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Vermeil Skin

Doubled Shopify conversion rate in 12 weeks.

Vermeil Skin had healthy traffic but a stubborn 1.4% CVR. We ran a rigorous test roadmap grounded in heatmaps, session replay and user surveys — landing on a mobile-first PDP redesign that lifted CVR to 2.9%.

Duration
12 weeks
Services
CRO, UX, Analytics
Region
US + AU
+107%
CVR
+156%
Revenue
+22%
AOV
The challenge

Where they were stuck

  • CVR flat at 1.4% for 6 months despite creative refreshes.

  • Cart abandonment at 78%.

  • Slow LCP on PDP (4.6s on mobile).

  • No structured experimentation program.

Our strategy

How we approached it

01
Pillar 01

Diagnostic

Hotjar heatmaps + 40 user session interviews to identify friction.

02
Pillar 02

PDP Redesign

New above-the-fold: sticky ATC, trust badges, review snippet, bundle offer.

03
Pillar 03

Checkout Optimization

One-page checkout, express pay, address auto-complete.

04
Pillar 04

Experimentation Program

Weekly hypothesis backlog + 2 concurrent tests.

Execution

What we shipped

Baseline analytics rebuilt in GA4 with funnel events.

Mobile LCP dropped from 4.6s → 1.9s.

9 A/B tests run, 6 winners shipped.

Bundle offer added to PDP lifted AOV materially.

Growth curve

The numbers over time

Traffic & conversions

Traffic Conversions
W2W4W6W8W10W12

Channel contribution

PDP Test Wins45%
Checkout25%
Speed18%
Offer/Bundle12%
Proof

Dashboards & screenshots

#1
Hotjar Heatmaps
Attention shift after PDP redesign.
#2
GA4 CVR Trend
Weekly CVR uplift over 12 weeks.
#3
Shopify Revenue
Revenue growth at flat traffic.
The results

What changed

  • CVR +107% (1.4% → 2.9%) in 12 weeks.

  • Revenue up 156% at flat traffic.

  • AOV up 22% via bundle offer.

  • Cart abandonment reduced from 78% → 61%.

  • 6 winning tests documented and shipped site-wide.

"The CRO work paid for a year of retainer in the first month. Precise, hypothesis-driven, and honest about what didn't work."

MI
Meera Iyer
Founder, Vermeil Skin

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