u/DebateWilling7674

Hey guys, I finally achieved nomad status 2 weeks ago, when I left my "temporary" base in Mexico after 2.5 years of not having enough money (originally from Germany).

First place is La Serena in Chile, been here now a week and I love it. For me the perfect balance between not too big and not too small, with enough space to walk around.

Planed to stay here a month, so until the 8th of may more or less. Flight back to Santiago is already booked, but then I have another month to spend in South America, before I head back for a short stay to Mexico.

So I need to stay somewhere between 8th may and 12 June.

Initial plan was visiting Bariloche in Argentina, but I didn't know that they already only have 6 degrees (43 Fahrenheit for the Americans). That's too cold for me at the moment. I have little to no clue where to stay, it's so overwhelming to be able to go everywhere, that I can't decide.

Thought about maybe staying in Santiago or flying to Buenas Aires. Appreciate some more inspiration !

thanks guys

Hey guys, I have a Conversion rate optimization agency and wanted to ask you about the current situation of the market.

I know here are ecom owners and also agency owners, so that's perfect.

We work with our clients on a monthly retainer base, no contract and they can leave any moment, nothing is binding them to us. They always stay for years, so we don't have a problem with our service and we are delivering good results.

We currently have a problem with getting new clients, last new client came around 6-8 months ago... We did many mistakes, as you can imagine. At a point last year, we were so stuffed with client work that we destroyed all our different acquisition channels, which now is hurting as a lot.

Our ICP's are doing $1m-$10m a year, everything beneath that is most of the time not worth it.

I have often read that AI is making CRO agencies struggle a lot, which I don't understand. I get that analyzing Analytics has been evaporated, but everything else? Someone still has to evaluate if what AI says makes sense, then you have to implement it, check if it works....Yes it is easier now for someone, without any knowledge to do it, but our clients don't have the time to do this themselves, also they want someone where they can lay off the responsibility.

It's the same as saying "Car mechanics aren't necessary anymore because I can find out what's wrong with AI" Yes, you can get the knowledge but do you still want to do it yourself? We didn't lost one client because he does the work now himself.

So much to AI

I feel that CRO is now more important than ever before, given rising prices around the world, why wouldn't you have someone constantly optimizing your ecom store to get max potential out?

Ecom owners, please let me know what you think about what I have said here.
Agency owners, how is life in 2026 for you?

My brother and I run an agency that focuses on A/B testing, basically conversion rate optimization for e-commerce stores. We handle everything from the moment a visitor clicks on your ad. We don’t deal with the ads themselves.

Explanation:
We make changes to the store and test what performs better.

Example:
What generates more sales, a red or a blue “Add to Cart” button? Using a tool, we split the traffic so that 50% of visitors see the red button and 50% see the blue one. We track everything such as sales, AOV, and add-to-cart rate. This allows us to clearly determine what performs better in the end.

That’s a simplified example. Usually, the changes we test have a much bigger impact. We build and code everything ourselves. We also create custom solutions for Shopify apps so our clients don’t have to keep paying for those apps.

Our ideal clients are Shopify e-commerce stores doing between $1M and $10M per year. Anything below $1M usually doesn’t make much sense. We work long term with our clients, so these are not one-month projects. Our clients stay for years. We also don’t use contracts or minimum commitments, anyone can leave month to month.

However, we have a major problem with acquiring new clients, and that’s what this is about.

We have a 70%+ closing rate once we get on a video call, but getting to that call is the hardest part. As I mentioned, our clients stay for years. We worked with our very first client until the end of 2025, which was four years, and our second-ever client is still working with us. So the service itself isn’t the problem. Clients are happy, and we deliver real value.

We’ve worked with people from Shark Tank and an NBA Allstar. We’re also partnered with someone who worked for years with Gary Vee and Matt Higgins. I’m not trying to flex, it probably sounds better than it actually is, I’m just a bit frustrated right now.

My question to you is how I can restructure our product or service to make it more attractive to smaller stores or dropshipping stores. I assume most people here are running dropshipping stores, but correct me if I’m wrong.

I see tons of dropshipping stores every day where I can instantly identify ten conversion killers on the product page. But how do I best reach these stores? What kind of service would be most attractive to you?

Let’s assume trust is not an issue and you trust the website and our expertise right away.

What kind of offer appeals most to you?

Monthly collaboration?
A one-time rebuild of the store or product page, fully conversion optimized?
A course or PDF explaining how to do it yourself?
Simple consulting or video calls where we go through the store together and identify issues?

I’m trying to figure out the best way to package and sell our knowledge.

My brother and I run an agency that focuses on A/B testing, basically conversion rate optimization for e-commerce stores. We handle everything from the moment a visitor clicks on your ad. We don’t deal with the ads themselves.

Explanation:
We make changes to the store and test what performs better.

Example:
What generates more sales? a red or a blue “Add to Cart” button? Using a tool, we split the traffic so that 50% of visitors see the red button and 50% see the blue one. We track everything such as sales, AOV, and add-to-cart rate. This allows us to clearly determine what performs better in the end.

That’s a simplified example. Usually, the implementations we test have a much bigger impact. We build and code everything ourselves. We also create custom solutions for Shopify apps so our clients don’t have to keep paying for those apps.

Our ideal clients are Shopify e-commerce stores doing between $1M and $10M per year. Anything below $1M usually doesn’t make much sense. We work long term with our clients, so these are not one-month projects. Our clients stay for years. We also don’t use contracts or minimum commitments, anyone can leave month to month.

However, we have a major problem with acquiring new clients, and that’s what this is about.

We have a 70%+ closing rate once we get on a video call, but getting to that call is the hardest part. As I mentioned, our clients stay for years. We worked with our very first client until the end of 2025, which was four years, and our second-ever client is still working with us. So the service itself isn’t the problem. Clients are happy, and we deliver real value.

We’ve worked with people from Shark Tank and an NBA Allstar. We’re also partnered with someone who worked for years with Gary Vee and Matt Higgins. I’m not trying to flex, it probably sounds better than it actually is, I’m just a bit frustrated right now.

My question to you is how I can restructure our product or service to make it more attractive to smaller stores or dropshipping stores.

I see tons of dropshipping stores every day where I can instantly identify ten conversion killers on the product page. But how do I best reach these stores? What kind of service would be most attractive to you?

Let’s assume trust is not an issue and you trust the website and our expertise right away.

What kind of offer appeals most to you?

Monthly collaboration?
A one-time rebuild of the store or product page, fully conversion optimized?
A course or PDF explaining how to do it yourself?
Simple consulting or video calls where we go through the store together and identify issues?

I’m trying to figure out the best way to package and sell our knowledge.