Practitioner pattern · Jonathan Parra (Sells paywall design and A/B-testing services to app companies (mentions sales calls and customers 'working with us'))
Put 'No commitment, cancel anytime' on almost every paywall
Small but steady conversion bump, per the guest
What they did
What happened
In their words
Jonathan Parra - I made 4,000 app paywalls and learned this
Jonathan ParraSo here on the on the left paywall, you have this verbiage, right? You see AI Assistant Weekly, AI Assistant Annual, Monthly. So that's just a lot of copy there that you don't really need, right? You're repeating yourself a lot. Users don't read, and so you want to have visual design um more in uh like just show up more than kind of copy, because people aren't really going to read, so you just kind of want it to flow a little bit better.
Jonathan ParraAnd so on the right, that blurb, "No commitment, cancel anytime," is just like a simple hack that you add to almost every paywall, and it's very granular percentage bump on the conversion rate. So we just have that. You simplify the plan naming, so you see Annual plan, Monthly plan, Weekly plan.
Jonathan ParraThe right side is the same. You like to have this comparison on the pricing to like the lowest plan usually. Um and then with the badge, you know, you have this "Limited time 70% off," you don't need the limited time. Uh so you just uh remove that, add it to the center, so it looks more visually appealing.
Jonathan ParraAnd so it has like really nice steps on kind of how you're going to be in after you're kind of done with this plan. And so it positions the user as the hero in their story, which is great. You always want to have a hero's journey funnel if you can have it.
Jonathan ParraSo here we have that "No commitment, cancel anytime" subtitle here that I add on almost every paywall. It just bumps conversions. Uh sometimes I'll also have a chevron right arrow here on the buttons, and that also bumps up conversions. Uh in this case, I didn't. I just don't want to test too many things at a time, and I do want to have that variant for a later test, so I just didn't have that here.
Jonathan ParraBut this is defaulted to the yearly product. Uh yearly is uh usually highest LTV, and so we like to promote that first. Um this particular product, I have like $30 to $40 per year. It's kind of what's standard now for these AI wrapper products, especially if the inference costs are mostly uh text. When you start getting into images and videos, your inference costs are a lot higher, so your yearly price is also and prices in general are going to …
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- Show two plans, hide the rest behind 'View all plans', preselect annualGuest's standard setup; no numbers given
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- For week- or month-long programs, show step by step how users will changeWorks across categories for journey-style apps, per the guest; no numbers
- Keep one-time offers at 25-33% off; save big sales for Black Friday
- Swap the feature table for 'Try it for 50% off' and a big screenshot+111% conversion; revenue per user also rose
- Make the paywall button about 65 points tall, with big text and an arrowGuest says bigger buttons and the arrow bump conversions; no numbers
- Start with a one-page paywall: headline, bullet list, reviews, buttonOne of the few layouts that performs well across categories, per the guest
- Test paywall design and plan mix first; leave price tests for laterGuest says design tests give the most mileage; no numbers
- Put a short video of the app in use on the paywallWon its A/B test; no numbers given
- Make the paywall look like a plain Apple settings screenBeat more custom designs 'by quite a long shot'; worked again for a second app
- Give the top plan a dark, premium look that switches when users pick itMore users chose the top plan; no numbers
- Show the free trial as a timeline: today, day-5 reminder, day-7 billingStill a very high performer after years of copying, per the guest
- Charge about $20 a month for an AI chat app tuned to one nicheUsers pay for it, per the guest; no revenue shared
Tags: copy, reassurance, cancel-anytime