© Alex Libby 2019
A. LibbyChecking Out with the Payment Request API https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5184-3_1

1. Introducing the API

Alex Libby1 
(1)
RUGBY, UK
 
Let me start with some simple facts:

  • $4,574 billion, by the end of the year 2022.

  • Over 65% of users are accessing the Internet via a mobile device, compared to just 15% from a desktop.

  • The top three ranking web sites (Apple.com, JD.com, and Amazon.com) accounted for over $113 billion sales in 2018…yet the average online conversion rate for desktop users is around 3%, with mobiles weighing in at just over half this value at 1.6%.

Ouch – this sure makes for sobering reading! Hopefully this got your attention – anyone reading these facts should be left in no doubt that shopping online is rapidly ...

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