Ecommerce CRO case study · Beauty & DTC

Conversion-First Shopify Redesign for a Beauty Device Brand

1% → 4% conversionEducation-first redesign3 markets

Sensica is a ten year old beauty device brand with real retail distribution but a Shopify store that barely converted. We rebuilt it to teach first and sell second, then compounded it with roughly six months of CRO work.

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Results at a glance

From barely converting to 4%

1%

Before · conversion

4%

After · conversion

1% → 4%

On-site conversion (founder stated)

~6 months

Redesign + CRO retainer

2 pages

Education-first flagships

3 markets

Localized US, UK, Europe

The client

Meet Sensica

A ten year old beauty device brand (IPL hair removal, anti aging, body care) with real retail distribution across the US, UK, and Europe. Retail worked; the Shopify store did not.

Industry

Beauty devices

Platform

Shopify

Markets

US · UK · Europe

Engagement

Redesign + CRO retainer

The challenge

A brochure, not a sales channel

A decade of retail trust had not transferred online. Against a 3% internal target, the store was doing the job of a brochure while every buying signal leaked away.

Audit snapshot

Starting conversion1%
Internal target3%
Product ratings4 to 4.2
MarketsUS · UK · EU

What was holding it back

  • A store that functioned as a brochure
  • Ratings stuck at 4 to 4.2
  • Collections doing the product page's job
  • Thin trust signals, no US address
  • One experience across three markets

The work

A store that explains, reassures, then sells

We rebuilt the store to behave like a good retail associate: explain the technology, reassure the buyer, then ask for the sale. Every change moved education into the buying path.

What we shipped

Education-first landing pagesCollections stripped, PDPs deepenedA trust layer doing the work of a storefrontCustom Dawn build, Figma firstMulti language, multi marketKlaviyo email and capture

What did not work

PDP collage visual section

The goal

Add a richer visual block to the product page.

What happened

Underperformed and was cut.

What we learned

Not every experiment lands. We remove what loses instead of defending it.

Testimonial

In the founder's words

Marina Mevzos, founder of Sensica

“After working with them, my conversion increased from 1% to 4%. They helped me with both the redesign and redevelopment of my store.”

Marina Mevzos

Founder, Sensica

FAQ

What this means if you're planning a redesign

Build the explanation into the page itself, do not leave it to your collection copy or your FAQ. If a first time visitor has to hunt for how the product works, most of them leave before they trust the price.

Your store could be next

If your product needs explaining before it can be trusted, your store should do the explaining.

Start with the $2,000 CRO audit that finds exactly where your store leaks revenue, then a prioritized roadmap you can act on with or without us.

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