Is Your ‘Aha Moment’ Hiding Behind 10 Clicks?
November 13, 2025
Last Tuesday, our CFO called me into her office. She had an Excel sheet open.
“Do you know we’re losing $52,347 every month?” she asked.
I thought she meant failed payments or refunds. But no. She pointed to our onboarding funnel. We were spending $127 to acquire each user. 73% dropped off before finishing setup. Each abandoned account = $127 burned.
410 drop-offs per month × $127 = $52,347. Gone. Every. Single. Month.
The worst part? We had no idea why they were leaving.
Most SaaS companies track acquisition costs religiously but ignore drop-off costs. Here’s the brutal math:
The Drop-Off Cost Calculator:
According to Userpilot, the average onboarding completion rate is just 27%. That means 73% of your marketing budget evaporates during onboarding.
If a visitor lands on a site, it can take them 15-20 minutes to fully grasp the services. Most give up after 3 minutes.
Psychology: Cognitive overload triggers fight-or-flight. Users literally panic and flee. What happens: User sees 15 form fields, 7 menu options, 3 popups Cost: 40% drop immediately
Psychology: Without clear value, the brain categorizes effort as “waste” What happens: User thinks “What am I supposed to do now?” Cost: Another 20% gone
Psychology: Learned helplessness kicks in, “This is too hard for me” What happens: Features seem powerful but incomprehensible Cost: Final 13% leave
Research from Stanford shows that perceived difficulty increases abandonment by 87%. Users don’t quit because your product is bad, they quit because they feel stupid.
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At Ayeans Studio, we’ve delivered 186+ projects addressing these exact quit moments. When we helped the American Cancer Society simplify their complexity, patient adoption increased 42%.
The secret? Animation bypasses confusion entirely. Explainer videos can turn confused visitors into customers by 40% within 90 days.
Where to place videos:
Right now, as you read this, users are hitting your onboarding flow. They’re excited. They want to succeed.
But in 30 seconds, 40% will leave confused. In 2 minutes, another 20% gone. By minute 5, you’ve lost 73% of them. Each one costs you money to acquire. Each one is $50-500 burned.
The math is simple:
An explainer animation can do in just 60 seconds what complex onboarding fails to do in 15 minutes, by covering pain, solution, result, and CTA, boosting conversions if the CTA is strong.
Every day you wait costs you:
At Ayeans Studio, We’ve solved this exact problem 186+ times. We don’t just make pretty videos, we engineer understanding that captures value you’re currently losing.
The American Cancer Society case? That 42% adoption increase represents millions in captured value that was previously walking away confused.
We’ll calculate your exact drop-off costs, identify your three critical quit moments, and show you precisely how animation can transform that $50K mistake into retained revenue.
Because every confused user is money walking away, and we’re here to help you keep it.
Hi, I’m Ayan Wakil, the founder & CEO of Ayeans Studio.
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