Commerce Site of the Day · Friday 6 November 2026
LastObject: a pre-order with a shipping month, a fit finder and a per-use price on the swab
LastObject sells reusable swaps for single-use bathroom items: swabs, rounds, tissues and now a floss pick. Its homepage opens on a pre-order with a named shipping month, then a Find your fit panel that sends a shopper to one kit by what they already own. The LastSwab page states what one swab costs per use, beside a bundle bar and an arrival estimate.
- Platform
- Shopify
- Theme
- Horizon 3.5.1 (Theme Store id 2481, from the page code)
- Apps seen
- Gorgias chat button on screen; Zipify and Gorgias scripts in the page code
- Read on
- 6 Nov 2026, 1440px and 390px
What is on the page, top to bottom
- A pre-order in the first screen. The first block is for LastFloss, a reusable floss pick. It carries a PRE-ORDER NOW badge, three figures and a January 2027 estimated shipping date. A line under the buttons says a buyer can cancel any time before the product ships. The pre-order has its own page: Feature of the Day, 6 November 2026.
- A Find your fit panel. Four cards ask where a shopper is starting: new to reusables, wears makeup, already has a case, or buying a gift. Each card names one recommended product, such as the Personal Care Kit, the Beauty Kit, Refills or Kit bundles.
- Replacement counts on the page. The homepage says what each product replaces: 1,000 single-use swabs for LastSwab, 1,750 disposable pads for LastRound and 3,100 disposable tissues for LastTissue. These are the store's own figures.
- Kits with a named job. Kits & Gifts lists three kits with one line each. A By routine list pairs each job, such as makeup removal or everyday hygiene, with one product.
- A per-use price beside the title. The LastSwab Original page reads "~$0.01 per use · half the cost of a cotton swab" under the name and the rating. The same block gives 8.3 times less environmental impact, with an ISO-certified lifecycle assessment. Both figures are the store's claims, and we did not check the assessment.
- A bundle bar above the quantity. "Click here to choose 4 swabs" sits in a coral bar with "Save 25%" beside it, above the quantity control and the Add to cart button.
- An arrival estimate tied to a postcode. The buy box gives a window, which read "Ships tomorrow, arrives Fri 13 Nov to Tue 17 Nov" on the day we read it, and a line for free shipping over $50. The estimate named a postcode the shopper enters, so another reader may see different dates.
The buy box, close up
Two currencies on the same day
The homepage quoted the swabs in euros, with "From €12" beside LastSwab. The product page quoted the same swab at $12, with the header set to USD. A shopper who lands on the homepage and then opens a product sees two currency signs in a few clicks. The header carries both a currency selector and a region and language selector on each page we read.
On a 390 pixel phone
How it is built
The page code gives a Shopify theme object named Horizon, schema version 3.5.1, with Theme Store id 2481. Horizon is the free theme family we covered on Cocolab. The chat button at the bottom right of the product page is from Gorgias, covered on Plugin of the Day, 31 October 2026. The page code also loads a Zipify script, which we did not trace to a visible element.
What a shopper gets, step by step
- Reads the pre-order, or the Find your fit panel, before the range.
- Picks a product, a type and a colour on the product page.
- Chooses a bundle or a quantity, and reads the per-use cost beside it.
- Reads the arrival window and the free-shipping threshold before Add to cart.
- Asks the chat button a question if the choice is still unclear.
Who else does it
Pot Gang: a year of boxes planned in public
A pre-order for next month's box, with the crops for each month listed in advance.
Verve Coffee Roasters: a quiz for the shopper who cannot choose
A coffee quiz in the menu, and a grind choice on every card.
Lunchskins: five routes into the range by need
A need-first row of tiles, each opening its own collection.
What we did not check
We did not buy, pre-order, join the Better Objects platform, open the chat or start a bundle. We did not read the reviews one by one. The replacement counts, the per-use cost, the 8.3 times figure and the 61,000 backer count are the store's own claims. The prices and arrival dates are as shown on 6 November 2026, and a reader in another country may see other figures.
Where to look
The store is at lastobject.com. We read the homepage and the LastSwab Original page in a headless browser on 6 November 2026, at 1440 and 390 pixels, without signing up for anything. Stores change, so this is a record of that day.