overview

A major focus for the App team’s roadmap was redesigning the Wayfair app. Their aim was to bring a new, improved visual style to the app and enhance key flows and interaction patterns. As part of the Shopping Tools team, I worked to define scope and improve key interaction and visual patterns for the Lists app experience. I was the only designer from the Shopping Tools team to work with the App team on this project.

final design for the Lists homepage

final design for the Lists homepage

why focus on the Lists experience?

App users are high value customers

<aside> πŸ’² 17% of total revenue last month was from Wayfair app users

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<aside> πŸ›οΈ 3X more likely to purchase than web users

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Even more so are List users

<aside> πŸ›’ 67% of List users return within 14 days

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<aside> πŸ›’ 32% of List users have a higher average order value

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how might we. . .

<aside> πŸ“Œ user hmw: How might we help shoppers easily save and view their favorite Wayfair products?

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<aside> πŸ“Œ business hmw: How might we increase engagement that Wayfair app shopper have with Lists?

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setting scope & gathering requirements

I like to start my projects by setting a scope and defining requirements. To help set the scope of the Lists app redesign, I:

Having this information made decision-making, setting timelines, and aligning stakeholders much easier.

previous product cards and list overview page

previous product cards and list overview page

early sketches of key pages and interactions

early sketches of key pages and interactions

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leveraging data to help make design decisions

Given the tight timelines and scope of the project, I didn't have a chance to conduct user testing or do broad explorations. I had to rely on secondary research and existing data. Here are some key findings from the data analytics team: