CRO AUDIT

The conversion problem isn't the traffic — it's the friction on the page

Your paid campaigns are running across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. The clicks are landing. But the enquiries don't reflect the spend. A CRO Audit finds the specific friction points preventing your paid traffic from converting — the trust signal that's missing, the form that's losing people mid-way, the mobile layout that breaks the CTA — so you fix the right things, not the obvious ones.

5-day audit turnaround · Prioritised friction list with revenue impact estimates · 30-day optimisation roadmap included · Built from your actual pages and traffic — not generic checklists
This is for you if

This audit is for businesses where the traffic is working but the page isn't

You're getting traffic but not enquiries — The campaign metrics look reasonable. Clicks are coming in, cost per click is within range, and sessions are up. But the form submissions aren't following. You've adjusted the ad. You've changed the headline. The enquiries still aren't moving. The page is the problem — and it needs a systematic look, not another round of guessing.

Your cost per lead looks acceptable but quality is low — The CRM is filling up but the leads aren't converting to clients. Something in the message between ad and page is attracting the wrong intent or creating the wrong expectation. That misalignment costs you time in sales, and it compounds the longer it runs without being diagnosed.

Your page was designed for brand, not conversion — The page was built to look professional and communicate your positioning. It does that. But professional-looking pages and high-converting pages are built with different objectives, and the gap between them shows up in your conversion rate. A CRO Audit looks at your page the way a sceptical visitor from your target audience does — and identifies what needs to change.

What's broken

Four friction sources that drive down conversion rates on Australian paid landing pages

Messaging mismatch between ad and page

Australian consumers make fast judgements. When the ad sets one expectation and the page delivers something different — even slightly — the cognitive mismatch registers immediately. If your ad promotes a specific offer, a specific audience, or a specific outcome, the page needs to mirror that language precisely. Generic pages receiving specific ad traffic is one of the most common and most expensive conversion errors we find.

Missing or misplaced trust signals

Australian buyers look for proof before they commit. Reviews with a platform name attached (Google, Product Review, Trustpilot), industry certifications, recognisable client names, and verifiable credentials carry real conversion weight. A trust section that uses vague testimonials or stock headshots, or that appears only at the bottom of the page after the CTA, is doing almost no conversion work. We audit what's present, where it sits in the scroll sequence, and whether it's the type of proof your specific audience responds to.

Form friction and field count

An Australian services business can lose 30–50% of form starters at the field count stage. Every additional field that isn't strictly necessary for the first conversion step is a risk. Labels that are unclear, error states that aren't helpful, and mobile keyboards that trigger in the wrong format all contribute to abandonment. The form audit is one of the highest-impact elements of the review.

Mobile layout that breaks the CTA

More than 60% of paid traffic in Australian consumer and SME markets lands on mobile. A CTA button that's below the fold on a standard iPhone screen, a layout that collapses on Android, or a page that loads slowly on a 4G connection is losing real conversions every day. Mobile layout testing on actual device sizes — not just a desktop browser emulator — is part of the audit.

What we engineer

Eight areas we audit on every page receiving paid traffic

Above-the-fold messaging match

We assess whether the language, offer, and visual hierarchy of the above-the-fold section directly mirrors what the ad communicated. If a visitor has to search for what they came for, the page has already lost most of them.

CTA hierarchy and placement

We map all CTAs on the page, assess the clarity of the primary action, and check visibility without scrolling on both desktop and mobile. We identify whether secondary CTAs are competing with the primary conversion goal or supporting it.

Trust signal placement and relevance

We audit the type, specificity, and placement of trust signals relative to the primary conversion point. For Australian audiences, this includes assessment of whether review platform logos, credential badges, and case study formats are appropriate for the audience and the offer.

Form UX and field count

We review every field in every form for necessity, label clarity, mobile keyboard behaviour, and error state design. We identify the specific fields most likely to cause abandonment and recommend the minimum viable field set for the conversion goal.

Social proof relevance and specificity

We assess whether your testimonials and case studies contain the specificity needed to move a sceptical Australian buyer — named clients, industries, outcomes with numbers, and context that makes the result feel real and applicable to the next visitor.

Page speed and Core Web Vitals

We test your pages against Google's Core Web Vitals benchmarks and identify which metrics are failing, what's causing the failures, and what the estimated conversion impact is. Slow pages rank lower and convert lower — both costs are real.

Mobile layout integrity

We test on multiple screen sizes with attention to CTA visibility, tap-target sizing, font readability, and layout stability on iOS and Android. Desktop-only design testing misses a majority of your actual paid traffic.

Thank-you page and follow-up sequence

We review what a visitor experiences after they convert. A missing or weak thank-you page removes the conversion confirmation that reduces buyer's remorse. A missing follow-up sequence means no system to warm the lead between submission and sales contact.

What changes

What you receive at the end of the audit

Before
After
Before Prioritised friction list
After Every friction point is documented, categorised, and ranked by estimated conversion impact. The list is structured for action — highest impact items first, with enough context to understand why each item is ranked where it is.
Before Revenue impact estimates per fix
After Each friction point is accompanied by an estimated conversion improvement and, where possible, a revenue impact estimate based on your traffic volume and average transaction value. These estimates give you a basis for prioritising implementation effort against the potential return.
Before 30-day optimisation roadmap
After The friction list is translated into a sequenced 30-day plan with specific actions, copy recommendations, layout changes, and technical fixes. The roadmap tells you what to do, in what order, and what to measure to confirm the improvement.
Before Test framework for ongoing improvement
After We identify which changes are high-confidence enough to implement directly and which should be A/B tested. We outline the test structure, the primary metric, and the sample size required to reach significance. For Australian businesses running meaningful paid traffic volumes, this framework becomes the operating model for ongoing conversion improvement.
Common questions

FAQ

How long does a CRO Audit take?

The audit is completed in five business days from the date you provide access and confirm the URLs. The five-day window covers the full audit, report writing, and the debrief session. Contact au@ignitednepal.com if you need the audit delivered on a specific timeline.

Do I need a minimum volume of traffic for the audit to be worthwhile?

The audit is useful at any traffic level. Friction in messaging, trust signals, form UX, and mobile layout exists regardless of volume and can be identified and fixed without A/B testing. For pages with lower traffic, we structure the recommendations as direct implementation rather than split testing, and note which fixes are test-dependent once volume grows.

Will the audit cover my Google Ads and Meta campaigns?

The audit covers the landing pages receiving paid traffic and the conversion paths on those pages. We review your ad creative as context for assessing the message match between ad and page, but campaign restructuring is not part of the CRO Audit scope. If campaign-level issues are identified during the review, we flag them separately.

How does this differ from a standard website review?

A website review typically assesses the site against general best practice. A CRO Audit is built around the specific pages receiving paid traffic, the specific audience those ads are targeting, and the specific conversion goal those pages are meant to achieve. The findings are tied to your actual traffic and your actual conversion gap — not a generic checklist.

What happens after the audit — do you implement the changes?

The CRO Audit delivers the findings, the prioritised list, and the roadmap. Implementation is a separate engagement. Many clients implement the roadmap using their existing development and copy resources. If you need implementation support, contact au@ignitednepal.com to discuss scope and pricing.

Our team

The people behind the work

Not a black box. Real specialists you can call, with their names on the work.

Niraj Raut

Niraj Raut

Founder — Ecommerce SEO
Keshab Joshi

Keshab Joshi

PPC Expert
Hawrry Bhattarai

Hawrry Bhattarai

Google Ads Expert
Arogya Rijal

Arogya Rijal

SaaS SEO Expert
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Find out what's stopping your paid traffic from converting

The spend is running. The traffic is landing. But the conversions aren't following — and the gap has a specific cause. The audit takes five days and tells you exactly what to fix, in what order, and what each fix is worth.

5-day turnaround. Prioritised friction list, revenue impact estimates, and 30-day roadmap included.