Apple Pay Messaging at Point-of-Sale Drives 135% Increase in Mobile Payments Usage
Results of 6-Month Study by USAT Show Marketers Who Promote Apple Pay See Increase in Mobile Payments and Overall Spend at Point-of-Sale
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Displays and call-to-action messages can act as an electronic gateway for consumers to learn about and use the mobile wallets already installed on their phones (Photo: Business Wire)
Findings by USAT after 24 weeks show targeted, digital advertising on USAT's ePort Interactive platform that highlight Apple Pay availability at point-of-sale resulted in a:
- 36.5% increase in overall sales
- 44.6% increase in total transactions
- 6% increase in total contactless average ticket; 18% at week 20*
- 55.5% increase in revenue through contactless purchases, including Apple Pay; 121% at week 20*
- 135.2% increase in overall mobile payment usage
*Weeks 21-24 historically represent a seasonal dip in visits to vending machines overall.
The study's results suggest targeted advertising can help boost mobile wallet use. The study found that the number of NFC or contactless mobile wallet transactions - triggered when consumers hold their smartphones up to the screens - increased by an astounding 135.2 percent on machines with targeted messaging.
USAT initially unveiled the first four weeks of data at the National
Automatic Merchandising Association's (NAMA) OneShow in
"Based on our study, we believe that when businesses and operators
present consumers with the option to pay for items with Apple Pay, the
number of mobile payments made and the amount spent, increases," said
The results of the study are clear: when consumers are asked to pay with their phones, they do. But they're also more likely to make a purchase that they otherwise might not, regardless of how they ultimately pay for their items.
Furthermore, the numbers provide evidence that negative seasonality trends may be tempered, and even reversed, by telling consumers they have an option to pay with Apple Pay.
About the Study:
The study measured the impact of targeted digital advertising screens on
consumers' use of mobile wallets - primarily Apple Pay - across 35
vending machines located in
The 130 devices in the control group, on the other hand, simply displayed "Ready - Swipe or Tap Now" above the Apple Pay and other contactless payment services logos.
While the initial, four-week results showed both sales and average contactless ticket increases, the extended results provide insight not only into how consumers interact with vending machines displaying interactive messaging, but into broader consumer adoption of consumer wallets. The full results of the study, detailed in a white paper titled "Targeted Advertising Leads to Surge in Contactless Sales," are available upon request.
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