← 96NORTH brief

Idea 02 — Install Atolea's default offer stack on every PDP

Bundle + countdown + progress-bar-to-free-gift + warranty, as baseline — not as a seasonal promo
Est. AOV lift +40–70%
Effort: 2–3 wks
Priority #1 in launch order

What Atolea actually runs on the PDP (and does 365 days/yr)

Atolea's PDP is not styled like a premium DTC product page. It's styled like a direct-response landing page, and every element on it is load-bearing for the offer. The six elements stack in this order:

  1. Top banner: countdown timer + the active promo code written into the banner itself (not just “use code XYZ”).
  2. Headline badge: “Buy 2 Get 2 Free + up to 60% off” — shown above the product title.
  3. Trust bar directly under price: “Lifetime Color Warranty” icon + line.
  4. Quantity selector built as a tier ladder: 1 piece = retail, 2 = B1G1, 4 = B2G2, 6 = B3G3 — each tier is priced-per-item so the saving is visible.
  5. Progress bar in cart: “$X more to free gift” anchored to the B2G2 tier.
  6. Cart drawer: countdown repeats, promo code is visible as applied, upsell carousel under the line items.
Atolea PDP ATF
Scraped page Atolea PDP, ATF chunk. Note the B2G2 headline badge above the title, Lifetime Color Warranty line, and trust row. Source: sales-page-architecture/atolea-jewelry-landing_page-2.1-landing-page-pdp-part-1.png
Atolea PDP tier ladder
Scraped page Atolea PDP, second chunk. The quantity selector as a tier ladder (1 → 2 → 4 → 6) with per-item savings spelled out.
Atolea cart with countdown + progress bar
Scraped cart Atolea cart drawer: countdown timer, applied promo code visible, progress bar to free gift.
Atolea cart offers
Scraped cart Atolea cart — in-cart upsell carousel. Note: same countdown repeats; trust bar persists.
“Atolea's bundle math isn't seasonal. The B2G2 is the floor price. They don't discount further on Black Friday — they just communicate urgency differently. The bundle is the product.” — FOTW newsletter p.11, funnels/atolea-jewelry/fotw-newsletter.pdf

What 96NORTH runs today

96NORTH French Lavender PDP
Scraped page 96NORTH French Lavender PDP, ATF. No bundle tier, no countdown, no warranty line, no progress bar to free gift. Single $26.95 price, standard Shopify add-to-cart.
96NORTH PDP further down
Scraped page Further down: description copy is strong (“fields of lavender swaying in the wind”) but no offer mechanics — no quantity ladder, no urgency, no “add another for $X off” prompt anywhere on the page.
Diagnosis: 96NORTH has a brand page. Atolea has a direct-response PDP. Same CMS (Shopify), completely different intent at the pixel level. This is the cheapest, highest-leverage gap to close in the whole brief — it's a theme + app install, not a repositioning.

The 96NORTH spec — exact component-by-component mapping

ComponentAtolea does96NORTH specTool
Top banner Countdown + promo code (“SAVE60”) “Limited: Buy 2 Get 1 Free + Free 1-wick candle over $50” w/ 24-hr rolling countdown Hextom Announcement Bar or Shopify theme native
Headline badge “Buy 2 Get 2 Free” above product title “Buy 2 Get 1 Free” above product title on all 3-wick PDPs; “Buy 3 Get 2 Free” on Pure Theme edit; apps: Bundler or Monster Cart Upsell
Warranty line Lifetime Color Warranty “100-hour Clean Burn Guarantee” — see rationale below Theme edit + legal page
Quantity as tier ladder 1 / 2 / 4 / 6 with per-item pricing 1 / 2 / 3 for 3-wick ($26.95 / $40.00 / $53.00); 2 / 4 / 6 for Pure Bundler / Rebuy / Monster Upsell
Cart progress bar $X to free gift @ B2G2 threshold “Add $X to unlock free 1-wick Pure” (anchor at $53 / B3 threshold) — the Pure is the teaser into Idea 01 Rebuy Engine / Monster Cart
In-cart upsell carousel Bracelets/rings suggested “Add a Pure 1-wick Discovery Pack” OR “Try a second scent” Rebuy Engine
Exit intent popup “Ball-drop” gamified email+SMS capture with 10–20% off reveal Same mechanic; reward: 15% off first order + entry to membership waitlist Justuno or PopupSmart

Why a 100-hour Clean Burn Guarantee (not a scent-throw guarantee)

Atolea's warranty is load-bearing because it speaks directly to the pre-purchase hesitation unique to their category: “will this tarnish like cheap gold?” The guarantee neutralizes the fear and converts.

The analogous pre-purchase hesitation for 96NORTH's category is NOT “will this smell good” — that's a taste problem no guarantee can fix. It's “will this burn evenly for the full 50 hours, or will it tunnel after 10?” That's a mechanical question with a testable answer. A 100-hour guarantee on the 3-wick (with a simple replacement policy) is both true (socs of well-made soy candles beat that easily at 3×50 wicks) and directly addresses the #1 review complaint for candles on Amazon (“tunneled” / “didn't burn long”).

This also lines up with the Clean Burn positioning we'll use in the advertorial (Idea 06). The guarantee is the trust anchor for the claim.

The order-bumps layer (checkout cart)

Atolea's cart drawer (cart-3.1 in our evidence pull) shows an in-cart upsell carousel — complementary pieces at 40–60% of AOV, priced slightly below the main line item. The value-aligned-upsells pattern in our library identifies this as the highest-ROI cart mechanic short of a post-purchase OTO.

For 96NORTH the exact order-bump should be:

Unit-economics back-of-envelope

ScenarioTodayWith Idea 02 stackDelta
AOV (single 3-wick)$26.95$26.95
AOV (40% take B2G1 tier)$26.95 (no bundle exists)$40 at 40% of buyers+$5.22 blended
AOV (20% take B3G2 Pure ladder)$26.95$53 at 20%+$5.21 blended
AOV (15% take order-bump 1-wick)$26.95+$17.95 at 15%+$2.70 blended
Blended AOV$26.95~$40+48%

Numbers are conservative. Actual Atolea AOV per their public Shop Pay sequence + Apify-scraped pricing tiers implies ~$72 blended, driven by the B2G2 at 4-unit take rate. We're modeling the first 90 days at lower take-rates before the stack is fully tuned.

Build order (2–3 weeks)

WeekWork
1Install Bundler + Rebuy. Configure B2G1, B3G2 tiers on 3-wick and Pure product templates. Write the warranty copy + legal page. Add countdown banner.
2Build cart progress bar + in-cart upsell carousel. Configure order-bump flow. QA cart on mobile (this is where most Shopify bundle apps break).
3Install exit-intent gamified popup. A/B test the warranty line (“100-hour burn” vs. “love it guarantee”). Set up analytics tracking on bundle tier take rates.

What this unlocks

Evidence gaps to call out