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Stickiness?
• Expedia = Travel Transactional
• Increasing Conversion
• Not More Time on Site
• UX - Careful of Distractions
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Tips To Increasing Stickiness
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Return Relevant Results
• Increase number of results per page
• Sort for proximity of landmark / address
• Visuals (images, map)
• Suggest alternate properties
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Encourage Use of Filters
• Dynamic
• Sliders when possible
• Retain all filters and sorts
• Add option to clear selected fields
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Clear Price Displays
• Bigger is better
• Highlight promotional rates
• Remain consistent through funnel
• Create transparency
• Allow customers to change currency
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Create Urgency
• Highlight 5 or less rooms
• Number of times booked
• Number of users viewing
• Time of last booking
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Urgency – Number of Rooms Left
2.5%
Increase in conversion
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Easy to Find Content
• Limit tabs
• Don’t make customers search
• Show thumbnails on main page
• Include guest reviews
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Property Details
Photo Layout Is The Winner
2.28%
Increase in conversion
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• Remove Unnecessary fields and steps
• Test one-page flow
• Remove links from checkout header
• Provide phone number
• Remind customer what they ‘re buying
Streamline Checkout
14. Three Main Takeaways
1. Stickiness on transactional sites should focus on
increasing conversion. Not time on site.
2. Focus on the user experience. Make it easy for
users to accomplish their goal and they will stick
around.
3. Be transparent about what you are offering.
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Thank You!
Jeff Slipko
Expedia Affiliate Network
Twitter: jslipko
Editor's Notes
Now I am going to give you specific examples that has worked for us in increasing stickiness for our users. These tips are travel centric, but the principles can definitely be applied to other markets.