diff --git a/public/specimen.css b/public/specimen.css
index 20bef008..9d2bf7c8 100644
--- a/public/specimen.css
+++ b/public/specimen.css
@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@
 /* extracted from inline style attributes — CSP style-src 'self' blocks those */
 .xs1{padding-top:44px}
 .xs2{font-size:56px}
+
+/* in-content conversion CTA on the dark band — pill link, >=44px hit area */
+.band{margin-top:84px}
+.band .cta{display:inline-block;margin-top:26px;border:1px solid rgba(242,234,220,.4);border-radius:999px;
+  padding:16px 24px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:600;
+  color:#F2EADC;text-decoration:none;transition:border-color var(--mid) var(--ease),background var(--mid) var(--ease)}
+.band .cta:hover,.band .cta:focus-visible{border-color:var(--brass-lt);background:rgba(201,165,102,.14)}
diff --git a/public/specimen.html b/public/specimen.html
index 747def08..8cdd5957 100644
--- a/public/specimen.html
+++ b/public/specimen.html
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ <h2>Confidentiality</h2>
     </section>
   </div>
 
+  <div class="band">
+    <h2>That was a real one. Yours is read the same way.</h2>
+    <p>Four passes, by hand, and a plain document with each fault named in order of what it costs you — the fix beside it. Thirty seconds to ask, findings inside five working days, yours to keep either way.</p>
+    <a class="cta" href="/#start">Request the appraisal</a>
+    <div class="note">No revenue, ranking, ROAS, conversion, booked-call or sales-volume guarantees. Only the work.</div>
+  </div>
+
   <footer>
     <span class="sc">TinyStudio · tinystudio.io</span>
     <span class="sc"><a href="/audit">The appraisal</a> · <a href="/pricing">Pricing</a></span>
diff --git a/public/specimen.js b/public/specimen.js
index db712544..7cd496dd 100644
--- a/public/specimen.js
+++ b/public/specimen.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(function(){var S='.phead h1,.phead .sub,.f,.notrun,section h2,section .lede';
+(function(){var S='.phead h1,.phead .sub,.f,.notrun,section h2,section .lede,.band';
 function r(){var e=[].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll(S));e.forEach(function(x){x.setAttribute('data-r','')});
 var io=new IntersectionObserver(function(en){en.forEach(function(v){if(!v.isIntersecting)return;
 var s=[].slice.call(v.target.parentNode.children).filter(function(n){return n.hasAttribute&&n.hasAttribute('data-r')});
diff --git a/scripts/check-site.mjs b/scripts/check-site.mjs
index b9d2f7f8..4558fbf0 100644
--- a/scripts/check-site.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-site.mjs
@@ -1547,6 +1547,35 @@ for (const [pageName, pageHtml, expected] of canonicalPages) {
   }
 }
 
+// ---- Specimen in-content conversion CTA ------------------------------------
+// The /specimen proof page is where the homepage routes its "Read the
+// specimen" call-out, so the reader who finishes the sample needs an
+// in-content conversion CTA — not just the nav link — to request their own
+// appraisal. The page must keep a .band block carrying an explicit CTA link
+// to the request surface (/#start, same target as the nav CTA), and the
+// band CTA must keep a >=44px hit area to stay within the site's own
+// tap-target standard. These are STATIC SOURCE GUARDS (regex over the served
+// HTML/CSS), not behavioral tests: CI has no browser.
+const specimenCtaHtml = read("public/specimen.html");
+const specimenCtaBand = specimenCtaHtml.match(/<div class="band">([\s\S]*?)<\/div>\s*<footer>/);
+if (!specimenCtaBand) {
+  failures.push("Specimen page must keep an in-content conversion CTA band between the report and the footer.");
+} else {
+  if (!/<a\b[^>]*class="cta"[^>]*href="\/#start"[^>]*>Request the appraisal<\/a>/.test(specimenCtaBand[1])) {
+    failures.push("Specimen conversion band must carry a .cta link to /#start labelled \"Request the appraisal\".");
+  }
+  if (!/No revenue, ranking, ROAS, conversion, booked-call or sales-volume guarantees\. Only the work\./.test(specimenCtaBand[1])) {
+    failures.push("Specimen conversion band must keep the no-guarantees note.");
+  }
+}
+const specimenCtaCss = read("public/specimen.css");
+if (!specimenCtaCss.includes(".band .cta")) {
+  failures.push("specimen.css must style the band conversion CTA (.band .cta).");
+}
+if (!/\.band \.cta\{[^}]*padding:16px 24px/.test(specimenCtaCss)) {
+  failures.push("Specimen band CTA must keep a >=44px tap target (padding:16px 24px).");
+}
+
 for (const migration of ["migrations/0002_agent_runs.sql", "migrations/0003_agent_usage_limits.sql"]) {  if (!existsSync(new URL(`../${migration}`, import.meta.url))) {
     failures.push(`Missing migration: ${migration}`);
     continue;
diff --git a/scripts/test-heading-hierarchy.mjs b/scripts/test-heading-hierarchy.mjs
index c943a2a6..2a203eef 100644
--- a/scripts/test-heading-hierarchy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-heading-hierarchy.mjs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const EXPECTED_OUTLINES = {
   "public/audit.html": [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2],
   "public/agents.html": [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
   "public/pricing.html": [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2],
-  "public/specimen.html": [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2],
+  "public/specimen.html": [1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2],
   "public/brief-requested.html": [1, 2, 2, 2]
 };