E-commerce Optimisation
Audit Shopify or Amazon stores and implement improvements that lift conversion rate, average order value, and return on ad spend. Results-based model builds strong trust and makes renewals easy to justify.
Earning potential
$2K–$8K/mo
Time to first income
3-6 weeks
Difficulty
Intermediate
Why E-commerce Optimisation works in 2026
An e-commerce store doing $100K/mo at 2% conversion rate would do $150K/mo at 3%. That's $50K/mo in new revenue from better pages - not more ad spend. Your job is to find and implement those changes. Clients pay well because your fee is a rounding error compared to what the improvements are worth.
Your first milestone
Deliver 2 free mini-audits and convert at least 1 into a $1,500+ paid full audit within 14 days.
Step-by-step: how to start
The first 10 steps are public. The full playbook (14 steps + templates + ongoing support) is inside the $199 membership.
- 01
Learn the 5 core levers of e-commerce growth: (1) Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO), (2) Email and SMS marketing, (3) Average Order Value (AOV) improvements, (4) Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), and (5) Customer Lifetime Value (LTV). You don't need to be an expert in all 5 - pick 2-3 to specialise in first.
- 02
Build your Audit Framework: a 20-point diagnostic covering the most common e-commerce issues. Include: homepage clarity, product page quality, checkout friction, email capture rate, upsell/cross-sell presence, ad attribution accuracy, email list segmentation, and mobile experience.
- 03
Install Hotjar (free tier) on your own test store or a friend's store to see heatmaps and session recordings. Watching real users click around a store for 30 minutes teaches you more than any course.
- 04
Create your 'Free Mini-Audit' offer: a 10-minute review of one page (homepage, product page, or checkout) where you identify 3 specific issues and what to do about each. This is your lead magnet.
- 05
Identify 20 stores to approach: Shopify's 'Built on Shopify' showcases, Amazon sellers with 3-4 star product reviews (they have room to improve), or e-commerce brands running Meta or Google ads (you can see their ads in the Ads Library).
- 06
Reach out with a specific observation about their store: 'I looked at your checkout flow and found 3 points where shoppers are likely dropping off. Happy to share what I found in a quick 15-min call?' Specificity converts much better than generic offers.
- 07
Convert 30-50% of free audit recipients to paid engagements: offer a Full Store Audit ($1,500-$3,000) that covers the complete 20-point diagnostic plus a prioritised implementation roadmap.
- 08
Deliver your Full Audit as a structured report: (1) Executive Summary with the top 3 issues, (2) Detailed findings with screenshots, (3) Prioritised recommendations sorted by impact and ease, (4) 90-day roadmap.
- 09
From the audit, propose an Implementation Retainer ($2K-$4K/mo): you handle or oversee the implementation of your recommendations over 90 days. Weekly check-ins, monthly reporting on key metrics.
- 10
Track and report on meaningful improvements monthly: conversion rate, average order value, email revenue, ROAS. Present these in a simple 'Revenue Impact' dashboard - the dollars your work generates are the best justification for renewal.
4 more steps + templates + ongoing support inside the membership
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What's included in the membership for E-commerce Optimisation
- ✓Store audit checklist (20-point)
- ✓Mini-audit report template
- ✓Full audit report structure
- ✓90-day optimisation roadmap
- ✓Monthly impact dashboard
- ✓Client proposal
- ✓The complete 14-step playbook (not just the first 10)
- ✓Access to all 29 other income streams + community + weekly training
30-day money-back guarantee · lifetime access · no recurring fees
Common mistakes (avoid these)
Recommending changes without baseline data - you need before metrics to prove after improvements
Trying to fix everything at once - prioritise the top 3 changes by impact and do those first
Not tracking your results rigorously - if you can't show the numbers, you can't justify the renewal
Working with stores doing under $20K/mo - the fee becomes a significant percentage and budget approval gets hard
Key metrics to track
- Conversion rate lift per client
- Average order value lift
- Email revenue as % of total revenue
- Active retainer clients
- Monthly recurring revenue
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