Our Story

We Built ecom lab Because Bad Product Pages Were Costing Brands Millions

Founded in Tokyo in 2022, ecom lab is a conversion research and education studio focused exclusively on eCommerce product page design. We exist to close the gap between great products and the pages that should be selling them.

200+Brand audits completed
$48MIn client revenue influenced
4,200+Newsletter subscribers
Social Proof Design
User Journey Flowchart
"Every great product deserves a product page that does it justice."

Too many exceptional products fail online not because of the product itself, but because the page selling it was designed by someone who didn't understand conversion psychology.

Our mission is to give every eCommerce team — from solo founders to enterprise brands — the knowledge, frameworks, and tools to design product pages that work as hard as their products.

We're obsessively focused on one thing: the gap between a customer's arrival and their purchase decision. Everything we publish, research, and build is designed to help close that gap.

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Our Core Principles

These aren't corporate values we posted and forgot. They shape every article, every framework, and every recommendation we make.

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Data Over Opinion

Every recommendation we make is backed by test data, session recordings, or peer-reviewed research. We don't do "best practices" without knowing why they're best.

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Specificity Beats Generality

"Make your CTA stand out" is useless advice. "Use a minimum 4:1 contrast ratio and 48px height on a button with an action verb" is useful. We always go deep.

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The Shopper's Perspective First

Every design decision gets evaluated through one question: "Does this make it easier or harder for a real shopper to make a purchase decision?" The answer overrides everything else.

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Continuous Testing

CRO is not a project. It's a practice. We believe in the compound effect of continuous small improvements — running tests, learning, and iterating indefinitely.

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Accessible Education

The knowledge that turns a 1.5% conversion rate into a 4% conversion rate shouldn't only exist inside expensive agencies. We publish everything we learn.

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Honest Recommendations

We don't recommend tools we're paid to promote. We don't exaggerate results. If something doesn't work in our testing, we say so — even if it contradicts conventional wisdom.

People Behind the Lab

A small, focused team of designers, data analysts, and eCommerce specialists based in Tokyo — with backgrounds in UX, behavioural psychology, and digital commerce.

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Kenji Watanabe

Founder & CRO Director

10 years in eCommerce UX. Former conversion lead at a top-5 Japanese DTC brand. Ran 400+ A/B tests before founding ecom lab.

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Aiko Tanaka

Lead UX Designer

Specialises in visual hierarchy and mobile UX. Designed product pages for brands in 12 countries. Former Rakuten design team.

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Marcus Reed

Conversion Analyst

Data scientist turned CRO specialist. Masters in behavioural economics. Manages our testing framework and quantitative research.

How ecom lab Got Here

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2022

Founded in Shibuya, Tokyo

Started as a small CRO consulting practice, running product page audits for DTC brands across Japan and the UK. First 10 clients, first 68% conversion lift.

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2023

Launched the Education Platform

After publishing a free CRO guide that reached 40,000 readers, we pivoted to education. Built the first version of our structured learning modules.

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2024

1,000 Subscribers & First Case Studies

Weekly newsletter surpassed 1,000 subscribers. Published our first detailed case studies with full data transparency. Featured in two industry publications.

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2025

4,200+ Subscribers & Full Platform Launch

Launched the full structured curriculum with 5 learning modules. Reached 4,200 newsletter subscribers across 60+ countries. $48M in client revenue influenced.

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2026 →

Expanding Research & Community

Building a community platform for eCommerce teams to share test results and learn together. Ongoing research into AI-assisted CRO and personalisation.

ecom lab in the Press

eCommerce Times
Shopify Blog
UX Collective
CRO Weekly
Japan E-Commerce Review
Product Design World

Work With the ecom lab Team

We run product page audits, CRO sprints, and design consultations for eCommerce teams who want measurable, data-backed results.

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