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Hotjar

Visitors see pricing and leave confused

Cut your pricing options

More choices means more anxiety. Fewer tiers, higher conversion.

MonetizationBeginner
1-2 weeks to test

When to use

You have 4+ pricing tiers and see people clustering in low tiers or abandoning on the pricing page.

Hypothesis template

If we reduce from [X] pricing tiers to [Y], more people will buy because there's less to figure out.

Method

The problem: You have 5 pricing tiers because you wanted to give options.
But people land on your pricing page, get overwhelmed, and leave.

What Hotjar tested: Cut from 5 tiers to 3 (removed the two cheapest options).

What happened: Revenue went UP. Not down. Up. More people chose higher tiers
when they weren't anchored by cheap options.

Why this works:

  • More options = more anxiety = more "I'll decide later" (which means never)
  • Cheap options set low expectations
  • Middle options look better when not surrounded by noise

How to try it:

  1. Look at which tiers people actually choose
  2. Find tiers that just anchor people low without adding revenue
  3. Test removing or consolidating them
  4. Watch conversion AND average revenue (not just conversion)
  5. Talk to users—some may genuinely need a cheap tier

Warning: Don't just remove cheap options without understanding why people
chose them.

Success metrics

  • •Pricing page conversion
  • •Average revenue per user
  • •Which tier people choose
  • •Time on pricing page

Prerequisites

  • Pricing page with conversion tracking
  • Enough traffic to test
  • Understanding of why people choose each tier

Common pitfalls

  • •Removing tiers users genuinely need
  • •Not testing before full rollout
  • •Only measuring conversion, not revenue

Source: Hotjar. Cutting tiers increased revenue.

Suggested ICE scores

7Impact
7Confidence
8Ease
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