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commerce
Choosing, paying, and the pressure applied along the way.
23 terms across 3 categories · all facets
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- Check answers
A review screen listing everything the reader entered, with a change link beside each answer, shown before the submission is final.
- Comparison prevention
Structuring plans or products so their features and prices cannot be lined up, forcing a decision that no side-by-side reading would support.
- Confirmation page
The screen that closes a transaction, stating plainly that it succeeded, giving a reference the reader can quote, and saying what happens next.
- Drip pricing
Advertising a low headline price and adding mandatory fees one screen at a time, so the true total only appears once the buyer is committed.
- Express checkout
A row of one-tap payment buttons placed above the normal form, which fetch address and payment details from a wallet the buyer already has.
- Fake scarcity
Claiming limited supply that is not real, with stock counts or demand messages generated to pressure a decision rather than report a fact.
- Fake social proof
Manufacturing evidence that other people approve, through invented reviews, testimonials, or live activity messages nobody actually generated.
- Feature gate
Showing a locked feature in place, with its real position in the interface, so the reader sees what upgrading would unlock rather than a hidden absence.
- Forced continuity
Turning a free trial into a paid subscription automatically, with the card taken up front and no reminder before the first real charge.
- Guest checkout
Letting a buyer complete a purchase without creating an account, with the offer to save details moved to after the order is placed.
- Metered paywall
A paywall that grants a fixed number of free items per period and counts down publicly, so the barrier arrives only after the reader is invested.
- Mini cart
A compact view of the basket opened from the cart icon, confirming what was just added and offering checkout without leaving the current page.
- Order summary
The persistent panel beside a checkout listing items, quantities, and every cost line, kept visible so nothing about the total arrives as a surprise.
- Paywall
A barrier that stops access to content or a feature until the reader pays, placed either before anything is shown or partway into the content.
- Quick view
Opening a summary of an item over the list it came from, so the reader can inspect it and return without losing scroll position or filters.
- Roach motel
Making entry into a commitment take one click and exit take a phone call, a chat queue, or a buried page, so the asymmetry keeps people subscribed.
- Save for later
Moving an item out of the active list into a parked list that stays associated with the reader, without deleting it or committing to it.
- Scarcity indicator
A label reporting how little of something is left, in stock, in seats, or in time, placed beside the action it is meant to accelerate.
- Sneak into basket
Adding an item the buyer never chose, an insurance, a donation, a warranty, into the cart through a preselected control found earlier in the flow.
- Social proof
Showing what other people did or said next to a decision, as counts, reviews, logos, or live activity, so the reader can borrow their judgement.
- Sticky add to cart
A condensed product bar that pins itself to an edge once the real buy button has scrolled away, keeping price and purchase always reachable.