diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index 05cd97e..81bf73d 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -365,15 +365,21 @@ html[data-hero-in-view] iframe[title="Webchat Widget"][state="widgetClose"] {
 }
 
 /*
- * Resting-position calibration (issue #125) + prompt-safety (issue #184).
- * Measured on production: the closed launcher iframe is 90x90 at
- * right/bottom:49px (vendor 25px + dashboard spacing), while the visible
- * blue circle (~57-59px) sits ~4-5px inside the iframe's corner — an
- * effective ~53-54px of clearance vs Cookiebot's ~10-11px. Shifting the
- * launcher 36px right/down puts the circle ~17-18px from the viewport
- * edges. `transform` is safe: the vendor positions via inline
- * left/right/bottom and does not use transform, and transforms never
- * create document overflow.
+ * Fixed launcher anchor (issue #125 calibration, reworked) +
+ * prompt-safety (issue #184).
+ *
+ * The launcher circle must sit at one screen position in every state:
+ * Measured on production, the vendor anchors the same iframe at
+ * right/bottom:49px while launcher-only (90x90) and at right/bottom:43px
+ * while the promotional prompt card is showing (~330x179) — the circle
+ * stays bottom-right-anchored inside the iframe in both, so its center
+ * sits ~6px farther in from the corner during the prompt state. The
+ * prompt/open inset is the comfortable resting inset the launcher should
+ * keep, so the marked launcher-only iframe is nudged 6px toward the
+ * corner: its edge lands on the same 43px anchor as every other state and
+ * the circle never moves when the teaser or panel appears. `transform` is
+ * safe: the vendor positions via inline left/right/bottom and does not
+ * use transform, and transforms never create document overflow.
  *
  * The launcher iframe's transparent top/left still intercepts pointer
  * events (verified via elementFromPoint on production). `clip-path`
@@ -391,6 +397,6 @@ html[data-hero-in-view] iframe[title="Webchat Widget"][state="widgetClose"] {
  * positioning and hit region untouched.
  */
 iframe[title="Webchat Widget"][data-launcher-only] {
-  transform: translate(36px, 36px);
+  transform: translate(6px, 6px);
   clip-path: inset(25% 0 0 25%);
 }
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diff --git a/components/footer.tsx b/components/footer.tsx
index 1cee416..2bd4333 100644
--- a/components/footer.tsx
+++ b/components/footer.tsx
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ const headingCls = "text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-widest text-foregro
 export function Footer() {
   return (
     <footer className="border-t border-border/40 bg-muted/30">
-      {/* pb clears the fixed launchers' clipped hit region (~80px) plus safe-area */}
-      <div className="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-4 pt-10 pb-[calc(5.5rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px))] sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
+      {/* pb clears the fixed launchers' clipped hit region (~110px at the
+          shared 43px anchor inset) plus safe-area */}
+      <div className="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-4 pt-10 pb-[calc(7.5rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom,0px))] sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
         <div className="grid gap-8 sm:grid-cols-2 sm:gap-10 lg:grid-cols-4">
 
           {/* Plan Your Trip */}
diff --git a/review-shots/chat-anchor/desktop-1440-closed.png b/review-shots/chat-anchor/desktop-1440-closed.png
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diff --git a/review-shots/chat-anchor/mobile-390-closed.png b/review-shots/chat-anchor/mobile-390-closed.png
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diff --git a/review-shots/chat-anchor/tablet-768-closed.png b/review-shots/chat-anchor/tablet-768-closed.png
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diff --git a/review-shots/chat-anchor/tablet-768-teaser.png b/review-shots/chat-anchor/tablet-768-teaser.png
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diff --git a/tests/e2e/chat-launcher.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/chat-launcher.spec.ts
index 5b4cdb7..fc9f09c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/chat-launcher.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/chat-launcher.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { Page } from "@playwright/test";
 import { test, expect, hydratedGoto } from "./fixtures";
 
-// Homepage chat-launcher suppression (#123), resting-position
-// calibration (#125), and prompt-safety (#184).
+// Homepage chat-launcher suppression (#123), fixed launcher anchor
+// (#125 calibration, reworked), and prompt-safety (#184).
 //
 // The real Respond.io iframe is third-party and asynchronous, so these
 // tests inject deterministic stand-ins matching the vendor's contract: an
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ import { test, expect, hydratedGoto } from "./fixtures";
 // card inflates the same widgetClose iframe to ~330x179 at
 // right/bottom:43px). What we own is the mechanism —
 // IntersectionObserver toggling `data-hero-in-view` on <html>, the CSS
-// rule hiding `[state="widgetClose"]` while it is set, and the 36px
-// resting-position translate scoped to `data-launcher-only` — and that is
-// what these assertions exercise. The visible bubble sits inset inside
-// the iframe, so iframe-box clearance (13px) intentionally differs from
-// visible-bubble clearance (~17-18px). Real-widget verification was done
-// manually against production.
+// rule hiding `[state="widgetClose"]` while it is set, and the 6px
+// anchor-alignment translate scoped to `data-launcher-only` — and that is
+// what these assertions exercise. The translate lands the closed
+// launcher's edge on the same 43px inset the prompt and open states use,
+// so the launcher circle keeps one fixed screen position in every state.
+// The visible bubble sits inset inside the iframe, so iframe-box
+// clearance (43px) intentionally differs from visible-bubble clearance
+// (~47-48px). Real-widget verification was done manually against
+// production.
 
 async function injectLauncher(page: Page, state = "widgetClose") {
   await page.evaluate((s) => {
@@ -71,11 +74,12 @@ test("homepage: closed launcher hides on hero, appears past it, hides again", as
   await page.evaluate((y) => window.scrollTo(0, y + 10), heroBottom);
   await expect.poll(() => launcherState(page)).toMatchObject({
     visibility: "visible",
-    // Vendor 49px offset minus the 36px calibration translate = 13px of
-    // iframe-box clearance (the visible bubble insets ~5px more).
-    bottom: 13,
-    right: 13,
-    transform: "matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 36, 36)",
+    // Vendor 49px offset minus the 6px anchor translate = 43px of
+    // iframe-box clearance — the same inset the prompt state uses, so the
+    // launcher circle stays put when the teaser appears.
+    bottom: 43,
+    right: 43,
+    transform: "matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 6, 6)",
   });
 
   // Back to the hero — closed launcher hides again.
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ test("an open conversation is never forcibly hidden on the hero", async ({ page
   await injectLauncher(page, "widgetOpen");
   const s = await launcherState(page);
   expect(s?.visibility).toBe("visible");
-  // The calibration translate is scoped to data-launcher-only — the open
+  // The anchor translate is scoped to data-launcher-only — the open
   // conversation is never repositioned.
   expect(s?.transform).toBe("none");
 });
@@ -113,6 +117,10 @@ test("prompt card hides on the hero but is never clipped or repositioned", async
   const s = await launcherState(page);
   expect(s?.transform).toBe("none");
   expect(s?.clipPath).toBe("none");
+  // The prompt's iframe edge pins the shared 43px anchor — the same
+  // effective inset the marked launcher-only state lands on.
+  expect(s?.bottom).toBe(43);
+  expect(s?.right).toBe(43);
 });
 
 test("interior pages show the launcher immediately", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -120,9 +128,9 @@ test("interior pages show the launcher immediately", async ({ page }) => {
   await injectLauncher(page);
   const s = await launcherState(page);
   expect(s?.visibility).toBe("visible");
-  expect(s?.bottom).toBe(13);
-  expect(s?.right).toBe(13);
-  expect(s?.transform).toBe("matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 36, 36)");
+  expect(s?.bottom).toBe(43);
+  expect(s?.right).toBe(43);
+  expect(s?.transform).toBe("matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 6, 6)");
   // Transforms never create document overflow — pin that here.
   const overflow = await page.evaluate(
     () => document.documentElement.scrollWidth - document.documentElement.clientWidth
diff --git a/tests/e2e/footer-widgets.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/footer-widgets.spec.ts
index 4ea60af..7f7e028 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/footer-widgets.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/footer-widgets.spec.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import {
 // Real production geometry (measured on www.seasaba.com):
 //   Respond.io closed iframe, launcher-only: 90x90, right/bottom:49px —
 //     the component marks it `data-launcher-only` (issue #184), which is
-//     what applies the translate(36px, 36px) calibration + hit-region
-//     clip -> box x:[vw-103, vw-13], y:[vh-103, vh-13]; clipped zone
-//     x:[vw-80, vw-13], y:[vh-80, vh-13].
+//     what applies the translate(6px, 6px) anchor nudge + hit-region
+//     clip -> box x:[vw-133, vw-43], y:[vh-133, vh-43]; clipped zone
+//     x:[vw-110.5, vw-43], y:[vh-110.5, vh-43] — the same 43px inset the
+//     prompt and open states rest at, so the circle never moves.
 //   Respond.io closed iframe, prompt card visible: up to ~330x179 at
 //     right/bottom:43px, still state="widgetClose" but NOT marked —
 //     vendor positioning and hit region stay intact so the prompt is
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ test("footer bottom bar clears both floating launchers at every width", async ({
     expect(m.blocked, `${width}px links intercepted by iframe`).toEqual([]);
     // Positive breathing room between the last content row and the
     // clipped launcher zone — but bounded so padding can't silently grow
-    // back into an empty slab (zone top ≈ vh-80, so >35px would mean
-    // ~115px+ of dead space).
+    // back into an empty slab (zone top ≈ vh-110.5, so >35px would mean
+    // ~145px+ of dead space).
     expect(m.gapAboveZone, `${width}px gap above launcher zone`).toBeGreaterThan(4);
     expect(m.gapAboveZone, `${width}px gap above launcher zone`).toBeLessThan(35);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/respond-io.test.ts b/tests/unit/respond-io.test.ts
index 78a13c5..8af6792 100644
--- a/tests/unit/respond-io.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/respond-io.test.ts
@@ -79,17 +79,19 @@ it("hides only the closed widget launcher while the homepage hero is in view", (
   expect(globalsCss).not.toContain("translateY(calc(-60px");
 });
 
-// Launcher resting-position calibration (issue #125) + prompt-safety
+// Fixed launcher anchor (#125 calibration, reworked) + prompt-safety
 // (issue #184): the vendor reuses the closed-state iframe for the
 // promotional prompt, growing it far beyond the 90x90 launcher — so the
 // translate/clip contract must key off the loader-maintained
 // `data-launcher-only` geometry marker, never the bare widgetClose state.
-it("shifts only the marked launcher-only iframe to its calibrated resting position", () => {
+it("nudges only the marked launcher-only iframe onto the shared 43px anchor", () => {
   const bodies = [...globalsCss.matchAll(
     /iframe\[title="Webchat Widget"\]\[data-launcher-only\]\s*{([^}]+)}/g
   )].map((m) => m[1]);
   const combined = bodies.join("\n");
-  expect(combined).toContain("transform: translate(36px, 36px)");
+  // Vendor closed inset is 49px; the prompt/open inset is 43px. The 6px
+  // nudge lands the launcher circle on the same anchor in every state.
+  expect(combined).toContain("transform: translate(6px, 6px)");
   // clip-path shrinks the transparent hit area to the circle's quarter.
   expect(combined).toContain("clip-path: inset(25% 0 0 25%)");
   expect(combined).not.toContain("!important");
diff --git a/verify-chat-anchor.mjs b/verify-chat-anchor.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..055757f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verify-chat-anchor.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { chromium } from "playwright";
+import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
+
+// Chat launcher anchor verification: the launcher circle must keep one
+// fixed viewport position across closed / teaser / open-panel states.
+// Injects stand-in iframes at the vendor's measured geometries (closed
+// 90x90 @ right/bottom:49px — the watcher marks it data-launcher-only;
+// prompt ~330x179 @ right/bottom:43px; open panel placeholder) plus a
+// blue marker at the iframe's bottom-right corner where the real circle
+// sits, then screenshots each state at several viewports and reports the
+// marker's distance from the viewport corner.
+// Shots -> review-shots/chat-anchor/.
+const BASE = process.env.BASE_URL ?? "http://127.0.0.1:3100";
+const OUT = process.env.OUT ?? "review-shots/chat-anchor/";
+mkdirSync(OUT, { recursive: true });
+
+const browser = await chromium.launch();
+
+const injectState = async (page, kind) => {
+  await page.evaluate((k) => {
+    document
+      .querySelectorAll('iframe[title="Webchat Widget"], #anchor-marker')
+      .forEach((el) => el.remove());
+    const f = document.createElement("iframe");
+    f.title = "Webchat Widget";
+    const geo = {
+      closed: { state: "widgetClose", marked: true, w: 90, h: 90, inset: 49 },
+      teaser: { state: "widgetClose", marked: false, w: 330, h: 179, inset: 43 },
+      open: { state: "widgetOpen", marked: false, w: 380, h: 580, inset: 43 },
+    }[k];
+    f.setAttribute("state", geo.state);
+    if (geo.marked) f.setAttribute("data-launcher-only", "");
+    f.style.cssText = `position:fixed;bottom:${geo.inset}px;right:${geo.inset}px;width:${geo.w}px;height:${geo.h}px;border:0;z-index:9999;outline:1px dashed rgba(0,0,0,.25)`;
+    document.body.appendChild(f);
+    // Marker stands in for the launcher circle: ~58px diameter sitting
+    // ~5px inside the iframe's bottom-right corner.
+    const m = document.createElement("div");
+    m.id = "anchor-marker";
+    const r = f.getBoundingClientRect();
+    m.style.cssText = `position:fixed;left:${r.right - 63}px;top:${r.bottom - 63}px;width:58px;height:58px;border-radius:50%;background:#0b72de;z-index:10000;pointer-events:none`;
+    document.body.appendChild(m);
+  }, kind);
+};
+
+const markerAnchor = (page) =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const m = document.getElementById("anchor-marker");
+    const f = document.querySelector('iframe[title="Webchat Widget"]');
+    if (!m || !f) return null;
+    const r = m.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const fr = f.getBoundingClientRect();
+    return {
+      markerBottom: +(innerHeight - r.bottom).toFixed(1),
+      markerRight: +(innerWidth - r.right).toFixed(1),
+      markerCenterX: +(r.left + r.width / 2).toFixed(1),
+      markerCenterY: +(r.top + r.height / 2).toFixed(1),
+      iframeBottom: +(innerHeight - fr.bottom).toFixed(1),
+      iframeRight: +(innerWidth - fr.right).toFixed(1),
+    };
+  });
+
+const viewports = [
+  { name: "mobile-390", width: 390, height: 844 },
+  { name: "tablet-768", width: 768, height: 1024 },
+  { name: "desktop-1440", width: 1440, height: 900 },
+];
+
+for (const vp of viewports) {
+  const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: vp });
+  await page.goto(BASE + "/diving", { waitUntil: "load" });
+  await page.waitForTimeout(600);
+  // Scroll past nothing — interior pages show the launcher immediately.
+  for (const kind of ["closed", "teaser", "open"]) {
+    await injectState(page, kind);
+    await page.waitForTimeout(250);
+    const a = await markerAnchor(page);
+    await page.screenshot({ path: `${OUT}${vp.name}-${kind}.png` });
+    console.log(vp.name, kind, JSON.stringify(a));
+  }
+  await page.close();
+}
+
+await browser.close();