A story about boleto conversion rates

A customer’s trust on your online store has a significant effect on your boleto conversion rates. Brazilians hold European stores in high regard, they feel comfortable purchasing from European stores, it’s even a kind of luxury, while Asia is far and mysterious in the minds of Brazilians.  Optimize for trust to increase sales conversion rates. Trust is the cornerstone to long distance relationships, right? 

However, there is a less obvious aspect about boleto conversion rates that I want to share with you.  This week I also concluded a 10-month long research on which I A/B tested the boleto conversion rates of two different integration methods: direct API integration and checkout integration, that is the integration where your customer is redirected to an EBANX hosted environment to conclude the payment. 

A/B Test of Boleto Conversion Rates Results

I analyzed 172 thousand boleto transactions of a single online retail merchant, channelling the merchant’s boleto transactions evenly through each of those two methods of integration: Direct API (transparent checkout) and EBANX Checkout (3rd party domain checkout page). Here’s the monthly conversion rate for both methods:

Direct Integration boleto conversion rates averaged 60%, performing 35% higher than the third-party hosted integration. Third-party hosted checkout’s conversion rate was ˜25%.

The average ticket of this merchant is USD 50, meaning that for every 100 boleto transactions processed through the third-party hosted integration, only 25 were converted, 35 could’ve been converted if processed through direct API but were lost, equivalent to a USD 1750 profit lost.*    

* This analysis was carried out with the consent of our merchant, who received a monthly performance report and analysis.

 

Customer Journey for Boleto Bancario via Direct API

 

Key Findings

• – The  average conversion rate for boletos processed through Direct API on the same period was 59.5% while the conversion rate for boletos processed through checkout integration it was a scant 24.55%, an average difference of 35% for the entire period.
• – There is a strong inverse correlation between boleto’s of high values and conversion rates.
• – Redirecting your customer from your website to a third-party hosted environment can cause you a 20% drop-off rate.

Here at EBANX we pay attention to detail to make sure our merchants can get the most out of our services and succeed in the Latin American market. Check out another case study of a merchant who increased their sales by 114% by offering installments in Brazil