Checkout friction on a ritual-led DTC brand

A teardown of cart-to-checkout flow on a high-AOV wellness store — where narrative strength meets operational drag.

By Arcanum Hollow Editorial · Commerce intelligence team9 min read
Checkout friction on a ritual-led DTC brand

The brand story holds through PDP and cart. Checkout introduces three unrelated upsell modules and a shipping estimator that resets on every field blur.