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Trender.ai - Onboarding redesign increases app retention

User-Centered Onboarding - trender.ai

TL;dr I designed a new onboarding flow which decreased drop-off by 70% and brought the app out of Beta.

 

Context

Beginning late 2021 our team scoped a large project encompassing the trial-to-buy experience. I will be focusing on Onboarding!

Background


This release allowed us to come out of Beta; accepting in-app payments and providing users with subscription management tools.

Business Goal


I worked closely with stakeholders and my PM on the entire customer experience from first landing on the website, to signing up, going through a trial, converting or leaving, (and an off-boarding experience that made users laugh).

As part of this design I helped plan the CX of marketing emails and messaging, including frequency and content.

I took time to deeply understand user needs, advocating early to stakeholders for training materials and progress bar to be integrated into the app. Early buy-in smoothed my process, woohoo!

My Role

 

Result : Comprehensive training style Onboarding

Onboarding that trains users, retains users!

The final design was the result of 4 months of user research, ideation workshops, and a strong use of competitive analysis.
For example, I used inspiration from award winning SaaS companies like Mail Chimp to bring trender up to industry best practices!

Features that truly encouraged users:

  1. Checklist

  2. Progress bar

  3. Video Tutorials

  4. Written steps to complete setup

 

Where we came from..

Before I came on as a Product Designer, onboarding consisted of a short tip tutorial, leading the user around the app.

Why this was bad UX:

  • Too vague

  • No learnability assistance

  • Value statements are missing

  • Doesn’t help users complete their profile.





Project Overview

My role: End-end Product Designer

My Team: 1 FE Engineer, 2 BE Engineers

Duration: March 2022 - June 2022

Deliverables: Competitive analysis, usability testing, stakeholder interviews, prototypes, hifi mockups

Onboarding was part of a larger scoped project to develop
the Trial to Buy experience in the app.

 

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