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allbirds.com
CRO Recommendations — August 2026
1 Urgent Homepage

Competing hero CTAs

The hero presents two equally prominent CTAs (SHOP MEN and SHOP WOMEN) that split user focus and delay the path to a single product or category, reducing click-through to a defined next step.

CURRENT — Two equal CTAs
Screenshot
⚠ Competing hero CTAsThe hero presents two equally prominent CTAs (SHOP MEN and SHOP WOMEN) that split user focus and delay the path to a single product or category …
Emphasize primary CTADe-emphasize secondary CTA
Screenshot
FixThis edit visually demotes the secondary CTA (SHOP WOMEN) and promotes the primary CTA (SHOP MEN) to establish a clear hierarchy, guiding users toward a single next step.
Both are photographs of the live page — the right side has the change applied in the browser.
Evidence

Observed on the live site

✓ Flagged independently by 2 of 7 analysts
Business case

If this change wins

$70,762 – $283,046
annual opportunity if it wins
Medium
Effort — 2-5 days
40 days
A/B test duration
Prioritisation

PXL score: 5 / 10

QuestionAnswerPoints
Is the change above the fold?Yes1
Is the change noticeable in under 5 seconds?Yes2
Does it add or remove an element?Yes1
Does it run on a high-traffic page?Yes1
Discovered via user testing?No0
Discovered via qualitative feedback (survey, support)?No0
Supported by heatmaps or session recordings?No0
Found via digital analytics or real-user field data?No0
Verified by direct technical measurement?No0
Implementation

Hand this to your developer

Surface
Homepage — HOMEPAGE HERO
Problem
The hero presents two equally prominent CTAs (SHOP MEN and SHOP WOMEN) that split user focus and delay the path to a single product or category, reducing click-through to a defined next step.
Current state
h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: SHOP MEN | SHOP WOMEN; notes: Two equal CTAs force an immediate gender choice, adding friction and potentially increasing bounce for undecided visitors.
Change
h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: Shop All (primary) | Shop Men / Shop Women (secondary links); notes: A single primary CTA to 'Shop All' reduces decision load; gender-specific CTAs can be secondary links below.
Acceptance criteria
GIVEN a first-time visitor on the affected page
WHEN the change is live
THEN A single primary CTA to 'Shop All' reduces decision load; gender-specific CTAs can be secondary links below, with no regression at 375px and 1280px widths.
Tracking
event: cro_competing_hero_ctas on interaction with the changed element; verify it fires in BOTH variants before opening traffic.
Success metric
conversion rate on the affected step
QA checklist
Chrome / Safari / Firefox · 375px + 1280px · keyboard reachable · screen-reader name present · no CLS introduced
Effort
Medium — 2-5 days
Test plan
118,817 visitors per variant (95% significance, 80% power); 40 days.
Rollback
Feature-flag the change; revert the flag if the primary metric drops for 3 consecutive days.
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