Hyderabad, India · Founder of Calyx Core
Shopify CRO

Convert the traffic
you already pay for.

Stores designed to sell, not just look good. Product pages, collections, cart flow and trust UX optimised so more of your existing visitors actually buy.

Get a CRO audit

In short

Shopify CRO is the work of getting more of the visitors you already have to buy. I'm Vishal Pothur, a Hyderabad-based Shopify consultant, and I audit your product pages, cart, checkout, trust signals and mobile speed, then ship prioritised fixes and tests so the traffic you already pay for turns into more orders.

Overview

The cheapest growth you have.

Before you spend more to get more visitors, fix the leaks in the store you already have. A 10% lift in conversion is a 10% raise on every rupee you already spend on ads.

I work through the product page, cart and checkout - removing friction, sharpening clarity and adding trust exactly where the buying decision happens.

Best for
Stores with traffic, low CR
Focus
PDP · Cart · Checkout
Deliverables
UX fixes · Trust · Speed
Outcome
Higher conversion rate
What's included

What a CRO engagement covers.

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PDP

Product pages

Outcome-led PDPs that answer objections and drive add-to-cart.

Cart

Cart flow

Fewer decisions, clearer costs, less abandonment.

Checkout

Checkout UX

Speed, trust and zero surprises where it matters most.

Trust

Trust signals

Reviews, returns and brand cues placed to lift confidence.

Speed

Performance

Mobile speed fixes that stop you losing buyers on load.

Testing

A/B testing

Structured tests so changes are proven, not guessed.

How it works

A clear path from audit to scale.

01 - Audit

Audit & discovery

I dig into your data, funnel and unit economics to find where the leverage and the leaks actually are.

02 - Plan

Strategy & roadmap

A prioritised plan tied to revenue targets - not a checklist of random tactics.

03 - Build

Execution & testing

We ship weekly with a disciplined testing cadence, so learnings compound fast.

04 - Scale

Scale & optimise

Double down on winners, cut the losers, and grow what's already working.

FAQ

Shopify CRO questions, answered.

Do I need more traffic or better CRO? +
If you have traffic but a low conversion rate, CRO is almost always the higher-ROI move first.
Will this work on my theme? +
Yes - most wins come from UX, clarity and trust changes that work on any well-built Shopify theme.
How do you prove it worked? +
Through conversion-rate movement measured against a clean baseline, and through structured A/B tests where traffic volume allows. Every change is tied to add-to-cart, checkout and purchase data, not opinions about design.

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Leaking revenue at checkout?

Get a CRO audit and recover the orders you're already paying for.

What does a Shopify CRO audit include?

A Shopify CRO audit walks the real buying path on mobile and desktop, checks the funnel data behind it, and ranks every leak by the revenue it's costing. You get a list of fixes for product pages, cart, checkout and speed, ordered so the biggest losses get fixed first, not the easiest ones.

  • Funnel by device: sessions to add-to-cart to checkout to purchase
  • Above the fold on mobile: price, variants, delivery estimate and buy button visible without scrolling
  • Variant, size and out-of-stock handling on product pages
  • Cart clarity: shipping cost, COD charges and discount codes shown before checkout
  • Payment options such as UPI, cards and COD, and where buyers drop
  • Tracking check: GA4 and Meta purchase events matched against Shopify orders

I start with the numbers, then place real orders on a mid-range Android phone over mobile data, because that's how most Indian shoppers see your store.

Which Shopify CRO fixes should come first?

Fix what breaks the purchase before what polishes it. Broken tracking, slow mobile load, hidden shipping costs and variant errors come first because they lose buyers who've already decided. Copy, layout and design changes come after, once the data is clean enough to tell you whether they worked.

The expensive mistakes usually come from doing too much at once. A full redesign changes dozens of things together, so you can't tell which change helped and which hurt. Stacking CRO apps is the other trap: popups, countdown timers, upsell widgets and spin wheels each add scripts, and together they can slow the page enough to cancel out whatever they were meant to gain.

I'd rather ship one clear fix a week and watch the step it targets than launch a new theme and hope. Small, measured changes are also easier to roll back if a fix doesn't hold up.

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