Until recently, a lack of digital prioritization and desire to control access have led to sub-par luxury ecommerce experiences. Many luxury brands are struggling to improve.
When they shop for apparel items on global sites, users are concerned about sizing. Ease their concerns by providing corresponding local sizes, comprehensive size charts, and supplemental measurements.
The language-switching feature on ecommerce sites should be placed in the top corners on desktop sites and above the fold on mobile, with enough details and flexibility to satisfy user needs.
User research for the 5th edition of our report series on ecommerce user experience report indicates that “good” isn’t good enough when it comes to online shopping.
Livestreams allow users to see products in detail and get their questions answered in real time. They can be integrated in ecommerce websites and on social-networking apps.
Our user research discovered 6 distinct types of interactions users/customers have with companies on social media. Recognize each type, and support each one with different design approaches.
There are two ways to facilitate e-commerce social media: you can sell directly on the social platform, or simply promote on social media with a link to a traditional e-commerce site for the actual purchase.
Ecommerce AR tools are relatively new, so must be highly discoverable and easy to learn. Calibration issues run rampant, and users must dedicate focused attention to interact with this unfamiliar feature.
Nonnative speakers rely on visual cues to navigate international sites presented in an unfamiliar language. Use imagery to support text and help these shoppers.
Extensive user research with people shopping online identified 5 main types of behavior: product-focused, browsing, researchers, bargain-hunters, and one-time shoppers. Each user type benefits from different UX elements.
A/B testing often focuses on incremental improvements to isolated parts of the user experience, leading to the risk of cumulatively poor experience that's worse than the sum of its parts.
Our research shows that emojis in subject lines increase negative sentiment toward an email and do not increase the likelihood of an email being opened.
When emergency situations impact retail operations, stores must inform customers of resulting changes to services with salient communications across all channels.
Allow users to reserve delivery windows before they start shopping; clearly communicate delivery minimums and fees; allow users to specify substitutions for low-stock items as they shop.