How Pace Athletic lifted AOV and revenue per visitor with Boost

Ellie Bradford

July 31, 2026

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5 minutes

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About Pace Athletic

Pace Athletic is a Sydney runner specialty retailer with local stores and a fast growing online shop. Built for runners, the expert team is known for fitting a deep range of shoes, apparel, and gear.

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The challenge

Runners know exactly what they want. They search for a specific model by name, nickname or abbreviation, but Shopify's native search took that too literally, returning dead ends or sold-out shoes across a deep catalogue. The exact product a runner came for was often the one they couldn't find. Pace Athletic didn't feel the native solution was giving them what they needed.

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The solution

The Pace Athletic team tested which search platform yielded the best results the way a CRO team would: Boost Commerce against Shopify’s native search, a 50/50 split, nothing else changed. Boost was the clear winner for Pace because the platform could prove itself across the whole discovery experience, not just search, with a live test. Boost is the CRO layer for product discovery, turning search, merchandising and recommendations into measurable conversion and revenue.

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Inside the winning experience

Pace Athletics runs the full Boost discovery suite as one connected system. Runners find the exact shoe they want on the first try, even with nicknames or abbreviations. They narrow down by size, brand, and local stock without friction. The best, in-stock products show up first. And one shoe turns into recommendations and add-ons.
No engineering lift was required.

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The results

The full Boost discovery system turned a simple idea into measurable revenue. Pace Athletic saw a 7.6% lift in revenue per visitor, with bigger average orders and faster checkouts. No price cuts, no extra ads. Just runners finding shoes faster and buying more.

Because they could run the entire discovery suite out of the box, with no engineering work required, the results came fast. They went from testing to running the full stack in weeks, not months. For a store with Pace Athletic's traffic, that velocity matters as much as the lift itself.

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Ellie Bradford

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In-Product Marketing Lead

July 31, 2026

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5 minutes

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