Fudge can run a 140-point CRO audit

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Trust & Conversion

AI Shopify CRO audit with a 140-point checklist — header, hero, products, social proof, FAQ, footer scored against best practices with expected impact.

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Run a CRO audit. Prioritized fixes ranked by impact.

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Run a CRO audit on my store. Check header & navigation, hero section, featured categories, featured products, social proof, FAQ, and footer against best practices. Surface a prioritized list with expected impact.

Pattern
[Audit scope] + [Output format] + [Priority criteria] — Fudge fills in the rest (brand voice, fonts, photography, shipping, schema) from your store.
You say
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CRO audit
Audit type
Prioritized fixes ranked by impact
Output format
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140-point checklist across all key areas
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Header, hero, categories, products, social proof, FAQ, footer
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Best practice comparison
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Best practices from auditing thousands of Shopify stores — what to look for, how to prioritize, what actually moves the needle
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Expected impact per fix
Key takeaways
  • Audits header, hero, categories, products, trust, FAQ, footer.
  • 140 checkpoints grounded in conversion research.
  • Each issue has an expected impact rating.
  • Wins ranked by impact ÷ effort.

What you're trying to do

CRO audits done well find dozens of small wins that compound. The hard part is knowing which 140 things to check, and which to prioritize. Fudge encodes the checklist, runs it against your store, and gives you an ordered work list — most can be fixed by Fudge directly with the next prompt.

Things to watch out for

  • Checklist breadth — Fudge covers the full funnel, not just one page.
  • Impact estimates — Fudge bases this on published industry benchmarks.
  • Auto-fix — Fudge can apply most wins with a follow-up prompt.
  • Ongoing — Fudge re-runs quarterly to catch new issues as the store evolves.
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How Fudge does it

Fudge runs the audit against your live store — no changes made — and delivers a prioritized report with specific findings ranked by impact. Any fix can be applied in one tap: Fudge writes the change into a draft theme so your live store stays untouched until you preview, approve, and publish.

What a 140-point CRO audit actually finds

Most CRO audits are surface-level: hero is too long, CTA isn’t prominent, checkout has too many fields. Useful, but they miss the structural problems — conversion drops at specific funnel steps, mobile-specific failures, paid-vs-organic conversion gaps. A 140-point audit runs through everything systematically, ranks by impact, and gives you the prioritized list of what to fix first.

When to run this audit

Run the CRO audit if your conversion rate has plateaued, dropped, or never been audited rigorously. Especially worth doing before high-stakes campaigns (BFCM, product launches) when small conversion lifts translate to meaningful revenue lifts.

The audit takes time but the payoff is durable. A list of 30 prioritized fixes — even if you ship 10 — moves the needle meaningfully.

What makes a great audit

  • 140 checkpoints across all conversion surfaces — header, hero, featured categories, products, social proof, FAQ, footer. Comprehensive, not selective.
  • Impact ranking on every finding — “potential 8% lift” vs. “potential 0.3% lift” tells you what to ship first.
  • Mobile vs. desktop scoring — most stores have hidden mobile-specific failures that don’t surface in desktop audits.
  • Actionable fix descriptions — not “improve hero” but “rewrite hero subhead to clarify the offer; reduce CTA padding by 4px; add benefits-bar below.”
  • Auto-fix option — for findings where Fudge can apply the change directly with a follow-up prompt.

Common mistakes to avoid

The biggest mistake is auditing without prioritizing. A list of 80 findings without impact rankings means you ship the easy ones (low impact) instead of the hard ones (high impact). Always start with the highest-impact items.

The second mistake is auditing without tracking. Run the audit, ship the fixes, then re-audit in 4–6 weeks to measure the impact. Without the loop, you don’t know what worked.

Pair this with a conversion funnel audit and mobile UX audit — three complementary audits covering different layers of the conversion stack.

Common questions

Where does the 140-point checklist come from?
Curated from published CRO research and our own data across thousands of Shopify stores.
Can I add custom checks?
Yes — Fudge can extend the checklist with brand-specific rules.
Is this just an automated checklist?
It's automated where possible. Some checks (like 'is the headline clear?') still need human judgment — Fudge flags them for your review.

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