Account Creation Experience


Update Cabela's account creation experience and process.

  • DELIVERABLE
  • Sketching, Wireframes & Protoype
  • ROLE
  • Competitive Research & UX
  • TOOLS & SOFTWARE
  • Axure, Sketech, Decibel Insights & Adobe Analytics
  • PROBLEM
  • Making users fill out thier life story is the biggest barrier in converting them into new account holders. Factors such as: data security, length of the form, and bad ux play a role in Cabela's low account creation conversion rate.
  • GOAL
  • Break down the barriers and friction points with a more streamlined account creation process in order to capture more users and provide a more personalized purchasing experience.

NEW APP DOWNLOAD & RETURN FLOW

FIRST TIME OPENING THE APP

Below represents the flow of a user downloading the app and opening it for the first time.

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RETURNING & FIRST TIME PURCHASERS

Below represents the flow of returning users and first-time purchases and having the ability to capture them after checkout.

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RESEARCH FINDINGS

The research phase began with a simple competitive analysis of other apps and published articles by NNGroup.com (Norman and Nielsen) based around best practices and friction areas of the account creation process. I wanted to learn and find others in the app space to understand if Cabela’s process needed an update.

  • MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  • Use the least amount of input fields (two) to capture people: User name & Password
    Stay away from PII on sign-up/account creation forms
    Only present error states when the user has done something wrong, not on load
    Use checkout as another opportunity to capture people into the account creation process

SKETCHING & WIREFRAMING

Once the preliminary research was complete, I took the findings to further define requirements and proceeded to sketch out concepts. Based on the findings above, I advocated for a flexible yet fast account creation process.

Below visualizes me working through how the interaction is going to function when a user engages with either the cancel & reschedule cta’s and where those two cta’s should live on the page and app.

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PROTOTYPE

This mid-to-hi-fiedelity prototype showcases what it would be like opening the app for the first time. Click on the CTA below to view the axure prototype

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SOLUTION

Bringing together business goals and proper UX strategy shaped the iterative MVP approach by creating a more streamlined account creation and personalized shopping experience.

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