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A/B test: put "Which size am I?" next to the size selector

If you put a link to the size guide right next to the size selector instead of at the bottom of the page, then you will get more orders, because doubt about the size stops the purchase exactly when people are choosing.

By Fernando Blanco Dosil · Updated November 2, 2026

Why it might work

The moment of greatest doubt on a clothing or footwear page is when "S M L XL" is staring at you. Does this brand run large or small? Am I a medium here? If the guide sits in the footer or in a tab nobody opens, people guess, or they don't choose at all.

A "Which size am I?" link just above or beside the sizes, opening the chart without leaving the page, puts the answer where the question is.

How to set it up

In Bixlow you describe the change to the agent, it builds it on your site and launches it as an A/B test once you approve it.

  1. Make sure your size guide is useful: measurements in centimetres and inches and, if you can, fit advice ("between two sizes? go up").
  2. In the variant, add the link right by the selector, opening the guide in a dialog on the same page.
  3. Make the dialog close with Escape and return focus to the selector.
  4. Run it on product pages with sizes, for all traffic.

What to measure

Metric
Primary metricOrders per visitor
Metric that must not get worseAdd-to-carts
Where it is measuredProduct pages with a size selector
After the testSize-related returns on each version's orders
FAQ

Size guide next to the selector

Why bring up returns?

Because a good guide can raise orders and also cut size-related returns. Returns arrive weeks later, so check them once the test is over.

Link or pop-up?

Better if it opens on the product page. If the link goes to another page, the shopper loses what they were looking at.

What about a size calculator?

That is a more ambitious variant. Start by moving the link, which is cheap; if it works, you have a reason to invest in something bigger.

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