It's the simplicity of the product. This is history repeating
Yahoo: we should do mail and finance Google: let's just nail search Yahoo: how about weather and horoscopes Google: we should make search better Yahoo: people want news and fitness Google: we can do search better etc etc
Afterpay: 4x fortnightly payments max 1000 bucks Other BNPL: more frequency options? Afterpay: 4x fortnightly payments max 1000 bucks Other BNPL: Bigger transactions? Afterpay: 4x fortnightly payments max 1000 bucks Other BNPL: Pick your own terms Afterpay: 4x fortnightly payments max 1000 bucks
etc etc
This is what's driven the consumer loyalty. They understand it. By design or maybe just luck, they've hit a sweet spot with the $1000. It's significant enough for the consumer without being back breaking if it goes awry.
That's my $0.02
APT Price at posting:
$68.16 Sentiment: None Disclosure: Held