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Browser Payment Request API Integration

1 post · Sep 2018

What this trail covers

This feature thread tracks the development and enhancement of integrating new browser payment APIs to streamline the checkout experience. Initial efforts focused on evaluating the Payment Request API, including its `canMakePayment()` method and the payment sheet UI. Experiments were conducted to measure its impact on checkout completion rates and purchase speed, comparing it against traditional checkout flows. The integration involved building an isolated Ruby app leveraging Shopify's existing APIs and infrastructure, and testing its impact on merchant businesses and buyer behavior.

All Shopify trails
  1. Shaping the Future of Payments in the Browser - ShopifyThis post details the setup of an experiment to evaluate the Payment Request API for browser-based payments. It outlines the project's hypothesis, success metrics (checkout completion rate, purchase speed, drop-off rates), and the A/B experiment design, including merchant qualification and audience eligibility. It also describes the platform integration using a Ruby app and Shopify's app ecosystem, the storefront experience logic for binding experiment logic and surfacing the purchase experience, and alternative payment flows to accommodate discount codes and gift cards.