Why Landing Page Optimisation Matters
If you are paying for clicks but sending people to a slow, generic, or confusing page, you are not “doing marketing”; you are subsidising bounce rates, and that’s why you need our landing page optimisation services in Kenya. The median landing page conversion rate across industries sits at roughly 6.6%. That is your baseline. Anything materially below that is leaking money, particularly if you are running Google or Meta ads. Recent benchmark studies put the average Google Ads conversion rate at around 7% across industries, which means a well-built, well-matched page should be converting in the mid-single digits at minimum, and double-digits when message, offer, and UX line up.
Kenya is overwhelmingly mobile-first, so the tolerance for friction is even lower. In the last 12 months, mobile devices accounted for roughly 60% of all web traffic in Kenya and Android dominates mobile OS share. If your landing pages are not fast and clean on typical Kenyan Android handsets and connections, your paid budget is working against you.
Speed is non-negotiable. Google’s research shows that every additional second of mobile load time can reduce conversions by up to 20%. Separate studies have shown that even a 0.1-second improvement can lift conversions by 8%+ in retail contexts. In short, slow pages tax your ROI; faster pages compound it.
Copy clarity matters. Unbounce’s multi-year analysis of 57M+ conversions found that difficult, complex copy correlates with meaningfully lower conversion performance. Simpler, benefit-led language consistently converts better, and top-quartile pages in many categories post double-digit conversion rates as a result.
Testing changes outcomes. You do not need a redesign to move the needle. Structured A/B tests on headlines, forms, and CTAs routinely produce material uplifts when they reach significance. In one large dataset, experiments that did hit significance delivered an average lift of 61% versus control. You will not get that every time, but the compounding effect of iterative wins is what separates average accounts from efficient ones.
What this means for your budgets in Kenya
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Problem: You are paying to acquire traffic that arrives primarily on mobile. Slow loads, generic messaging, and long forms kill intent and inflate cost per acquisition. Mobile-heavy markets magnify the penalty.
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Solution: Purpose-built, campaign-specific pages that are fast on mobile, message-matched to the ad, clear in copy, short in forms, and instrumented for measurement and rapid testing.
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Benefit: More leads or sales from the same spend, lower CPA, and better return on ad spend because you are converting more of the clicks you already bought. Benchmarks indicate there is headroom above the 6–7% “average” if you execute well.
If you are currently sending paid traffic to a homepage, a slow product page, or a one-size-fits-all template, you are almost certainly leaving revenue on the table. Start by fixing the conversion leaks, then scale your spend once your cost per lead or sale stabilises at a profitable level.