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Better experiences are better for business. With a brief to improve the commercial performance of EE's confirmation pages, we achieved this by improving the usability and visual design of the page.

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Three phones showing the updated order confirmation page UI

Confirmation screens vs emails

User research showed that users see order confirmation as essential proof of purchase while order confirmation screens (what you see once you’ve placed an order on a website or app) are seen as less important and more appropriate to advertise on.

Testing the existing pages validated that most of the most content was either of secondary importance or unnecessary and therefore didn’t have to be visible by default.

Initial ideas focussed on simplicity and scannability. We also thought about animation and giving the user a sense of excitement.

Our key hypothesis was that condensing all secondary information into accordions would improve usability and allow commercial content to be surfaced without annoying customers - which we were able to validate in user testing. We also discovered improvement opportunities, some as simple as adding a single word.

The final designs balance moments of delight with practical improvements to the page's information architecture and visual hierarchy.

A key lesson learned was to test key hypotheses early on, even if the idea is still very rough. This applies especially to technical possibilities, such as tech stacks or backend structure, and design concepts.