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40% of shoppers who abandon a cart blame extra costs like shipping, tax, and fees, per Baymard Institute's ongoing checkout research. See 2026 shipping-cost abandonment data, free-shipping thresholds, and what actually recovers the sale.
Mobile shopping carts are abandoned at a 77.06% rate, versus 66.39% on desktop, per Dynamic Yield's eCommerce Benchmarks dashboard (July 2024 snapshot). See the device gap, its history since 2015, and why the smallest screen carries the highest abandonment rate.
42% of cart abandoners say they were just browsing and not ready to buy, the single most-cited reason ahead of extra costs at 40%, per Baymard Institute's checkout abandonment survey. See all 12 reasons ranked for 2026.
70.22% of online shopping carts are abandoned before checkout, per Baymard Institute's compilation of 50 studies through 2025. See abandonment rates by industry, top reasons, and how return policy clarity affects the number.
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