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For eCommerce merchants, the future is bright as 85% of global consumers<\/a> shop online\u2014but scaling your eCommerce business<\/a>, regardless of industry, offers new challenges. Juggling revenue, efficiency, and cost-reduction requires the right infrastructure. And that includes your payments system.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past two decades, online payments have changed dramatically. From evolving technology to new regulations and security considerations, merchants must carefully consider payment partners. All too often, it appears easier to stick with legacy systems. This approach causes businesses to leave serious money on the table\u2014and limits the potential for growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll cover some of the challenges related to scaling your eCommerce business and how integrated plugins<\/a> can help you overcome these roadblocks and boost your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Your Payment System Affects Revenue Growth <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your revenue can be linked directly to your payment system. The easiest example of this link is cart abandonment, which averages at 70.19%<\/a>. Common reasons for cart abandonment are high extra costs (shipping, fees, etc), not trusting the website with credit card information, being forced to create an account, and a complicated checkout process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can see that on a basic level it\u2019s difficult to scale your business without a streamlined payment experience. Too much friction encourages consumers to drop off and seek out another merchant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But cart abandonment isn\u2019t the only challenge. There are many accounting issues, too, that stem from a poorly implemented payment system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider manual reconciliation for payments and purchase orders. Without an automated solution, accounting professionals must review and match these items by hand, which wastes time, exposes the process to errors, and can create other problems, such as duplicates or replicated effort.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even with a payment solution, there can be issues. Outdated technology or payment systems with little support can become a security risk\u2014putting your business and your customers at risk. Older or smaller systems also cannot easily adapt to changes in payment infrastructure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, legacy payment systems also lack payment processing fee optimization. As a result, you are paying more for less.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can use payments to foster healthy cash flow. And it all starts with integrated plugin solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First: What Are eCommerce Plugins?  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your eCommerce plugin is the surface payment system. Most merchants use one of the top three plugins: <\/p>\n\n\n\n