Cross Border Crème de la Crème

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• In this edition, we found 9 different factors which the best sites deliver on to keep their customers happy – and returning – to drive cross-border sales.

• Almost 60 attributes were evaluated for each and every site, covering details related to shopping, payment, relationship,and effort required to navigate the site.

  

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• The average site score was 56, indicating most merchants are not yet ready for cross-border business.

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• Breadth of language and currency options
• Free shipping
• Country-specific address fields
• Rewards

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• The U.S. topped the list with an average score of 64, with China in second at 62.
• Cross-border sales are expected to be 15 percent of global eCommerce by 2018.
• 90 percent of all travel sites are mobile optimized.

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For more on X-Border Payments Optimization, click here. 

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