§III.09 · CRO · CONVERSION RATE OPTIMISATIONRUN · PERFORMANCE

FIXED.

CRO is what turns existing traffic into more revenue without spending another dollar on media. Most brands leave the biggest wins in their funnel (PDP, cart, checkout, upsell) on the table. We don’t. We find the leaks, and we fix them. Month after month.

Somewhere in your checkout, right now, somebody just gave up.

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EXHIBIT · WHERE THE MONEY ESCAPES

While you sleep, it leaks.

Every visitor in your funnel has already been paid for, by media, by SEO, by every other line of the budget. The leak isn’t a metaphor on this page. It’s the gap between the sessions you bought and the orders you kept.

fig. 1 · the funnel, at nightbefore repair · after repairbefore: the leaksSESSIONSPDPCARTCHECKOUTLEAK 01 · PDPLEAK 02 · CARTLEAK 03 · CHECKOUTLEAK 04 · UPSELLORDERSevery drop, a visitor you already paid forthe fix,appliedAND APPLIED AGAINafter: the fixesSESSIONSPDPCARTCHECKOUTFIX · 2026-041FIX · 2026-034FIX · 2026-040FIX · 2026-037FIX · 2026-035ORDERSthe same traffic, kept.
fig. 1 · the funnel, at nightbefore: the leaksSESSIONSPDPCARTCHECKOUTL01 · PDPL02 · CARTL03 · CHECKOUTL04 · UPSELLORDERSevery drop, a visitor you already paid forthe fix, appliedafter: the fixesSESSIONSPDPCARTCHECKOUT2026-0412026-0402026-0372026-035ORDERSthe same traffic, kept.
  • LEAK 01PDPThey look. They leave.
  • LEAK 02CARTThey add. They abandon.
  • LEAK 03CHECKOUTThey start. They stall.
  • LEAK 04UPSELLThey buy once. They were never asked twice.

The biggest wins are sitting exactly here, on the table. Our job is to take them off it.

LOOP 01 / 05 · AUDIT

FIRST, WE WATCH.

Quantitatively and qualitatively, at the same time. The analytics tell us where the funnel bleeds. The replays, the heatmaps and the user tests tell us why, in your customer’s own behaviour, not in anyone’s opinion.

QUANT · ANALYTICSsessions → orders, watched stage by stage, until a number flinches
  • QUAL · SESSION REPLAY

    She scrolled past the size chart four times, then rage-clicked the one that never opens.

  • QUAL · HEATMAPS

    Everyone taps the product photo. The product photo does nothing.

  • QUAL · USER TESTING

    “I just wanted to know if it ships free. I gave up looking.”

LOOP 02 / 05 · PRIORITISE

THIRTEEN TESTS. RANKED. NOT VOTED.

Every candidate fix is scored by expected impact and effort, never by the loudest idea in the room.

  1. 01PDP3 TESTSprovenance · social proof · delivery
  2. 02CHECKOUT4 TESTSApple Pay · guest · shipping logic · PO
  3. 03HOME3 TESTShero · quiz · category logic
  4. 04CART3 TESTScross-sell · free-shipping bar · trust badges
THE CUT. The top of the backlog ships; below it, we’re honest about what we’re not doing

the loudest idea in the roomunranked. unscored. unshipped.

LOOP 03 / 05 · TEST · STRUCTURED A/B, PROPER STATISTICAL RIGOUR

two truths enter. one ships.

HYPOTHESIS · 2026-041Leading with provenance (“Hand-forged, Michigan, 1974”) will beat leading with price.

fig. 2 · experiment 2026-041, anatomizedpdp · above-fold · no. 10A · CONTROL$168FOLDADD TO CARTa · control: price-first herothe number before the reasonB · VARIANTHand-forged.Michigan, 1974.$184ADD TO CARTFOLDb · variant: provenance-first herothe reason before the numberTHE MEASUREDDIFFERENCECVR+0.77 ptAOV+$16ORDERS+118p = 0.008sig. 99.2%
fig. 2 · 2026-041, anatomizedA · CONTROL$168FOLDADD TO CARTa · control: price-firstthe number before the reasonTHE MEASURED DIFFERENCECVR+0.77 ptAOV+$16ORDERS+118p = 0.008 · sig. 99.2%B · VARIANTHand-forged.Michigan, 1974.$184ADD TO CARTFOLDb · variant: provenance-firstthe reason before the numberVERDICT BELOW · DECIDED BY VISITORS
A · CONTROL · PRICE-FIRST
CVR
2.14%
AOV
$168
SESSIONS
14,820
ORDERS
317
+36%p = 0.008 · sig. 99.2%SHIP.verdict read by 29,780 visitors, not by us
B · VARIANT · PROVENANCE-FIRST
CVR
2.91%
AOV
$184
SESSIONS
14,960
ORDERS
435

LOOP 04 / 05 · SHIP · WINNERS SHIPPED, LOSSES DOCUMENTED

the register · last eight verdicts

IDTESTAREALIFTSIG.VERDICT
2026-041PDP hero · provenance-firstpdp+36%99.2%SHIP
2026-040Cart · shipping nudge above $80cart+14%96.4%SHIP
2026-039Nav · remove mega-menuglobal−4%94.1%KILL
2026-038PDP · 2nd image above foldpdp+9%88.0%RERUN
2026-037Checkout · Apple Pay firstcheckout+22%99.7%SHIP
2026-036Quiz entry on homehome+0.2%31.2%KILL
2026-035Bundle · free care kitcart+18%97.8%SHIP
2026-034Reviews · top-of-PDP strippdp+11%95.2%SHIP

Eight tests. Five shipped. Two killed. One sent back for rerun. The log, not the loudest person, decides what stays.

LOOP 05 / 05 · REPORT · MONTHLY, ON WHAT MOVED AND WHY

fig. 3 · the compounding ledgerwinners kept · losses documented20406080100CUM. LIFT2026-034 · REVIEWS STRIP+11%2026-035 · BUNDLE · CARE KIT+18%2026-037 · APPLE PAY FIRST+22%2026-040 · SHIPPING NUDGE+14%2026-041 · PDP HERO+36%THE YEAR'S STACK · EST. CVR UPLIFT · YTDNAV · −4% · KILLQUIZ · +0.2% · KILL2026-038 · RERUNthe losses live in the ledger too.no single fix saves the year; the stack does.
fig. 3 · the compounding ledger2026-034 · REVIEWS STRIP+11%2026-035 · BUNDLE · CARE KIT+18%2026-037 · APPLE PAY FIRST+22%2026-040 · SHIPPING NUDGE+14%2026-041 · PDP HERO+36%CLIMB ↑ EST. CVR UPLIFT · YTDNAV · −4% · KILLQUIZ · KILL2026-038 · RERUNno single fix saves the year;the stack does.

Then back to 01. The reported month becomes the next audit; the next leak is already on the list. That’s the whole trick: there is no finish line, only a higher baseline.

WHAT YOU DON’T DO

  • You don’t argue about which button to change.
  • You don’t read statistical significance reports.
  • You don’t chase every CRO tip on LinkedIn.

The arguing, the statistics, the discipline of ignoring the feed. That’s the work. Ours.

WHAT YOU GET

  • SLIP AA prioritised test roadmap.ranked by impact and effort, never by the loudest idea
  • SLIP BMonthly test results.what moved, what didn’t, and why, read properly
  • SLIP CA running document of what we’ve learned about your customer.every verdict teaches; the document compounds like the wins do

Every opinion about your site is one test away from being wrong, or right.

RUN IT.

We’ll build the backlog, run the tests, retire the opinions, and keep the winners stacking. Your funnel has leaks tonight. Let’s go find the first one.

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