MANIKO Website Redesign

MANIKO Nails is a beauty e-commerse brand that aims to revolutionize the nail industry. As part of their in-house design team I was tasked to improve and modernize the website shopping experience.
what?
Website Redesign
why? (need)
The conversion data was clearly showing that there were sore spots in the shopping experience, causing a lot of drop-offs. Moreover the dated look of the website was creating distrust in potential customers.
when?
June 2022
how?
4 months work project
who? (client)
MANIKO Nails GmbH
and my role?
A hand holding an iphone showing the homepage of Maniko's website

The Design Process

description of the design process in 7 steps starting from problem definition to measuring impact

Identifying the main user issues

I conducted quantative research by surveying 90+ existing and potential customers. Here is what I found:

Validating the user issues

To further explore the survey results I started by looking into conversion funnel data, desk research, having internal interviews with the Customer Care and Business Development departments, followed by conducting 5 live usability tests with actual users.

Prioritization

Based on the gained insights, the most common complaints to Customer Care and the insights gained from the user interviews, we identified the homepage, the Starter Set page and the shopping cart as our main priorities for the redesign.

Solution Conceptualization

I identified the following key issues:

Prototyping

01. Homepage

02. Starter Set

03. Shopping Cart

07. Measuring Impact

01. Conversion Data

After continuously validating changes with user interviews and subsequent iterations, we implemented the HiFi designs. Within 2 months of the website relaunch, we observed the following uplifts:

13.3%
Increase in Session to Sale
*according to internal CR data
36.4%
Increase in Active Customers
*according to internal CR data
23.8%
Increase in Starter Set conversion rate
*according to internal CR data
14%
Increase in overall Web Accessibility
*according to Shopify Shop Score (Google Lighthouse)

02. MANIKO team testimonials

“Thanks to the improved website, our customers can find all the important information quickly, so Customer Care receives fewer general inquiries. The website and especially the shopping cart are clearer, so there is less irritation from the customers’ side. We have also noticed fewer order returns.”

Christiane Volmari

Head of Customer Service

“With the implementation of new features, we can now much more easily distribute more content on the site, which internally is proving to be very time and resource saving. As a result, we can now do more launches with better content in the same period of time, which in turn attracts more customers and drives sales.”

Stefanie Batzel

Project Manager

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