There is no shortage of testing best practices out there, but what about worst practices? In testing, knowing what not to do can save you time, resources and money.

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Optimizing E-commerce Sites:
What Not to Do and Why
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2. Ecommerce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Luke R. Diaz
Customer Account Executive
Customer Success
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3. Ecommerce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
“UGLY & BAD” DESIGN
1. Burning hours on the “perfect” design
2. Moving something familiar
3. Homepage guesswork
“UGLY & BAD” TESTING
1. Obsessing over your homepage hero (and not
tracking Purchase Conversion)
2. Not all stages of the funnel are measured
3. Purchase CTA removed

4. “UGLY & BAD” DESIGN

5. 1. Burning hours on the “perfect” design

6. 2. Moving something familiar
BEFORE
AFTER
Result: -92.3% drop in clicks!

7. 3. Homepage guesswork
Problems:
- I am not a girl
- I don’t live in Sacramento (or nearby)
- I don’t wear pink silicon watches

8. “UGLY & BAD” TESTING

9. 1. Obsessing over your homepage hero
(and not tracking Purchase Conversion downstream)

10. 1. Obsessing over your homepage hero
Time spent on hero:
2 weeks
50+ man hours
Time spent tracking
conversion:
None

11. 2. Not tracking all stages in the funnel
 Homepage CTR
 Search
 Product page
 Add to cart
 Share tools
☐ Conversion !
Added a
share tools
widget

12. 3. Purchase CTA removed
3rd party
hosted image
Disappeared!

13. Ecommerce: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
“UGLY & BAD” DESIGN
1. Burning hours on the “perfect” design
2. Moving something familiar
3. Homepage guesswork
“UGLY & BAD” TESTING
1. Obsessing over your homepage hero (and not
tracking Purchase Conversion)
2. Not all stages of the funnel are measured
3. Purchase CTA removed

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1. Beating The Big Drum
2. Using Technological Gimmicks
3. Unclear Call-to-action
4. Lack of Trust
5. Too Many Choices
6. Visual Distractions
7. Having Multiple Personalities
“Ugly & Bad” Things To Avoid

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39. 146 clickable links!

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1. Beating The Big Drum
2. Using Technological Gimmicks
3. Unclear Call-to-action
4. Lack of Trust
5. Too Many Choices
6. Visual Distractions
7. Having Multiple Personalities
Summary

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