ROI Engine · 12 Industries · 2026 Benchmarks

See the Real Money Your Outdated Website Is Costing You

Plug in your traffic, customer value, and current performance. Our engine compares your numbers against 2026 industry benchmarks and projects 12-month additional revenue from a properly built, conversion-optimized site.

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Tell us your numbers. We'll show you the gap.

Six inputs. The projection card on the right updates live, including a 12-month revenue chart and your monthly opportunity cost.

1
What's your industry?
Sets the conversion-rate benchmark we measure you against.
2
Monthly website visitors
Approximate. Check Google Analytics → Reports → Acquisition or guess if you don't have a site yet.
500
05K20K50K+
3
How many customers do you get from your website each month?
Leads, bookings, sales, calls — whatever counts as a paying customer in your business.
customers / month

If you have no website yet, enter 0. We'll project from industry benchmarks.

4
Average customer value
Lifetime value — total revenue from one customer over the relationship. If unsure, the industry default appears below.
$

Industry default: $1,500

5
What's the state of your current website?
Determines the conversion uplift we can realistically deliver.
6
Where is your business?
Sets your currency. Customer value defaults adjust for local market.
12-Month Projection
Additional Revenue (Year 1)
$0
Configure inputs to see your projection
Current path With new site
Monthly Uplift
Extra revenue / month
Payback
Months to recoup site cost
3-Year Total
Cumulative additional revenue
ROI Multiple
Return per $1 invested

Projections use 2026 industry benchmarks and conservative uplift assumptions. Actual results vary by execution.

2026 Industry Benchmarks

How your industry actually converts on the web

These are the numbers our engine compares your site against. Sourced from WordStream, Unbounce, Forrester, and our own 100+ client dataset.

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Law Firms
Avg conversion rate2.5%
Avg case value$3,500
Top quartile CR5.5%
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Dental Practices
Avg conversion rate3.0%
New patient LTV$1,200
Top quartile CR7.0%
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Real Estate
Avg conversion rate2.0%
Avg commission$5,000
Top quartile CR4.5%
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Contractors
Avg conversion rate3.5%
Avg project value$2,500
Top quartile CR8.0%
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Restaurants
Avg conversion rate5.0%
Avg order LTV$300
Top quartile CR12.0%
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E-commerce
Avg conversion rate2.5%
Avg order LTV$220
Top quartile CR5.5%
Methodology

How we calculate your projection

No magic. No marketing fluff. Here's the exact engine behind every number you see.

01

Industry Conversion Benchmarks

We pull conversion-rate medians from WordStream's 2025 industry report, Unbounce's Conversion Benchmark Report, and our own 100+ client dataset across the USA, UK, Canada, and Nigeria. Your projected post-launch CR is conservatively set to your industry's median — never the top quartile, even though good agencies hit it routinely.

02

Conversion Uplift Modeling

Our uplift assumptions come from real client data: ~70% CR improvement on rebuilds of sites 5+ years old, ~40% on recent-but-underperforming builds, ~25% on optimization of modern sites. These are below averages reported by Forrester (which cites 80–200% on full UX overhauls) — we under-promise to over-deliver.

03

Traffic Growth Curve

We assume +30% organic traffic growth over 12 months from baseline SEO setup (proper schema, sitemap, technical SEO, Core Web Vitals). This is the median 12-month organic growth observed across our local-business clients in 2024–2025. The traffic curve ramps linearly from launch month onward — no hockey-stick fantasy.

ROI Engine FAQs

Common questions

Are these projections realistic or just sales theatre?

Conservative. Our uplift assumptions sit below what Forrester, Adobe, and Nielsen Norman Group publish for UX-overhaul case studies. Forrester's data shows full UX redesigns deliver 80–200% conversion improvement; we model 25–70% depending on your starting point. Top-quartile clients of ours often beat the projection by 2× — but we'd rather under-promise and over-deliver.

What if my conversion rate is already above the industry benchmark?

Then you're in the lucky minority — and the calculator's "Modern, Just Optimizing" path applies. We project a conservative 25% additional uplift from technical SEO, schema deployment, page speed gains, and conversion micro-improvements. The dollar uplift is smaller in percentage terms but compounds because high-converting sites drive higher-value traffic.

Why does the projection go up when I increase traffic?

Conversion rate × visitors × customer value = revenue. More visitors at the same CR means more revenue. The calculator is multiplicative — a 10× traffic increase produces a 10× revenue increase, all else equal. But traffic without conversion optimization is wasted spend, which is exactly the trap most local businesses fall into when they pour money into Google Ads without first fixing the site they're driving traffic to.

What's the "ROI Multiple"?

Year-1 additional revenue divided by your website investment. A multiple of 5× means every $1 you invest in the rebuild returns $5 in tracked Year-1 revenue. We use an industry-typical website cost based on your project type from our Cost Calculator data. If your actual quote is lower, your real ROI is higher than displayed.

What's the "Cost of Waiting"?

Your projected monthly uplift, restated as the revenue you forfeit every 30 days the project doesn't start. A 3-month delay on a $5,000/month uplift is $15,000 in revenue your competitors are happy to absorb. The longer the delay, the bigger the gap competitors open.

Does this account for SEO ranking time?

Yes. The traffic-growth curve ramps linearly over 12 months — month 1 sees roughly 2.5% additional traffic, month 12 sees the full 30%. Real organic SEO follows roughly this shape: foundation work in months 1–3, indexation gains in months 3–6, ranking improvements in months 6–12. No "instant rankings" promises — that's how black-hat agencies lose your domain to Google penalties.

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