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Hero CTA ambiguity
The hero section's CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and may not guide users to the most relevant products, reducing click-through.
⚠ Hero CTA ambiguityThe hero CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and don't guide users to specific products, reducing …
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Evidence
Observed on the live site
✓ Flagged independently by 1 of 7 analysts
- Hero section contains 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' as primary CTAs, with no specific product or collection mentioned.
Business case
If this change wins
$35,381 – $176,904
annual opportunity if it wins
Medium
Effort — 2-5 days
not testable at current traffic
A/B test duration
Prioritisation
PXL score: 5 / 10
| Question | Answer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Is the change above the fold? | Yes | 1 |
| Is the change noticeable in under 5 seconds? | Yes | 2 |
| Does it add or remove an element? | Yes | 1 |
| Does it run on a high-traffic page? | Yes | 1 |
| Discovered via user testing? | No | 0 |
| Discovered via qualitative feedback (survey, support)? | No | 0 |
| Supported by heatmaps or session recordings? | No | 0 |
| Found via digital analytics or real-user field data? | No | 0 |
| Verified by direct technical measurement? | No | 0 |
Implementation
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- Surface
- Homepage — HOMEPAGE HERO
- Problem
- The hero section's CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and may not guide users to the most relevant products, reducing click-through.
- Current state
- h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: SHOP MEN / SHOP WOMEN; notes: CTAs are broad; users may not know what to expect.
- Change
- h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: Shop New Arrivals / Shop Bestsellers; notes: Use CTAs that direct to specific high-intent collections to reduce ambiguity and increase click-through.
- Acceptance criteria
- GIVEN a first-time visitor on the affected page
WHEN the change is live
THEN Use CTAs that direct to specific high-intent collections to reduce ambiguity and increase click-through, with no regression at 375px and 1280px widths. - Tracking
- event: cro_hero_cta_ambiguity 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
- 299,882 visitors per variant (95% significance, 80% power); not testable at current traffic.
- Rollback
- Feature-flag the change; revert the flag if the primary metric drops for 3 consecutive days.