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High
Homepage
Hero CTA ambiguity
The hero CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and do not communicate a value proposition, reducing click-through motivation.
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⚠ Hero CTA ambiguityThe hero CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and do not communicate a value proposition, reducing click-through motivation.
Fix
Evidence
Observed on the live site
✓ Flagged independently by 1 of 7 analysts
- The homepage hero section contains CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' with no additional context or urgency.
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 CTAs 'SHOP MEN' and 'SHOP WOMEN' are generic and do not communicate a value proposition, reducing click-through motivation.
- Current state
- h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: SHOP MEN / SHOP WOMEN; notes: CTAs are generic, no mention of new arrivals, bestsellers, or specific products.
- Change
- h1: Wildly Comfortable. Super Natural.; cta: Shop New Arrivals; notes: Use CTAs that highlight specific collections or value propositions, e.g., 'Shop New Arrivals' or 'Explore Bestsellers'.
- Acceptance criteria
- GIVEN a first-time visitor on the affected page
WHEN the change is live
THEN Use CTAs that highlight specific collections or value propositions, e.g., 'Shop New Arrivals' or 'Explore Bestsellers', 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.