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Your catalog has revenue gaps you can't see without measuring.

Base9 connects to your conversion data, return rates, and customer reviews — then scores every product against what's actually costing you revenue. AI-drafted fixes, your approval, live in hours.

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6

outcome dimensions

30 days

to measurable results

From $1,500

per month

The catalog quality gap

Every buyer asks three questions. Most product pages fail at least one.

Can they find it?

You're invisible where buyers are looking

Category keywords missing from titles and descriptions. Empty product type and tag fields that make your own store's search return nothing. AI search engines surfacing competitor products instead of yours — because their content answers the query and yours doesn't.

Is this right for me?

Buyers can't self-qualify — so they guess wrong

Descriptions with no mention of fit, material, or use case. Twelve colour variants sharing identical copy. No guidance on who the product is actually for. Buyers who can't qualify themselves buy anyway, get it wrong, and return it.

Will I be happy with it?

The page implies more than the product delivers

Vague claims where specific facts should be. No dimensions, no composition, no disclosed limitations. The gap between what the page implies and what arrives generates "not as described" returns — and ends the relationship before it starts.

Your paid acquisition is landing on product pages that lose the sale silently.

No bounce. Just no buy — and nothing in your analytics that points to content.

Why content quality compounds

Bad content costs you in three places on your P&L. Most brands treat each symptom separately.

You pay for more traffic. You run more discounts. You handle more returns. The underlying cause is the same.

1Before purchase

You're invisible where customers are looking

Google & external search

Missing category keywords mean queries you can't answer. Competitors with richer content rank; you don't.

AI search (GEO)

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews now recommend products based on content richness. The same gaps that hurt your SEO make you invisible there too.

On-store search

Empty vendor, product type, and tag fields mean your own store returns zero results for brand or category queries.

2At purchase

You lose the sale — without knowing why

Thin descriptions

Customers leave to find answers elsewhere and don't come back. The bounce doesn't show up as a content problem — it shows up as a conversion problem.

Missing attributes

Size, material, compatibility, fit. Missing specifics create uncertainty. Uncertainty kills conversion more reliably than price.

Weak or missing images

Especially on mobile, images do more conversion work than copy. A low image count or missing lifestyle shots is a direct revenue leak.

3After purchase

You pay again — in returns and lost loyalty

"Not as described" returns

"Not as described" is a top-3 return reason across most categories. It's a content failure, not a product failure — and it costs 2–3× the original margin once you factor in reverse logistics and restocking.

Poor reviews

A customer who got something different from what the page implied won't leave a 5-star review. And bad reviews suppress the next customer's conversion.

No repeat purchase

Trust is built before the product arrives. When the product matches the page exactly, customers come back. When it doesn't, they don't — and no loyalty program fixes that.

Content is the only investment that improves discoverability, conversion, andpost-purchase retention simultaneously — and unlike paid acquisition, it doesn't expire when you stop paying.

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What a typical audit reveals

Here's what we found in a 312-product Shopify store.

Real numbers from a recent audit. Not averages. Not estimates. The actual findings.

124

products missing

category keywords

67

titles truncating

on mobile screens

43

listings invisible

to on-store search

89

descriptions

under 100 words

Most of these gaps take under 5 minutes each to fix once identified. The problem isn't the fix — it's not knowing they exist.

What makes Base9's scores different

Scores are grounded in your own outcome data — not generic benchmarks. A product with a 25% return rate gets its expectation accuracy weighted 3×. A low-converting product gets conviction content scrutinised hardest.

Conversion rate

By product and category — reveals which content failures are costing sales

Return rate + reasons

"Not as described" returns map directly to expectation accuracy failures

Review sentiment

What buyers say they expected vs. got. Q&A gaps become scoreable content failures

Competitor content

Top-ranking pages for your queries — what they answer that you don't

Six outcome dimensions

Discoverability

Google, AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews), and on-store search. Scored against keyword gaps, missing fields, and whether your content answers the queries competitors are winning.

Identity clarity

Does the title and primary image immediately communicate what this is, who it's for, and why it's different? The first 3 seconds of a product page either qualify the buyer or lose them.

Qualification accuracy

Sizing guidance, use case specificity, variant differentiation, compatibility. Does the content help the right buyer self-select — and stop the wrong buyer from purchasing? Missing qualification content is a return waiting to happen.

Conviction content

The ratio of specific, checkable facts to vague claims. Objections pre-empted. Social proof present. Products that don't overcome uncertainty don't convert — regardless of traffic volume or discount depth.

Expectation accuracy

Scored against your own return data. Products with high "not as described" returns get extra scrutiny on dimensions, materials, colour accuracy, and undisclosed limitations.

Competitive position

How your content compares to top-ranking competitors for the same queries. Not just keyword gaps — what questions are they answering that you're not, and which attributes make their listing more convincing.

How it works

30 days from first call to measurable improvement.

1

Day 0

Audit runs

We connect to your catalog, conversion data, return rates, and reviews. Every product scored across 6 outcome dimensions — weighted against your actual business data.

2

Day 2

Report delivered

6 scores per product. Issues ranked by revenue impact, not just content quality. Which gaps are driving returns. Which are killing conversion. Where competitors are winning.

3

Day 7

Rewrites ready

AI-drafted rewrites for every flagged listing — new title, description, tags, product type. Grounded in your review language and brand voice. Review takes 20 minutes.

4

Day 10

CSV to import

Shopify-formatted bulk import file. Upload directly to your store. No dev work. No copy-paste. Five minutes.

5

Day 30

Business impact

We re-run the audit against your updated conversion and return data. Not just score improvement — actual metric movement. "Return rate on fixed products dropped from 19% to 11%."

The rewrite

This is what the fix looks like.

Every rewrite is generated directly from the audit findings — not from a generic template.

1

Audit flags it

Score drops below threshold. Specific gaps identified per dimension across every listing.

2

AI drafts a fix

New title, description, tags, and product type — generated from your catalog data, not a generic template.

3

You approve it

Nothing goes live without your sign-off. Accept, edit, or reject each change individually or in bulk.

Before38 / 100

Title

Men's Running Shorts

Description

Comfortable running shorts. Great for outdoor workouts and training sessions.

Tags

None set

Product type

Not set — invisible to on-store search

No category keywords in title or description
Description: 11 words — no attributes
Product type empty — zero on-store results
Base9 Rewrite81 / 100

Title

Men's Lightweight Running Shorts — Moisture-Wicking, 5" Inseam

Description

Built for distance. These moisture-wicking running shorts feature a 5" inseam, built-in compression liner, and four-way stretch fabric for unrestricted movement. UPF 30+ coverage included.

Tags

running shortsmoisture-wicking5 inch inseammen's athleticUPF 30+

Product type

Running Shorts
Category keywords added: running shorts, moisture-wicking
Description: 47 words with key attributes and benefits
Product type set — appears in all on-store search results
CSV

Shopify bulk import ready

Approved rewrites export as a Shopify-formatted CSV. Upload directly to your store — no developer needed.

Pricing

Priced by catalog size. No contracts, no setup fees.

Cancel any time. All plans include the audit, rewrites, and a 30-day re-audit.

Starter

$1,500/mo

Up to 300 SKUs

For founder-run stores doing a first full catalog audit.

Full catalog audit — up to 300 SKUs, 6 outcome dimensions
Scoring weighted against your conversion and return data
AI-drafted rewrites for flagged listings
Shopify-formatted bulk import CSV
30-day re-audit with business metric comparison
Slack support
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Growth

$2,500/mo

Up to 1,000 SKUs

For mid-market brands with an established catalog team.

Full catalog audit — up to 1,000 SKUs, 6 outcome dimensions
Scoring weighted against conversion, return rate, and review data
Competitor content benchmarking across all dimensions
AI-drafted rewrites for all flagged listings
Shopify-formatted bulk import CSV
30-day re-audit with business metric comparison
Priority Slack support
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Enterprise

Custom

1,000+ SKUs

For large catalogs, multi-platform brands, and custom workflows.

Full catalog audit — unlimited SKUs
Multi-platform support
Scoring weighted against all outcome data sources
AI-drafted rewrites for all flagged listings
Bulk publish directly to your platform
Custom re-audit cadence
Dedicated account support
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Not sure which plan fits?

We run the audit on your store before the call — so you see real findings about your actual catalog before committing to anything.

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Who it's for

Built for people who own the catalog.

Head of E-commerce, VP Digital, or Catalog Manager

You know the catalog has gaps. You don't have the tooling to measure them systematically, and you can't justify assigning a copywriter to hundreds of products. Base9 tells you exactly which ones to fix first, ranked by revenue impact, writes the fix, and gets out of your way.

Brand founder or operator running a $5M–$50M Shopify store

You're doing everything. SEO, ads, ops. The catalog gets neglected because you can't justify the resource. One audit surfaces what's costing you the most. The rewrites take 20 minutes to approve. The CSV takes 5 minutes to import.

Next step

If you've seen a Base9 audit for your store —
this is where to go next.

We'll walk you through every finding, show you the AI rewrites, and answer any questions. 30 minutes.

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