Whocanfixmycar.com
Whocanfixmycar.com is the UKs no1 car repair comparison site. Its a web app for garages to win work and drivers to compare prices, reviews and availability and then book in with garages.
We partner and intregrate APIs from affiliates including:
- 1m+ Driver visits per month
- 16k+ Garages per month
Website traffic
Growing conversion and revenue
I was hired as the first UX/UI designer at whocanfixmycar.com. I installed a user centric design process and methodologies to increase KPIs and revenue. I work on creating a culture of feedback, iteration and a user centered design focus.
My Role: Lead Product Designer
Duties: User research, UX design, UI design, Interaction design, Lead and establish user centric processes
- Funnel conversion +44%
- Revenue from product +102%
Acheivements to date
Installing user centric design processes
I set up a user a user centric design processes to product development, continuous iteration, idea generation and involving the whole company in creating a customer focused product, you increase user satisfaction, increase conversion and lifetime value.
Empathise, Define, Iterate, Repeat
Using small releases, MVPs and research I increased user engagement and thus increased revenue in a measurable and defined manner.
- Talking to users
- Guerilla research
- Real personas
- User testing (remote and in person)
- Interviews
- Surveys
- User stories
- Problem statements
- Affinity diagrams
- Workshops, brainstorms, mind maps
- Prioritisation matrix
- Define KPIs
"Talk to users, define and prioritise improvements, set metrics to measure success"
Main processes
- Sketch on paper
- Userflows
- Interaction design
- Wireframes
- Prototypes
- UI design
- Google analytics, hotjar
- Customer Satisfaction tracking
- Data analysts
- KPI and conversion monitoring
- A/B testing
- User testing, feedback and review
Planning and communication
Using the research we have gathered over time I create a backlog of tickets that then get prioritised using a prioritization matrix. These range from quick wins and small iterations, to larger projects that require a MVP, prototyping and iterate on. Liasing with the devs is with Jira and Teams as a communication tool.
“With 12 developers based in Kiev communication alongside defined specs and project understanding are important. We use jira and teams for communication and management.”
Communication
Using data in product design
I use data to monitor closely how the product and release are performing and to define improvements. It allows us to monitor all areas of the site and performance and watch out for shifts in behaviour and usage. The product team knows an any point how close we are to hitting targets and how tests are performing.
"KPIs, funnel performance, product improvements and measuring sucess are all part of our product design processes"
Measure success
Data to define improvements
Product design works closely with the data department to get reports and findings of releases and iterations.
- Granular data reports
- Usage of features
- Data analyst team
Data to Measure success
Tracking sucess is easy if you set up early what you are aiming for.
- Google analytics, hotjar
- Customer Satisfaction tracking
- KPI tracking
Leading product design
As the sole product designer in the product team its my job to keep the user at the center of focus not only within my team but also within the company. Creating an atmosphere of feedback learning with also balancing business and user needs.
Company buy in
- Workshops
- Beers and ideas
- Learn it lunches
Feedback culture
- Hands up meetings
- Show and tell
- All teams involved in feedback
Combine goals
- Business goals
- User needs
Design system
- Keep designs unified
- Speed up dev deliverables
“I have installed a culture of iteration, continuous feedback and testing”
Design culture
Key Milestones
We are constantly interating and refining
AI and machine learning
Give 86% of jobs posted 5+ instant accurate price (Currently 35%) and to increase acceptance rate to 25% View more details
“Give drivers an instant and accurate quote, and allow garages to view and edit their quotes at any time.”
Problem statement
- Jobs with a quote generated +140%
Reduce leakage in the funnel
One of the areas of leakage we have identified in the funnel is receiving a quote from a garage and then clicking choose a garage. View details
"Allow drivers to book in with a garage based on their availability"
Problem statement:
- Acceptance rate +30%
- Refund rate -80%
Increase funnel conversion
We originaly had one core funnel, after introducing 70+ new funnels are setting individual targets we saw a increase in posting rates.
- Core Funnel conversion +44%
- Smaller funnels +14% - +25%
Increase acceptance rates
With extensive A/B testing and reworking flows and quote tiles we saw a rise in acceptance rate.
- Acceptance rate +30%
Conversion increases
Increases in the product KPIs to date.
- Funnel conversion +44%
- Jobs generated +89%
- Acceptance rate +30%
- Quotes provided +127%
- Product related revenue +102%