How to sell more
by UX Testing
Barend Faber
Senior Customer Success Manager
WhatUsersDo
● UX Testing is easy
● Why you should bother
● How it’s worked for others
● How to do it tomorrow (free)
● Bonus: 5 tips to sell more
Agenda
UX Testing is
easy
Set tasks for people to follow on
your site
● Find a product you would genuinely buy and add it
to your basket
1
2 Choose people to take part
● Demographics
● Device – Desktop, Tablet, SmartPhone
● Custom screener
Watch videos
● As they attempt tasks
● Saying what they’re thinking
● To find out where they struggle
3
Why bother?
1. Improve online sales
by identifying (and then
removing) user friction
2. Stop wasting time
guessing at what to
improve on your site
3. Reduce the cost of
avoidable contact
Why bother?
1. Validate new features,
products and pricing
2. Optimise marketing
costs – watch users
search
3. Take the best from
your competitors
Why bother?
1. Settle internal
arguments with the
“customers voice”
2. Prioritise your roadmap
around users needs /
wants
3. Get closer, closer
closer
Just like these 5
HALVED BOUNCE RATE
+ 18% ONLINE SALES
BETTER PPC RETURN
TESTING REVEALED
HOME PAGE PROBLEMS
INCREASED SALES
STOPPED WASTING TIME
AND EFFORT GUESSING
WHAT USERS NEED
TESTED TO IDENTIFY
AND REMOVE USER
FRICTION
INCREASED SALES
STOPPED WASTING TIME
AND EFFORT GUESSING
WHAT USERS NEED
TESTED TO IDENTIFY
AND REMOVE USER
FRICTION
+25% CONVERSION RATE
+115% REVENUE
TESTED MOBILE
PURCHASE &
NEWSLETTER JOURNEYS
Good news: none of the
changes were massive.
Try it free
whatusersdo.com/screen-pages
Bonus! 5 Tips to increase
Sales…
If you don’t have a phone number
say why1
2 Treat your Returns Policy as a high
converting page
● Easy to find: link on PDPs and throughout
checkout
● Easy to understand: not written by a lawyer
3
Mine your search logs
● Take the top 20 on-site search terms and ensure
the relevant product or categories are displayed
on your Home Page
● Search can show you what many users can’t find
when they land
4
Squint your eyes
● Look at each of your top 10 landing pages
● See if anything on the page looks a like an ad
● Change its design so it doesn’t (to stop people
ignoring it)
5
Is your cookie message dominating
your mobile home page?
● Reset your mobile cookies
● Shorten or move the cookie message for mobile
devices
Five Tips
1. No phone? Say why.
2. Returns Page converts
3. Mine search logs
4. Squint to remove “ads”
5. Cut mobile cookies
Barend Faber
Senior Customer Success Manager
WhatUsersDo
● UX Testing is easy
● Why you should bother
● How it’s worked for others
● How to do it tomorrow (free)
● Bonus: 5 tips to sell more
I set out to
Try it for yourself:
whatusersdo.com/screen-pages

What Users Do

  • 1.
    How to sellmore by UX Testing
  • 2.
    Barend Faber Senior CustomerSuccess Manager WhatUsersDo ● UX Testing is easy ● Why you should bother ● How it’s worked for others ● How to do it tomorrow (free) ● Bonus: 5 tips to sell more Agenda
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Set tasks forpeople to follow on your site ● Find a product you would genuinely buy and add it to your basket 1
  • 5.
    2 Choose peopleto take part ● Demographics ● Device – Desktop, Tablet, SmartPhone ● Custom screener
  • 6.
    Watch videos ● Asthey attempt tasks ● Saying what they’re thinking ● To find out where they struggle 3
  • 7.
    Why bother? 1. Improveonline sales by identifying (and then removing) user friction 2. Stop wasting time guessing at what to improve on your site 3. Reduce the cost of avoidable contact
  • 8.
    Why bother? 1. Validatenew features, products and pricing 2. Optimise marketing costs – watch users search 3. Take the best from your competitors
  • 9.
    Why bother? 1. Settleinternal arguments with the “customers voice” 2. Prioritise your roadmap around users needs / wants 3. Get closer, closer closer
  • 10.
  • 11.
    HALVED BOUNCE RATE +18% ONLINE SALES BETTER PPC RETURN TESTING REVEALED HOME PAGE PROBLEMS
  • 12.
    INCREASED SALES STOPPED WASTINGTIME AND EFFORT GUESSING WHAT USERS NEED TESTED TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE USER FRICTION
  • 13.
    INCREASED SALES STOPPED WASTINGTIME AND EFFORT GUESSING WHAT USERS NEED TESTED TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE USER FRICTION
  • 14.
    +25% CONVERSION RATE +115%REVENUE TESTED MOBILE PURCHASE & NEWSLETTER JOURNEYS
  • 15.
    Good news: noneof the changes were massive.
  • 16.
  • 17.
    Bonus! 5 Tipsto increase Sales…
  • 18.
    If you don’thave a phone number say why1
  • 19.
    2 Treat yourReturns Policy as a high converting page ● Easy to find: link on PDPs and throughout checkout ● Easy to understand: not written by a lawyer
  • 20.
    3 Mine your searchlogs ● Take the top 20 on-site search terms and ensure the relevant product or categories are displayed on your Home Page ● Search can show you what many users can’t find when they land
  • 21.
    4 Squint your eyes ●Look at each of your top 10 landing pages ● See if anything on the page looks a like an ad ● Change its design so it doesn’t (to stop people ignoring it)
  • 22.
    5 Is your cookiemessage dominating your mobile home page? ● Reset your mobile cookies ● Shorten or move the cookie message for mobile devices
  • 23.
    Five Tips 1. Nophone? Say why. 2. Returns Page converts 3. Mine search logs 4. Squint to remove “ads” 5. Cut mobile cookies
  • 24.
    Barend Faber Senior CustomerSuccess Manager WhatUsersDo ● UX Testing is easy ● Why you should bother ● How it’s worked for others ● How to do it tomorrow (free) ● Bonus: 5 tips to sell more I set out to
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    Try it foryourself: whatusersdo.com/screen-pages

Editor's Notes

  • #12 Any Old Lights are a small online retailer with a single shop in Cornwall. They sell reclaimed lights. Testing showed they needed to make it much easier to start shopping online. Some small Home Page changes dramatically improved their conversions (and meant their PPC spend was more effective too).