraged to buy more products if free shipping options are available whereas 58% of consumers add more items to cart to qualify for free shipping. Check out our infographic to know the importance of free shipping and how free shipping influence online buying decisions.

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61% of consumers are at “somewhat likely” to cancel their purchase if free shipping is not offered

93% of online buyers are encouraged to buy more products if free shipping options are available

Actions taken by Consumers to qualify for free shipping

Actions%age
Add items to cart to qualify for free shipping58%
Choose the slowest shipping option because it is Free50%
Search online for promo code for free shipping47%
Choose Ship-to-store35%
Join a loyalty program to qualify for free shipping31%
Delay making a purchase to wait for Free Shipping30%
Choose to shop at physical store instead of online28%
Purchase an alternative product that was above free shipping threshold16%

More than 78% of US Amazon Prime Customers signed up for Amazon Prime Loyalty Program because of Free Shipping

More than 50% orders from 30 of the biggest e-commerce merchants were shipped free of charge .

Online customers find free shipping twice as compelling as “percent off” the offers

57% of of shoppers that are not ready to purchase at checkout are at this stage to only estimate shipping costs.

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Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh is CEO and co-founder of Invesp. He is the co-author of Amazon.com bestselling book: "Conversion Optimization: The Art and Science of Converting Visitors into Customers."Khalid is an in-demand speaker who has presented at such industry events as SMX, SES, PubCon, Emetrics, ACCM and DMA, among others.

How Free Shipping Influence Online Buying Decisions - Invesp (2024)
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