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Shipping, returns and guarantee shown near the top


01What we found
Only returns was found in the announcement, hero, or beside Add to cart.
02Why it costs sales
Unexpected costs and return worries are top abandonment reasons; stating them early reduces anxiety before the shopper invests effort.
03The fix. Who: Content/Ops
- 1Add a static row of 2 to 4 short reassurances (delivery threshold, returns window, dispatch time) under the header; don't rely on a rotating announcement bar.
04What should change
Med impact on returning-visitor CVR
Excluding 'just browsing', 40% of US shoppers who abandoned cited extra costs too high and 13% cited an unsatisfactory returns policy (Baymard abandonment survey).
benchmark, not this store's forecast
If we show a short USP bar ('Free delivery over $75 · 30-day returns · Ships in 2 days') under the header, then add-to-cart rate will rise, because shoppers' cost and risk questions are answered up front.