Case Studies
Website Sales Tools User Experience
Providing insights to help a major supplier optimize its online ordering process and improve user experience
Objective
A major building materials supplier needed to optimize its online ordering process to enhance the user experience, keep sales tools current and communicate breadth of line to upsell customers.
Methodology
We used a four-step process to collect a 360 point of view by:
- Facilitating a discussion with the management team about how they thought their process worked.
- Conducting in-person ethnographic interviews among a representative sample of customers during which we identified hypothetical business needs and observed typical ordering behavior. We compared and contrasted our client’s print materials and website to processes and materials of other industry leaders.
- Observing the client’s customer service reps assisting customers placing orders by phone.
- Providing a point of view on the client’s historical web metrics.
Outcome
By understanding not only how customers make purchase decisions and want to place orders but why, the client was able to redesign its own website to accommodate user needs, eliminate redundant work and reduce errors. Plus, the client initiated a new communications initiative to increase awareness of the site capabilities.
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