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21% -- share of cart abandonments due to forced account creation for online shoppers (2025)
21% of online cart abandonments occur due to forced account creation.
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21%
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2025
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95
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Baymard Institute
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online shoppers: 21% share of cart abandonments due to forced account creation. Source: Baymard Institute (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/abandonment-forced-account-21
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