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Vitaly Friedman

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Vitaly Friedman

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    Unfortunately, this workshop is fully sold out! But you can join the waiting list in case a ticket becomes available:


    Workshop, 5×2h + Q&A • Thu & Fri, July 2–17 2020
    09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)

    In eCommerce, an average abandonment rate is around 65–68%. This is usually caused by ambiguous copywriting and severe problems related to finding or understanding products, or a painfully slow checkout. We can’t bring the abandonment rate to 0, but we can shave off at least 15% with some smart and straightforward optimizations. So let’s do just that!

    With this series of 5×2.5h workshop sessions, we’ll set up a very clear roadmap on how we can show the right details and ask for the right data in the right order and at the right pace to improve conversion and customer satisfaction. That means removing distractions, minimizing friction and avoiding disruptions and dead ends caused by the seemingly beautiful UI.


    The workshop includes:

    • 1000+ workshop slides and examples
    • A comprehensive eCommerce UX checklist
    • Interactive sessions
    • Hands-on exercises and reviews
    • All workshop recordings
    • Dedicated Q&A time
    • Smashing Certificate

    In this workshop, we’ll explore:

    • Psychology of eCommerce
      Behavior patterns on mobile — how we tap, click, scroll, swipe, fill in data and navigate on sites — and its implications on eCommerce UI for mobile. Also, important metrics to consider in 2020.
    • The Kano model
      Building up from an underlying foundation oh how people think when making purchases;
    • Category product UX
      Going into detail in listing, navigation, filtering, sorting and search UX;
    • Product page UX
      What information matters, how to display pricing, and how to design it;
    • Testimonials and reviews
      Things to include in a testimonial, and how to design them for any kind of service.
    • Shopping Cart UX
      When and how to use shopping cart to upsell or cross-sell;
    • Web forms
      A dive into <select>-boxes, autocomplete, input budgets, floating labels, disabled submit buttons, country selector, pre-filling, and how to make checkout forms perform better;
    • Error messages
      How to design error messages, where to place them and how to word them;
    • Checkout UX and “Thank you” page UX
      Incl. one-page-checkout vs. multi-page-checkout, credit card input, guest checkout and creating accounts;
    • Email verification and password input
      How to get accurate data and avoid password recovery;
    • Privacy UX
      Guidelines on how to get accurate sensitive data — gender, age/birthday, phone number, personal photo — if you need it and conform to GDPR/CCPA along the way;
    • Authentication UX
      With login/password, 2-factor-auth, magic sign-in-link, security questions, CAPTCHA;
    • Onboarding UX
      Exploring a strategy for reducing abandonment and increasing retention;
    • Checkout and Payment
      1-Click-Checkout, Payment Request API, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay and how to use them;
    • Shopping Cart Abandonment
      A full strategy on decreasing abandoment, improving loyalty and building trust.

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    Who is this workshop for?

    This is a full workshop, delivered in five 2-hour long sessions with lots of time for Q&A.

    This workshop is for interface designers, front-end designers and developers who’d love to be prepared for complex and time-consuming design challenges.

    By the end of the workshop, we’ll have a detailed strategy of practical, tangible next steps to improve the interface, ranging from quick wins to long-term strategic changes.

    About Vitaly Friedman

    Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. When he is not writing or speaking at a conference, he’s most probably running front-end/UX workshops and webinars. He loves solving complex UX, front-end and performance problems.

    Schedule and Format of the Workshop

    This workshop is split over five days. Our virtual doors open at 8:45 AM PDT. The workshop begins at 9 AM PDT.

    The workshop sessions will run on the following days:

    • Thu, Jul 2, 09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT
    • Fri, Jul 3, 09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT
    • Thu, Jul 9, 09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT
    • Fri, Jul 10, 09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT
    • Fri, Jul 17, 09:00 – 11:30 AM PDT

    You can always re-watch the sessions at a more convenient time and follow the workshop at your own pace.

    Time & Schedule

    All sessions will follow the same format:

    • 8:45 AM PDT
      Virtual doors open, chat and networking.
    • 9:00 AM – 09:45 AM
      45 mins session.
    • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
      Coffee break (15 mins).
    • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
      45 mins session (incl. hands-on exercise).
    • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
      Coffee break (15 mins).
    • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
      Q&A + discussion.

    Of course, we can be flexible and adjust timing depending on how the day goes!

    What hardware/software do you need?

    To view the webinars, please install the Zoom client for Meetings, which is available for all the main OSs. It may take a few minutes to download and install, so please grab it ahead of time if you can.

    You’ll need a lot of sleep reserves since it’s going to be a series of packed sessions. Bring a lot of attention to detail and non-standard thinking to this one! ;-)

    About Vitaly Friedman

    Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. He loves solving complex UX, front-end and performance problems.

    Vitaly is the author, co-author and editor of almost all Smashing books, and a curator of all Smashing Conferences. He is a creative lead of Smashing Magazine and front-end & UX consultant in Europe and abroad, working with European Parliament, Haufe-Lexware, Axel-Springer and a few other companies.

    Day 1: Psychology of eCommerce

    People can’t buy items that they can’t find or don’t understand. We’ll look into how people buy, and when, and explore what roles do time, distractions, working hours, interface copy play for buying decisions.

    Then, we’ll explore optimal ways to list items and allowing customers to filter them, on desktop and on mobile. It includes navigation, search, sorting, compatibility, carousels, filters, feature/attribute comparison, zero-results-pages, configurable items and faceted search as well as search hits coming through search engines.

    Day 2: Product Page

    We’ll explore what really matters on the product page, and how do we organize all these little bits in pieces in an interface that is obvious and encourages action.

    We’ll explore product images and pricing display, testimonials and reviews, form elements (mobile and desktop) and how to design a flow to move from product page to shopping cart (and back) in a predictable and supportive way.

    Day 3: The Holy Grail, The Checkout

    Checkout comes in different flavors. What to choose: multi-step checkout, one-step checkout or accordion-style-checkout? We’ll be spending a significant amount of time looking into all the fine details of shopping cart, account creation, personal information, shipping and store pickup, form labels, error messages, payment flow and methods, delivery times, credit card input, smart defaults, security seals, positive validation, autocomplete lookup and progressive checkout.

    Day 4: Privacy UX and Authentication

    When we ask for data abruptly and annoyingly, we are likely to get fake data. How do we ensure that we are getting accurate customer emails or their phone numbers (if we need them)? How do we ask for sensitive input correctly and conform to GDPR/CCPA along the way?

    We’ll explore privacy, email verification, password input, authentication UX, 2-factor-auth, magic sign-in-link, social media sign-in, CAPTCHA, and how to ask for gender, age/birthday, phone number and personal details.

    Day 5: Onboarding and Next Steps

    The most popular feature that’s often requested when users get an onboarding tutorial, is the infamous “Skip” link. How do we educate our customers better then, to avoid abandonment and increase retention rate?

    What web technologies can we use to help us get there? We’ll look into 1-Click-Checkout, Payment Request API, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay and how to use them, along with a full strategy on decreasing abandonment significantly.


    Unfortunately, this workshop is fully sold out! But you can join the waiting list in case a ticket becomes available:


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