Better Business, Easier.
Shopify store audits & optimization
SGM Studios reviews your store’s speed, navigation, product pages, cart rules, and authorized analytics. You receive a ranked action plan your team can use, without being pushed into a redesign.
$1,500 USD·$500 deposit credited to the total·Target delivery within 72 hours after the agreed access and starting data are complete
Why an audit
The audit is for teams that know something could be better but do not want to spend money changing the wrong thing.
We help you find where checkout friction may be getting in the way — before you spend more to bring in new traffic.
Put observations, possible explanations, and actual measurements in separate boxes.
Leave with a short plan showing what to fix, test, delay, or leave alone.
What you receive
Every recommendation explains what was seen, why it matters, what still needs proof, who should own the next step, and how to tell whether the change helped.
Each item is labelled as observed, measured, a possible explanation, or something that still needs your data.
A clear order for what to fix, test, delay, or leave alone, with estimated effort and an owner.
The numbers and customer groups to record before changes are made, so later results can be judged fairly.
A 30-minute working session your internal team or current agency can use.
What gets reviewed
Core Web Vitals (how quickly pages load, respond, and stop moving), by device and key page type.
Menus, collections, search results, filters, no-result pages, and how products are organized.
Offer clarity, images, variants, trust information, bundles, subscriptions, and mobile add-to-cart.
Discount conflicts, gifts, shipping thresholds, subscription states, and whether the cart remembers choices.
Whether important actions are recorded, where the funnel breaks, and which questions still lack data.
Friction that can be observed before checkout, without claiming control over parts of Shopify that are outside the scope.
A real decision format
“Possible explanation” means a reasonable idea to test—not a claim that the store is broken. Your analytics and approved interaction data decide whether a change moves forward.
Free checkout-risk preview
Choose what best matches your store today. You are not being asked to verify technical conditions. This quick preview uses only your answers; it does not inspect your store, confirm a defect, or estimate financial impact.
0 of 6 answeredSelf-reported preview: “Yes” can mean a more complex cart path deserves attention; it does not mean something is broken. “Not sure” is a useful answer.
Illustrative scenario
Standard cart baselineComplete the six answers to receive one or two representative review cards. Category labels are secondary; each card shows what SGM would actually investigate.
Answer the six questions to select a representative cart state.
The completed card will identify cart totals, messages, offer rules, or the path into checkout that could deserve review.
The paid audit compares expected rules with observed behaviour and authorized merchant information.
Complete the preview. SGM will show which single scenario the paid audit would document first.
Outcome note: SGM Studios’ audit findings, recommendations, and any illustrative scenarios are informed by available evidence and the information reviewed. They are not guarantees or projections of future revenue, profit, conversion rate, sales, or other business results. Actual outcomes depend on many factors outside SGM Studios’ control, including implementation decisions, pricing, products, traffic quality, customer behavior, platform changes, competition, and market conditions.
How it works
Share the store URL, approximate traffic, the decision you need to make, and timing. No account access is needed.
SGM replies with a written scope, exact inclusions and exclusions, access list, timing, payment terms, and an available start window.
After the deposit and minimum required access are complete, SGM confirms the start time and the 72-hour target begins.
Ways to work together
Start here
Free
A six-question, self-reported preview with one or two illustrative cart review cards. No login, email gate, store inspection, or automatic submission.
Run the preview ↗Core offer
$1,500 USD
A focused audit, ranked plan, evidence pack, and recorded walkthrough. The $500 deposit is credited to the total.
Request an audit ↗After the audit
Custom scope
A short implementation project for the highest-priority improvements your team chooses to make after the audit.
Discuss a sprint ↗Ongoing work
Custom scope
Ongoing measurement, testing, and improvement for stores with enough traffic and a team that can act.
Check suitability ↗Need theme work, analytics help, maintenance, audio production, plugin development, or workflow automation? See the complete service list. Availability and final scope are always confirmed in writing.
A good fit
Probably not a fit
Who you work with
A practical mix of production experience, software development, and careful measurement.
Scott has worked in professional audio production since 2009 and builds software, automation, and digital systems around real operating problems. The same approach guides Shopify work: make the problem clear, separate facts from theories, protect client information, and hand over something the team can use.
You receive clear recommendations, plain-language documentation, and a handoff your team or current agency can use. The written project scope identifies the exact deliverables and responsibilities before work begins.
Plain answers
It is a six-question, self-reported preview that turns your answers into one illustrative cart scenario and shows how SGM structures a finding. It does not inspect your store, verify a defect, score the business, or estimate financial impact.
SGM reviews the agreed public storefront and authorized merchant information, checks representative cart states, and delivers an evidence map, ranked action plan, starting measurements, and a recorded walkthrough. The written scope confirms the exact inclusions and exclusions.
No login is required for the first fit check. After the scope is accepted, SGM may request the public store URL, relevant theme and app context, discount, bundle, and shipping rules, read-only analytics or approved exports, recent change notes, and one person who can answer questions. Only the agreed minimum access should be provided.
The audit fee is $1,500 USD. The $500 USD deposit is credited toward that fee; it is not an extra charge. The written scope and invoice confirm taxes, remaining-balance timing, cancellation terms, and any approved third-party costs before payment.
A documented evidence map, ranked action plan, starting-measurement brief, and recorded walkthrough that the client’s team or current agency can use. Optional implementation is scoped and priced separately.
Only after the written scope is accepted, the required deposit is received, all agreed access and starting information are complete, and SGM confirms the start in writing. The written scope controls the schedule.
No. SGM provides a rigorous diagnostic, documented evidence, prioritization, and recommendations. Outcomes depend on client decisions, implementation, products, pricing, traffic, customer behaviour, platforms, competition, and other factors outside SGM’s control.
It is for Shopify merchants with a live store, meaningful customer activity, a decision-maker who can supply authorized information, and a team or partner able to act on prioritized recommendations. It is not for businesses seeking guaranteed results or formal legal, tax, security, or accessibility certification.
You still receive what appears sound, what should be left alone, which questions lack evidence, and what to monitor next. Avoiding low-value work is a useful result.
Legal and service notes
SGM Studios provides audit, research, advisory, and optional implementation services under a written scope. Clients remain responsible for business and implementation decisions. No revenue, conversion, profit, sales, ranking, uptime, or platform-approval result is guaranteed. SGM’s services do not replace professional legal, accounting, or tax advice.
Request an audit
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