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The Trap Scanner

Spot manipulative UX before you check out

Rationality
100%
Budget
$500/500
The hunt

Find the tricks before the clock does

Nothing finds them for you. Click all six tricks on the checkout before the clock runs out. A wrong click costs you time.

Find the tricks yourself

22 seconds. Click all 6 tricks on the checkout. A wrong click costs you 2 seconds, so look before you click.

What you found

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What an honest checkout looks like

Flip the NudgEm Shield on and off over a fake checkout. Watch the panic buttons turn into plain, boring facts.

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Off. This is what most checkout pages look like.

mega-deals-store.example/checkout

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Checkout

UltraBoost Blender 3000
02:59
$59$199

Only 1 left · 47 people viewing!

No thanks, I like living dangerously.

Item$59.00
Total$59.00*

*plus fees calculated at the final step

The hits

Know them, dodge them

Anchoring Effect

The first price you see ruins every price after it.

The first number you see becomes the anchor you judge everything else by, even when that number is made up.

Default Bias

Whatever box is pre-checked is what you keep forever.

People stick with the option that is already picked, because changing it takes effort. Companies set that option to whatever pays them.

Scarcity Mindset

"Only 2 left" turns your brain off.

When something looks about to run out, you panic and stop thinking. Suddenly you need it. You did not need it four seconds ago.