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The most expensive decision ecommerce founders make isn't a bad hire or failed ad campaign.
It's deciding that "good enough" revenue is fine; without diagnosing what it's actually costing them.
Thesis: Stores don't fail loudly. They bleed quietly.
The cost of inaction isn't zero; it's just invisible.
The hidden math:
You're doing $75K/month.
• Conversion: 2.1% (feels average)
• Cart abandonment: 67% (feels normal)
• AOV: $52 (feels fine)
But what if:
• 35% of abandonment is fixable checkout friction
• Conversion could be 3.2% with proper structure
• AOV could be $67 with strategic product pages
The actual cost:
At 3.2% conversion with $67 AOV: $137K/month, not $75K.
That's $62K/month left on the table. $744K annually.
Not because you're failing. Because you never diagnosed what "normal" was costing you
Why this happen ↘
Why this happens:
No crisis = no urgency. Comparison to wrong benchmarks. Invisible incremental loss. Optimization without diagnosis.
The reframe:
Inaction isn't neutral. It's accepting preventable loss as normal.
And that compounds daily.
You need to see:
• Where revenue leaks (not...
Really strong framing. “Not broken, bleeding quietly” is such a powerful psychological reframe — it shifts the conversation from blame → awareness. Subtle but very persuasive positioning.
Indeed, you get the idea 👌🏿
Absolutely 👌 Curious — do you see this issue often with client projects?
Yes, of course I do. especially with a project I got through LinkedIn recently
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