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CartDNA reviewed Shopify checkouts in the UK, US and Europe this summer. 63.2% showed mobile usability problems. Checkout issues stay hidden until you try to pay on your own phone. Try buying one thing on yours today.

Baymard's review of 50 studies puts average cart abandonment at 70.22%. Your store probably differs. Split the numbers by device this week and find the step where phone shoppers quit. Fixing that beats buying more traffic. Link in the reply.

Propel's 2026 data has phone shoppers finishing checkout at 62%, vs 39% on desktop. They add less to cart, though: 5.4% vs 9.7%. If your mobile sales lag, check product pages and the cart before you rebuild checkout. Link below.

Contentsquare's 2026 benchmark has desktop at 3.4% and mobile at 2%, even though phones carry about 70% of ecommerce traffic. Every extra checkout tap costs you a sale. Test your pay button on a real phone this week. Details in link.

21 Shopify stores saw Q1 2026 conversion slip from 2.68% to 2.21% while traffic kept growing. More visits won't fix a leaky checkout. Pick the one step where carts die and test that first. Link in the reply.

Littledata's October 2026 Shopify data puts mobile and desktop at the same 1.5% median conversion rate. If your phone rate trails desktop, I'd bet the problem is your store, not the device. Check your device split by product category first.

PYMNTS and PayPal surveyed 2, 179 US adults in June. 21% dropped a cart in the past 30 days because their preferred payment method wasn't offered. If your checkout only takes cards, you're making that call for them.

Benchmarks disagree on mobile. Contentsquare's 2026 study has phones at 2% against desktop at 3.4%. Dynamic Yield has mobile ahead at 2.86%. Pull your own device split from the last 90 days before you decide mobile is your problem.

Baymard's 2026 checkout study (n=4, 560) has extra costs at the top of the abandonment list, at 48%. Showing the full total on the product page takes one afternoon to set up. Try it on your own store this week and see if abandonment moves. Link in the reply.

Ringly puts 2026 mobile ecommerce conversion at 2.8%, matching desktop. Other benchmarks still show a gap. Pull your own device numbers before you rebuild mobile checkout. Averages hide your store. Link in reply.