One-Click Checkout: Benefits and Drawbacks
Blog post from Basis Theory
One-click checkout enables customers to complete purchases with a single action using stored payment and delivery information, reducing friction compared with conventional cart and checkout processes. Popularized by Amazon, which held a U.S. patent on the approach from 1999 to 2017, it can lower cart abandonment, improve mobile conversion rates, and encourage repeat purchases through greater convenience. Payment service providers, e-commerce platforms, and digital wallets strongly promote the feature because shared stored-payment systems can increase customer retention and strengthen their relationships with merchants. However, merchant reliance on these providers may create lock-in, restrict access to cardholder data, limit payment-routing choices, and result in less control over transaction approval rates and processing costs. The proposed alternative is for merchants to manage customer payment data through secure token vaults, allowing them to offer one-click purchasing while selecting the most suitable payment provider for each transaction.
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