My role:
UI Design
UX Heuristics
User Interviews
User Flows
Wireframing
Testing
Duration:
7 days
Tools:
InVision
Sketch
Marvel
Illustrator
e-commerce design sprint
THE PROBLEM
Your HOME Gym is a website store
selling new and used gym equipment - specifically designed for people who prefer
to work out at home vs. a commercial gym.
THE BRIEF
Improve the conversion from
browse to completion-of-checkout
in order to increase revenue
at the Your HOME Gym store.
THE GOALS
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Create a seamless and welcoming
on-boarding experience -
Encourage buying confidence
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Increase check out rate
DISCOVERY
understand and map
I started with a competitive
analysis research of 3 sites:
1
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Academy
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Dicks Sporting Goods
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Gym Source
Competitive analysis flows provided
the following takeaways:
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Keep “branding ads” to a minimum
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Reassure users with security symbols
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Offer a clear return policy
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2 pages maximum check out screens
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Provide multiple payment options
2
Conducted 5 remote user interviews
in order to Identify potential users and find ways to improve engagement shopping for gym equipment online.
Participants Interviewed
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Users think new gym equipment is
too expensive -
Quality, condition & brand of equipment
costing over $250 is important -
Not confident in their decision making
process at checkout -
Can’t find what they are looking for
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Deterred by cost, they lose their nerve
Interview Summary
Users aged 25-55
Workout regularly (3+ times a week)
Own a smartphone / computer
Experienced with gym equipment
Due to Covid, the cleanliness of used gym equipment was a such a hot topic that I decided to focus this iteration of the project on purchasing NEW gym equipment.
Affinity Map
3
PERSONAS
From the user interviews
and affinity map I was able
to create two personas for
our home gym shopper:
Janice
Jim
This data inspired the following
How Might We questions...
HMW make searching for gym equipment more organic for the user?
HMW create a faster way to checkout?
HMW make a user feel confident/reassured about their purchase?
DESIGN &
VALIDATE 1
DESIGN (1)
1
After I created an onboarding user flow, I designed the wireframes I needed to create lo-fidelity screens in order to put the flow to the test
user flow
wireframes
lo-fi screens
2
VALIDATE (1)
I remotely tested 5 people
that fit the application's demographics.
Each interview lasted 20 minutes.
TASKS
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Find an elliptical and add it to the cart.
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Purchase the elliptical
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Find and review the Return Policy.
DISCOVERIES
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Users said the "big" pictures made finding the eliptical "easy"
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Many wanted to see the “return” policy on the product page
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Wished that the checkout page “looked more secure”
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Wanted to see payment options on the cart page
These key takeaways provided the
following recommendations...
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Remove the third step in the checkout process
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Replace "next" with “confirm order” button on 2nd step
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Add the "return" policy button to the product page
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Add security icons to the checkout page
DESIGN &
VALIDATE 2
DESIGN (2)
1
Considering our key personas, the spirit of the brand evokes:
• affordability
• strength
• approachibility
style guide
2
VALIDATE (2)
For the 2nd round of testing
I remotely tested 5 NEW people
that fit the application's demographics.
Each interview lasted 20 minutes.
TASKS (2)
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Find an elliptical and add it to the cart.
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Purchase the elliptical
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Find and review the Return Policy.
DISCOVERIES/IMPLEMENTATIONS
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Users wished they had seen the return policy earlier
FIX: Added return policy to the product page -
Questioned the need for a “quanitity” option on the cart page
FIX: Remove quantity option for high ticket items -
Wished to see the security icons during the first step of checkout- rather than just on the credit card page
FIX: Move the security icons to the item card on the checkout screen
key screen iterations
Lo-fi testing round 1
Hi-fi testing round 2
Final iteration implemented
Landing page
Cart page
Product page
Lo-fi testing round 1
Hi-fi testing round 2
Final iteration implemented
Checkout page
Confirmation page
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Add membership profile so that ads could carter specifically to users' budgets
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30 day return no-hassle return policy stated up front and often afterwards
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Further explore a selling option for used gym equipment or trade-ins
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Offer one-step checkout for members
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Add "points" to purchases for members
Next Steps