product description Articles & Videos

  • Prototype Specifications: 3 Types

    Element, functionality, and content are three types of prototype specifications that help us document design details that are otherwise easily overlooked.

  • Community Ecommerce

    Ecommerce user experience can benefit from community features. Our user research in China finds that shoppers often view such content as more credible and useful than brand content.

  • UX Guidelines for Ecommerce Product Pages

    Customers shopping online rely on product pages to decide what to buy. Help them by answering questions, enabling comparison, providing reviews, and facilitating the purchase process.

  • The New Ecommerce User Experience: Changes in Users’ Expectations

    Powerhouse retail platforms shape customers’ expectations for a stellar online-shopping experience.

  • 3 Rules for Better Comparison Tables

    Successful comparison tables help people make decisions quickly. Simplicity, consistency, and informational are qualities of good comparison tables.

  • Instilling Confidence in Online Shoppers: I Bought a Sofa Online and Good UX Sealed the Deal

    A stellar user experience focused on users’ question and needs can persuade shoppers to make big-ticket purchases online.

  • 3 Tips for Better Product Descriptions on Websites

    Key content requirements for product pages are: answer users’ questions, be direct, and help with product comparison.

  • Ecommerce UX: 3 Design Trends to Follow and 3 to Avoid

    Ecommerce designs benefit from large product images, robust reviews and easy discounts, but suffer from hidden product detail, poor site feedback, and crowded customer-service areas.

  • User-centric vs. Maker-centric Language: 3 Essential Guidelines

    To engage users, website copy must speak to readers and not at them. Include words people can relate to, and avoid jargon, business speak, and feature-driven language.