Service · CRO Audit
Ecommerce CRO Audit
Not a 47-point PDF that gathers dust. The obvious leaks costing you revenue get found — and fixed — in the same week, while the rest gets prioritised by what it's actually worth. An audit from someone who builds, so every recommendation is one I'd stake my own work on.
The problem
The CRO audit is the most over-sold, under-delivered product in ecommerce. This is the opposite of it.
You know the playbook: a consultant spends two weeks "analysing," hands you a 47-point PDF, charges $3–8k, and disappears. You don't have the in-house team to implement it, so the document sits in a drive folder, ten percent gets done badly, and nothing moves. You already knew your conversion was low — you didn't need $5k to be told that. Analysis without execution is worthless.
This works the opposite way. Diagnosis and execution run in parallel — the obvious wins (weak copy, a buried mobile buy box, no proof at the decision point, friction in checkout) are flagged and can be live within days, not held hostage to a report. The genuinely uncertain calls get separated out as bets worth testing. Everything is judged on revenue per visitor, not vanity conversion rate. And because I build what I recommend, nothing gets suggested that I couldn't — or wouldn't — ship myself.
When you need it
- You've paid for an audit before and never managed to act on it
- You want the leaks fixed, not just listed in a document
- You're done with opinion-led advice and want decisions backed by your data
What this covers
Everything under one service.
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Shopify CRO audit
A full conversion teardown of your revenue-critical pages.
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Conversion funnel analysis
Trace exactly where buyers drop, from landing to checkout.
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Heatmap & session recording review
Watch real behaviour, not assumptions about it.
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Checkout & cart audit
Find the friction quietly draining revenue at the last step.
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Mobile conversion audit
A dedicated read on the device most of your buyers use.
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Product page conversion audit
Where the PDP is losing the add-to-cart.
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Analytics & tracking audit
Confirm your data is trustworthy before you act on it.
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Revenue-per-visitor analysis
Scored on real money, not vanity conversion rate.
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Prioritised CRO roadmap
A ranked, two-tier plan: ship-now wins vs. bets to test.
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A/B test planning
The uncertain calls framed as testable hypotheses.
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Quick-win implementation
The obvious fixes shipped, not just listed.
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Competitor & benchmark review
How your funnel stacks up against the ones winning your category.
How it works
A clear, measured process.
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Diagnose and flag in parallel
I go through your store the way a buyer does and the way the data does — analytics, session recordings, funnels. The obvious problems aren't saved for a report; they're flagged to you as I find them, often in the first couple of days.
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Separate wins from bets
Proven fixes get marked ship-now; uncertain calls get framed as tests. You get a clear two-tier plan — what to do immediately, and what to validate — ranked by revenue impact, not a flat list of 47 things.
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Hand off, or turn it into the build
Take the plan and run it with your team, or have me implement the wins directly so the audit becomes live results in the same motion. If we continue, the audit is the roadmap — nothing is re-charged or re-discovered.
Typical outcomes
What this work tends to move.
Representative results from recent engagements in this service.
Proof
Where this work paid off.
Cutting a supplement brand's checkout drop-off in half - Nootra
A high-traffic supplement store was losing buyers between the cart and the payment step. A structured CRO programme — eight tested hypotheses over eight weeks — recovered the leak and lifted revenue per session.
Maintaining high-converting storefront for a salon-grade haircare brand
A premium haircare brand needed a storefront that matched their 'Professional Beauty, Proven Results' ethos. By developing a custom theme and driving continuous daily optimizations—including streamlined apps, custom landing pages, and a robust affiliate system—we built a fast, scalable e-commerce engine.
Turning a wellness brand's product pages into its best salesperson
Strong ads, weak product pages. The PDP was a wall of features with no narrative and no proof at the decision point. Restructuring the page around the buyer's actual questions lifted add-to-cart and AOV together.
Questions
Before you book.
How is this different from a free audit?
The free audit is a quick, high-level read to show you the biggest opportunities and whether we're a fit. The paid CRO audit is full-funnel and evidence-backed — it flags the obvious wins as ready-to-ship, separates them from the bets worth testing, and prioritises everything by revenue impact, so you get an action plan rather than an overview.
Will I just get a PDF and be left to figure it out?
No — that's the exact model this is built against. You get a focused, prioritised action plan, not a 60-page document. And because I can implement the fixes myself, the audit can flow straight into a build instead of sitting in a folder.
Do I have to hire you to implement it?
Not at all. The plan is yours to keep and act on however you like — your team, another developer, or me. Many clients start with the audit, see the thinking, and then ask me to build the wins. There's no obligation either way.
How long does the audit take?
Typically under a week from getting access to delivering the prioritised plan. Obvious, high-impact issues are often flagged to you within the first couple of days rather than held back for the full report.
What data and access do you need to do it properly?
Analytics (GA4 and Shopify), a session-recording tool if you have one, Search Console, and collaborator access to the store. If some of that isn't set up, that's itself a finding — and I'll note what to instrument so future decisions have evidence behind them.
How do you decide what's a "high-impact" fix?
Every issue is scored on two axes: how much revenue it likely touches (where in the funnel it sits, how much traffic and money flow through it) and how much effort it takes to fix. The fixes that touch the most money for the least effort rise to the top. You see the reasoning, not just the ranking.
Do you actually quantify what each fix is worth?
As far as the data honestly allows. For leaks with clear funnel data I'll estimate the revenue at stake; for changes that depend on a test I'll frame the likely range rather than promise a number. I'd rather give you an honest band than a confident figure I can't stand behind.
My conversion rate is low but I don't know why. Can the audit find that?
That's exactly what it's for. "Low conversion" is a symptom; the audit traces it to specific causes — a mobile buy box buried under copy, price revealed too late, no proof at the decision point, friction in checkout — so you stop guessing and start fixing the actual leaks.
Is this just a checklist of best practices?
No. Generic best-practice checklists ignore your buyer, your category, and your data. The audit reviews your store through how your specific buyers decide and what your analytics actually show — best practice informs it, but evidence drives it.
How is this different from what an app or a Lighthouse score tells me?
Tools flag symptoms — a slow score, a broken tag — without telling you which ones cost you money or what to do about them. The audit interprets all of that through the buyer's journey and your revenue, then turns it into a prioritised plan a tool can't produce.
Do you only look at the product page, or the whole funnel?
The whole revenue path — landing, collection, PDP, cart, and checkout — because leaks compound. A great PDP behind a confusing collection page or a clumsy checkout still loses money. The audit follows the buyer end to end.
What happens after I get the plan?
You decide. Implement it with your team, hand it to another developer, or have me build the wins as a focused engagement. If we continue, the audit becomes the roadmap for the work — nothing is re-charged or re-discovered.
How often should a store be re-audited?
A deep audit isn't a subscription. Most stores get one, act on it, then move to an ongoing CRO cadence where findings surface continuously. A fresh full audit makes sense after a major redesign, a replatform, or a big shift in traffic mix.
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