Join the pain, split the gain.
People are more sensitive to pain (losses) than to gain. On your pages, group pain points (e.g., price and shipping) in one item and split gain points (discount and free shipping) into multiple items.
This techniques leverage the results of several psychological studies. Humans are more sensitive to pain than to gain. The happiness of finding a $20 bill on the sidewalk doesn’t match the pain of losing a $20 bill on the same location.
Franco Folini lives and works in the eCommerce territory, a wild area between the Kingdom of Technology and the Kingdom of Marketing. He speaks fluently the language of both realms. For many years, Franco has been helping people bridge the divide and successfully collaborate.
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