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Agenda ●  Brief ●  Our solution ●  Our journey: research ●  Our journey: testing and prototyping ●  Demo ●  Next steps

Bills sharing made easy

Splittable

Renters Home Owners

The Brief ●  Add bills and split them between

housemates ●  Request, make and settle

payments with cash and PayPal

Our Challenge To simplify the payment process between

multiple users, and make it friendly

Our Solution

Engagement through notifications

Our Journey Starts with the competition

Responsive website

Pay with PayPal & cash Cluttered design

Sign in with Facebook only

Glorified calculator Intuitive graphics

Flatmate Survey

72% 12%

Pay via bank transfer Pay via cash

How do you prefer to exchange money with your flatmates?

32% 52%

How many people in your household have a utility bill in their name?

1 person 2 people

66% 34%

How do you usually communicate about the bills with your housemates?

Face to Face Email, Text, Notes on the fridge

In our house we divvy up on the 3rd of every month.

How many people pay the bills in your household?

All my bills are included.

We all get along, we split the bills equally.

Our House

Alpha Realm

Love House

All Inclusiv

e

Alpha Realm

Love House

All Inclusiv

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50%

25% 25%

Our Flatmates

Mary Zack James

Avoider Alpha Volcano

Light Bulb Moment

Who is the Weakest Link?

Zack is the key

Zack

“I’m busy, I missed your message.”

●  Doesn’t seek responsibility ●  Avoids shared tasks like

cleaning

●  Motivation to pay on time ●  Bill payment made simple ●  Payment confirmation

We can help

James Mary

●  Other people not paying the bills

●  Not having enough respect

●  Real time payment confirmation

●  Clear display of house bills

We can help

We can help

●  Flatmates paying me late

●  Turnover of flatmates

●  To be paid quickly

I don’t like I don’t like

Narrowing the scope

Instant payment

Branded receipts

Notifications that motivates

Won’t Accept bank transfers Notify about new deals Give penalties or points Create a high fidelity site

Will Record payments Send payment request Show payment history Display who owes to who Record paid bills via receipt

What motivates Zack?

All Flatmates on screen

Traffic Lights

Personal Profile

A

B

C

Personal Dashboard

A B C

Dashboard Iteration

Bills timeline

A

B

Bonus Brief

How to represent bill simplification

93% communication is nonverbal The brain

processes images

60,000 times faster than text

alone

Test A Test B

Design it!

Findings

Our solution

Next steps

●  Visualising bill simplification ●  Processing payments ●  Solving scheduling of chores

within a household

Next Steps

Any questions?