diff --git a/app/components/ProductBlocks.tsx b/app/components/ProductBlocks.tsx
index 676c050..dae5891 100644
--- a/app/components/ProductBlocks.tsx
+++ b/app/components/ProductBlocks.tsx
@@ -229,7 +229,11 @@ function ProductHero({ product, shipping, taxRate, kleinunternehmer, body }: Pro
 
   return (
     <section className="bg-bg-base w-full overflow-hidden">
-      <div className="flex flex-col lg:grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-8 lg:gap-[var(--layout-grid-gap)] pt-10 md:pt-12">
+      {/* pb-10 md:pb-12 — mirrors the section's own pt; previously had none
+          at all, so the gap before the next block was entirely whatever
+          that block's own pt happened to be, reading as squeezed right
+          under the hero regardless of what followed (reported 2026-08-30). */}
+      <div className="flex flex-col lg:grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-8 lg:gap-[var(--layout-grid-gap)] pt-10 md:pt-12 pb-10 md:pb-12">
         <Reveal className="order-1 lg:order-none lg:col-span-5 flex flex-col gap-6 items-start pl-[var(--layout-padding-x)] pr-10 lg:pr-0">
           <p className="flex items-center gap-2 text-body-sm text-text-muted">
             <Link href="/" className="hover:text-brand transition-colors">
@@ -334,8 +338,12 @@ function ProductPricingPanel({ product, shipping, taxRate, kleinunternehmer }: P
     !product.active || (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.every((v) => v.outOfStock) : product.outOfStock);
   const anyLowStock = product.active && (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.some((v) => v.lowStock) : product.lowStock);
 
+  // py-12 md:py-16 — matches the rest of the layout's rhythm; py-8 read
+  // as noticeably tighter than the generic block wrapper right above it
+  // (stepRow icons), squeezing the gap after that section (reported
+  // 2026-08-30).
   return (
-    <section className="w-full bg-bg-base px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] py-8">
+    <section className="w-full bg-bg-base px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] py-12 md:py-16">
       <Reveal className="bg-bg-muted rounded-md flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-8 lg:gap-12 items-center p-6 lg:pl-8 lg:pr-10 lg:py-6">
       <div className="group relative w-full lg:w-[25.625rem] lg:shrink-0 aspect-[410/227] rounded-sm overflow-hidden">
         <Image