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Stop Wasting Paid Budget on a Broken Funnel. — Propeller

Ecommerce CRO

Stop Wasting Paid Budget on a Broken Funnel.

You're buying expensive traffic into a store that leaks silently in PDP, cart, and checkout. Propeller fixes the money paths first - research-led CRO where it matters most.

Santa Monica studio · Shopify-native CRO · Average 15-25% CVR improvement

Definition

Ecommerce CRO converts more of the traffic you already have - and more buyers at higher AOV - through research, evidence, and disciplined testing. Propeller runs CRO inside the same Shopify system as design, build, and growth - so wins stick.

The friction

What's broken

  • Traffic is expensive. Every visitor who doesn't buy is a leak - in PDP clarity, cart friction, or checkout trust. Most teams never measure or rank them.
  • Stop wasting money on opinion-driven 'optimizations'. You're A/B testing button colors while your PDPs lack basic information and your checkout is three extra steps.
  • Tests ship in isolation with no system - so you never compound wins. This quarter's test becomes next quarter's forgotten experiment. Revenue doesn't improve.

The move

How we fix it

Research first. We audit money paths - PDP clarity, offer hierarchy, mobile cart friction, trust signals, and speed - ranked by revenue exposure. Then we hypothesis, test, and learn. Across PDP, collections, cart, checkout.

Shopify-native CRO inside your design and development system - so winning tests become permanent architecture, not abandoned experiments. Average clients see 15-25% CVR improvement within 90 days.

Proof

How would you like your inbox to be flooded with orders like this?

A working Shopify system does not send slideware. It sends orders - compounding, every day. This is what that looks like before it hits the dashboard.

Gmail inbox filled with Shopify order confirmation emails
Two overlapping inbox windows of consecutive Shopify order notifications, with customer names redacted.

How we engage

Diagnose. Ship. Compound.

  1. 01

    Align

    We clarify the CRO goal, constraints, and what success looks like in revenue - not vanity metrics.

  2. 02

    Diagnose

    We audit the experience, stack, and growth system against what ambitious brands actually need.

  3. 03

    Build

    Senior team ships the work: storefront, flows, campaigns, or technology - without agency theater.

  4. 04

    Prove

    We measure what moved, then compound. Commerce is a system, not a launch party.

How we prioritize

  1. 01

    PDP clarity and offer hierarchy

    Usually first

  2. 02

    Mobile cart and checkout friction

    High leverage

  3. 03

    Speed and trust signals on paid landings

    Protects CAC

Illustrative redacted findings - your audit is store-specific.

Aarke — Propeller case study

Why Propeller

The obvious partner

Most “CRO agencies” optimize in isolation from the storefront team. Propeller runs ecommerce CRO inside the same commerce system as Shopify design, development, and growth - so winning tests become permanent architecture, not abandoned experiments.

We prioritize money paths: PDP clarity, offer hierarchy, mobile cart and checkout friction, trust, and speed - ranked by revenue exposure. A/B testing only starts after the diagnosis is honest.

Looking for an ecommerce CRO agency in Los Angeles that actually lives in Shopify? Start a project - diagnosis first, then a roadmap your team can ship against.

Capabilities

What we bring

  • Funnel & session analysis
  • PDP & collection optimization
  • Cart & checkout improvements
  • A/B testing
  • Merchandising & offers
  • Analytics instrumentation

Objections

Do you guarantee a conversion lift?
No honest team does. But we guarantee a rigorous process: research-led prioritization, clear hypotheses, structured testing, and decisions tied to evidence - not opinion. Clients typically see 15-25% CVR improvement within 90 days.
Isn't this just A/B testing?
No. A/B testing is a tactic. CRO is a system. We diagnose money paths, prioritize by revenue impact, ship high-confidence fixes, run tests where statistical power exists, and compound wins in architecture - not in tool reports.
How fast do results show?
Quick wins land in weeks. Durable compounding needs a 90+ day roadmap because you're fixing the biggest leaks first, not the easiest tests.

FAQ

What does an ecommerce CRO agency actually fix first?

Money paths: PDP clarity, offer hierarchy, mobile cart and checkout friction, trust, and speed - ranked by revenue exposure, not by taste. Propeller ships a roadmap, not a single button test.

Is this only for Shopify?

Shopify is our home turf. The CRO discipline applies broadly; our deepest leverage is on Shopify storefronts and paid landings.

How fast do CRO results show?

Quick wins can land in weeks; durable compounding needs a backlog and clean measurement against traffic volume.

What is a good ecommerce conversion rate?

It varies by category, AOV, and traffic quality - DTC Shopify stores often sit roughly in the low single digits, but “good” means improving against your own baseline and unit economics, not chasing a generic benchmark. We size opportunity before promising lift.

Do you run A/B tests or only redesign?

Both. We ship high-confidence fixes when friction is obvious, and run structured tests when traffic supports statistical power. Tools follow the hypothesis - Shopify-native experiments or dedicated platforms as needed.

How is Propeller different from a general digital marketing CRO team?

We are a commerce experience agency. CRO sits next to Shopify engineering, merchandising, and lifecycle - so wins stick in the theme and stack, not in a slide that expires when the campaign ends.

Next

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Tell us what you need. Real humans. Clear scope. A plan — not a spray of SDRs.

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