How can a redesign dramatically boost sales and conversion rates by 12.5%? This case study on Shiny & Diski’s online store showcases how targeted UX/UI improvements can streamline user interaction and enhance the overall shopping experience.

About Turum-burum

Turum-burum is a leading conversion rate optimization agency. With 14 years of experience in UX/UI design across industries like e-Commerce, FinTech, B2B Tech, and SaaS, they offer insights that enhance user experience by improving interfaces for the Ukrainian and global market, including the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Australia, and Thailand.

Shiny & Diski at a Glance

Founded in 2012, Shiny & Diski is an official dealer for Nokian, Michelin, Continental, and Goodyear tires and discs. In its online store, customers can use a tire calculator, access detailed product specifications, and receive orders within 1–3 days via various logistics companies or at a pickup point just in three minutes after ordering. User satisfaction is the company’s top priority. 

Project Challenges and Objectives

The goals of the redesign were to:

• Provide well-structured information and all the necessary details for each product
• Enable easy and convenient product searches
• Ensure a user-friendly experience across both desktop and mobile platforms

The challenge: Appealing to a diverse audience with varying backgrounds, ages, and levels of technical sophistication.

5 Key Usability Issues and Solutions

The team at Turum-burum thoroughly analyzed the site’s usability, KPIs, and customer behavior by setting up analytical tools including Microsoft Clarity. Their research revealed several usability issues on the Shiny & Diski website that negatively impacted the business’s performance.

Issue #1: Ineffective filter by brand

Problem: The site’s alphabetical arrangement of brands made searching for popular options a time-consuming process. Customers had to scroll through long lists to find the brand they needed.

Recommendation: Reorganize the brand list by placing the most popular brands at the top, based on analytical insights, with the remaining brands following in alphabetical order. This change would improve user accessibility and reduce search time.

Result: Post-implementation data showed that users were engaging with popular brands more frequently, which significantly sped up the product selection process and increased user satisfaction.

Issue #2: Extra step to filter items

Problem: User interaction with the filter functionality was high, according to heat maps and click maps. However, to view filtered search results users had to click the “Show” button, which was a redundant step. Additionally, it only displayed the number of products that matched the filter without indicating any additional product counts for additional filter criteria.

Recommendation: Eliminate the “Show” button and display the number of products directly next to each filter. This change allowed users to immediately see the number of products matching their criteria, simplifying the filtering process and improving the user experience.

Result: Users continued to actively use filters after implementing this change, but the process of finding the desired product became easier and faster. By eliminating this unnecessary step and providing instant visibility into the number of products, the team streamlined the shopping process and effectively brought users closer to making a purchase.

Issue #3: Price filter button position too low

Problem: Although frequently used, the price filter button was only visible to 64% of customers, potentially hindering its use and prolonging the search process.

Recommendation: Reposition the price filter button higher up to improve its visibility and usability. This adjustment would allow for faster navigation throughout the product selection and checkout process.

Result: Microsoft Clarity scroll and click maps showed that after the repositioning of the button, approximately 90% of users saw the price range filter, resulting in increased usage. This change not only improved the user experience, but also sped up the process of finding products that meet specific user needs.

As a result, users became 15% more likely to go to the product page from the product list and 67% more likely to add the product to cart.

Issue #4: No quick size options available

Problem: In the site breadcrumbs, users frequently click on the “brand model” to visit the specific catalog page. This is likely to check for different sizes of a particular model, indicating that size information was not easily accessible.

Recommendation: Allow users to see all size options for a product on the same page. This would streamline the shopping process and eliminate the need for additional searches.

Result: This change improved user engagement by allowing them to easily compare and select sizes, speeding up the purchase decision process.

Issue #5: Wrong position of item characteristics

Problem: Users often clicked on “All Features” because they were interested in product details or because the features were not visible on the initial screens. Clarity heatmap data showed that only 16% of users reached the features section, while 33% accessed the reviews positioned above the product details.

Recommendation: Reposition the characteristics block to appear right after the photo block, with the reviews section placed after it. This change would make the product details immediately visible and accessible, eliminating unnecessary scrolling or clicking.

Result: After the change, over 40% of users accessed the product characteristics section, indicating a significant improvement in visibility. These users then naturally moved on to the reviews, improving their overall browsing experience.

As a result of all product page UX/UI improvements, conversion from the product page to shopping cart increased by 11%.

Issue #6: No search by popular categories

Problem: The homepage lacks direct links to popular categories, so users are forced to navigate through the burger menu to access specific categories. This added unnecessary steps to their shopping process.

Recommendation: Add a block with the most popular subcategories directly below each main product category. This would allow users to quickly navigate to the desired subcategory, streamlining their search and reducing the number of steps needed to find the right product.

Result: There was a noticeable increase in user interaction with these categories, with approximately 40% of mobile users and 15% of desktop users using via this new section.

As a result, the conversion rate for the users that came from the homepage increased by 8%, indicating a faster transition to purchase compared to previous metrics.

Redesign Results and Metrics

The hard data clearly demonstrate the positive impact of the teams improvements:

• Overall conversion increase: The site’s CR increased by 12.5%, with notable boosts across devices — 16% for mobile and 7% for desktop.
• Customer Engagement Surge: Users became 15% more likely to go to the product page from the product list and 67% more often added the product to the cart.
• Improved site interaction: Users viewed 40% more products per session, with an average of 2.2 items.