Some founders reach a stage where hiring a full-time conversion optimisation consultant or a conversion rate optimisation consultancy starts to look reasonable. Before that step, it is worth getting a single, focused review of what is actually driving support tickets, churn or stalled growth.

The Growth Review — the Retention Review on our pricing table — is a $349, fixed-scope review of your support experience, built for founders acting as their own conversion optimisation specialist and looking for a second opinion.

Your Situation

What 'Live and Used, but Friction Is Growing' Usually Looks Like

The product has real, paying users. It is not a launch problem anymore — it is a wear problem. Support tickets are trending up, a noticeable share of users churn within the first few months, or growth that used to feel steady has flattened even though nothing obviously changed.

At this stage the friction is rarely in one visible place. It is spread across support interactions, in-product messaging, and the small accumulated gap between what the product promises on the way in and what it actually delivers once someone has been using it for a while.

Scope

A Single Review, Not a Retainer

Some founders reach for an ongoing consultant at this stage. This is the lighter-weight first step.

This review

  • One fixed-price review, $349
  • Delivered in 5 business days
  • No ongoing commitment
  • A specific, actionable starting point

An ongoing consultancy retainer

  • Recurring monthly cost
  • Makes most sense once the obvious issues are already fixed
  • Useful for continuous testing at meaningful traffic
  • A bigger commitment than most founders need to start

What's Reviewed

What Gets Reviewed

Support experience

How well your support flow — chat, help docs, contact paths — actually serves users.

Support and chatbot scorecard

A structured score of what is working and what is adding friction.

Retention-relevant messaging

Whether in-product and account messaging reduces or increases churn risk.

B2B conversion rate optimisation considerations

Where relevant, how longer B2B consideration cycles change what to prioritize.

Growth blockers

Friction that is quietly capping growth even though the product is technically working.

Example Findings

What This Can Look Like in Practice

Hypothetical examples, for illustration only — not findings from a real client review.

Example

Support tickets repeatedly ask a question the product's own help documentation already answers clearly.

What a review would flag
Users are hitting friction before, or instead of, finding existing help content.
Why it matters
This usually points to a discoverability or in-product-messaging problem, not a documentation problem — the answer existing is not the same as the answer being found.

Example

A churned-user survey shows 'did not get enough value' as the top reason, but usage data shows those same users only tried one of several core features.

What a review would flag
A gap between what the product can do and what users actually discovered.
Why it matters
This is often a messaging and onboarding issue rather than a product gap — the value existed, but nothing surfaced it before the user gave up.

Deliverables

What You Receive

A branded PDF report

A written breakdown of what was reviewed, organized by priority rather than a flat list of observations.

Length scales with the review — see the package pages for specifics.

A personal video walkthrough

A screen-recorded walkthrough of your product in the reviewer's own words, so tone and context are not lost in a document alone.

Roughly 20 minutes, watch at your own pace.

A prioritized action plan

A clear next-steps list detailed enough to hand to a developer or designer, or work through yourself.

Ordered by visitor impact, not by ease of implementation.

Fit

Who This Is For

Your product is live and used, but support tickets, churn or stalled growth suggest friction that is not visible from the outside.

Suitable for

  • SaaS founders
  • MicroSaaS founders
  • Prelaunch products
  • Live, post-launch products

Not suitable for

  • Non-English-language platforms or audiences
  • Agencies buying on behalf of clients
  • Local service businesses
  • Freelancer portfolio sites
  • Ecommerce stores

Process

What Happens Next

Same five-step process as every review — {{link:/process/|see the Process page}} — scoped to a 5 business day turnaround.

  1. Choose your review.

    Pick the package that matches your stage.

  2. Complete a short onboarding form.

    No meeting required — just the context needed to review your product.

  3. Your product gets reviewed.

    A personal, founder-led review against the areas listed above.

  4. Receive your review.

    A written report and a personal video walkthrough, delivered within the timeframe for your package.

  5. Implement at your own pace.

    Hand the report to a developer or designer, or work through it yourself.

See the full process

FAQ

Questions before you buy.

Is this an ongoing consultancy engagement?

No. It is a single, fixed-scope review, not a retainer or conversion rate optimisation consultancy engagement — see the comparison above.

Do you work with B2B SaaS specifically?

Yes, including B2B conversion rate optimisation considerations like longer sales cycles and multiple stakeholders.

What is a support/chatbot scorecard?

A structured breakdown of how your support channels perform against the things that most affect retention.

Is this the same as the Retention Review on the homepage?

Yes. Growth Review is how this package is described here; Retention Review is its name on the homepage pricing table.

What if my main issue is signups, not support?

The Post-Launch Review may be the better fit — see the package comparison for guidance.

How is this different from the conversion review service?

The conversion review focuses on the path to signup. This package looks at the experience of users who are already signed up and active — support, retention and in-product messaging specifically.

Ready when you are

Ready when you are.

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