Product Bundling at Clove

Product Bundling at Clove

Built experiences to allow users to bundle additional products with the purchase of a sneaker

Built experiences to allow users to bundle additional products with the purchase of a sneaker

PROBLEM

To make sense for the business financially, each bundle must offer a sneaker (90% of our inventory). Due to this, we had a large variant limit and we were unable to explore 3rd party tools or standard solutions.

OUTCOME

The bundle has collectively achieved over a 12% attach rate and increased customer engagement by 20% within the checkout funnel. My deliverables included a pop up bundling experience, and additional modules that lives within the PDP and Cart Drawer.

ROLE

Product designer

TIMELINE

Jul ' 23- Jul ‘ 24

TEAM

UX Designer (me)
UX Designer (Eunji Nam)
PM (Faith Mamaradlo)
3 Engineers
DO. Marketing (Nick Sanetra)

Business Goals

What are the brand's expectations as a result of implementing product bundles?

01

Increase Average Order Value (AOV)

How do we increase the cart value for users that already have sneakers in their cart?

02

Offer multiple promotional strategies

How can we offer a range of promotional bundling strategies such as BOGO, seasonal, and build your own bundles?

03

Offload Inventory

How can we help offload old items from the warehouse using bundling strategies?

Design brief for

Product Bundling

How might we trigger a product bundling solution only when a user already has a sneaker in the cart?

01

Visually Strong

How can we ensure that the user will interact and engage with the bundle offers?

02

Extremely Flexible

How can we create a thorough experience that is flexible enough to accomodate different product types, dynamic pricing options and seasonal promotions?

03

Easy to Navigate

How do we use key words and direction to create a straightforward experience for our users?

Early Research &

User Interviews

We conducted 9 one-on-one Semi-Structured interviews with our customers. The objective was to understand how users feel when they are presented with a bundle and what would motivate them to complete their purchase.

Affinity Map

  • It’s a great idea, but only great if you had options. Getting to choose whatever color you want in that bundle. A lot of times, when companies bundle together, it includes products that you might not use.

    Glenda, Clove Superfan

  • I like when I see companies offering bundles. It means that I can pick my options and it’s all right there. I wish there was more variety or build your own. It would be easier decision making. 

    Glenda, Clove Superfan

  • I would purchase a bundle if it had a good discount and offered good quality products.

    Nicole, Clove Customer

  • When I see a company that offers bundles, it really depends. If they are obviously trying to get rid of last minute stuff then no, but if it’s a new product then that’s exciting


    Taylor, Clove Customer

  • I would purchase a clove bundle if they included some new products, early release is cool, if they came out with matching scrub top to pair of shoes. Matching in color, discount, BOGO. 


    Aaron, Clove Customer

  • I would only buy a bundle if the products were something that I was already looking at.

    Stephanie, Clove Customer

Idea Validation &

Testing

We wanted to test the validity of a bundle by developing a simple add on experience within the cart drawer

01

Iteration 1

Offering a single product bundle option

User adds a sneaker to cart -> Bundle Module appears in the cart drawer -> User adds items from the bundle -> Items appear in the cart with discount added

02

Iteration 2

Offering 2 product bundle options

Why I designed this:

  1. Providing additional education about how the bundle works will benefit user

  2. Having the bundle modules closed at first will reduce choice anxiety

  3. Creating a more streamlined process to select between the two bundle options

  4. Giving the bundle a unique name may make the bundle stand out more

Early Testing &

Results

The results from our A/B test (4 weeks running) and GA metrics looks incredibly promising from just offering two bundle options.

01

Increase in AOV and click on Checkout

12% increase in AOV and 17% increase in checkout clicks

02

Great Bundle Attach Rate

15% attach rate observed for both bundles

User Testing

and improvements

We went back to our users to see how we could improve and grow this experience. We conducted 12 user testing interviews to understand their needs, pain points and experience checking out using both bundle options. We also reviewed ~20 user recordings to observe user journeys.

01

Interview Breakdown

How do our users feel when presented with both bundling options?

02

Pain Points

How can we tackle the pain points presented by our users?

Key User Problems

Analysis

What are the problems that our users are facing when interacting with bundles?

01

Clear direction and instructions

Users require clear instructions outlining the promotion and discount received

02

More product details

Users want to see more product details (sizes, all colorway options, product descriptions and pictures) all within the product module

03

Autonomy on product options

Users want to have a choice on the bundled products so they can purchase products they actually want

04

Clear Discount

Users want to see the amount they wil be saving as early as possible

Designing a Pop Up

and why?

How can we design a pop up experience that is less intrusive to the checkout experience, but provides enough flexibility to accomodate different strategies and enough information for the user to complete building the bundle ?

01

Providing just enough autonomy

We can provide options for preset bundles, but also give the user to ability to select products from scratch. In this case, the user can select products they actually want, ensure the bundle fits within their price range, and enjoy a gamified experience that builds curiosity.

02

Evaluating Real Estate

Building a pop up experience that is triggered after a user adds a sneaker to cart will allow for a continuous checkout flow, and provide enough real estate to incorporate all essential elements. Within the desktop module, I created enough space for 24+ swatches, 8 sizing options, 2 product images, a small description and a drop down size guide. (New UI after brand change)

Final Pop Up Designs

for Bundling

The deliverables for this projects include a mobile pop up bundle, desktop pop up bundle, mobile in cart & PDP modules

01

Mobile Pop Up Build Your Own Bundle

Step 1: User adds a sneaker to the cart and the bundle pops up. The module is visually engaging to force engagement, and a clear call out on the amount they will save.

Step 2: There is a clear direction with heading and copy prompting users to add their first item. The amount saved and new price is highlighted and stands out.

Step 3: User customizes their first item by selecting their product preferences. This module allows the user to learn more about the product, and see all color options.

Step 4: User is prompted to select the second item in their bundle, similar to the previous step. The stepper indicates that they are near the end of the bundle

Step 5: User customizes their next item by selecting their product preferences. Here we made space for extra underscrub options.

Step 6: User has completed the bundle and can see all of their previous selections, how much they saved per item and total.

02

Desktop Bundle Pop Up

Here is an example of our desktop bundle being used for a GWP

Pop Up Bundle

Testing

We tested this experience with different promotions for a 2 month period.

01

Bundle Attach Rate

Offering more product bundles and discounts increase the total bundle attach rate by 5%

02

Conversion Rate

The pop up bundling experiences for Desktop increased the conversion rate by 16%. Unfortunately, we did not see a similar number for the mobile experience.

User Testing &

Analysis

We interviewed 20 customers (10 Desktop & 10 mobile)

01

Desktop Experience

Users were interested in the pop up experience and interacted with all steps, and even added the bundle to their cart seamlessly

02

Mobile Experience

Unfortunately, 6 of our users immediately clicked out of the pop up as their natural response. They did not look at the module to see what was offered, however they clicked on the bundle button within the cart drawer, and then interacted with it from there.

Supporting Designs

& why

I built additional experiences that would live within the Product Page and Cart Drawer that users can choose to engage with. This gives mobile users the option to add products as they like.

01

PDP Upsell

A Make it a set section will allow users to see what else we can offer for a discount.

02

Cart Drawer Bundles

Key Takeaways

Analysis

01

If I had more time..

I would have preferred to conduct a more extensive user testing session with the mobile version of the pop up to ensure that all users were satisfied with the experience.

02

Overall

I'm extremely happy with my entire process, and stoked by the results that we achieved during this time. We successfully increased the overall AOV by 16%, were able to use the module for a wide range of promotional strategies, and offloaded many products.