appear here - rent vacant space across the uk
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Information entered is often extraneous or incomplete
THE FORMPROBLEM
Tenants have trouble filling in the form
Objective success metrics
1 Reduce number of follow-up communications
2 Reduce landlord response time
THE FORMPROBLEM
Users don’t have a reason to come back to the website once they submit their enquiries
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DASHBOARDPROBLEM
Form
Chat option appears when you are filling
RESEARCHCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Part of the form is a tick box list
Chat appears when filling up the
form
Many integrations for uploading
images
Landlords have a “responsiveness score” on their
listing
Dashboard
RESEARCHCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Referrals page
Upload an introduction video about yourself or your place
"Your trips" show former and current bookings
"My Business" page
Referrals page
Project page to create different pop up projects
“360 degree image would be ideal when I’m
looking for spaces”
Tenant in Redchurch Street Shop
RESEARCHINTERVIEWS
“I’d like to know the previous events organised in that particular shop”
Tenant in Redchurch Street Shop
RESEARCHINTERVIEWS
“When I receive a proposal I immediate look at the
images. Interested only in the product images”Manager at US Girls Shoreditch High Street
RESEARCHINTERVIEWS
RESEARCHPAIN POINTS
THEY DON’T ALWAYS RECOGNISE THE BENEFIT OF THE
SERVICE THEY APPLY FOR
PLACES THAT WON’T MEET THEIR NEEDS
WHY BOTHER WITH THE FORM? PHONE CALL OR EMAIL IS
FASTER
I find it difficult to describe my brand and the
look and feel of the space
RESEARCHPAIN POINTS
Tenant
I get confused with the
terminology used
I find it difficult to describe my brand and the
look and feel of the space
I have to wait too long to
know if I booked the place or not
RESEARCHPAIN POINTS
Tenant
I get confused with the
terminology used
RESEARCHPAIN POINTS
This is a lot of work- Dan
I don’t even know if the space is available yet!- Adeline
Stephen, 37 years oldLondon | Chef
RESEARCHPERSONAS
Comprehensive images of the spaces
More spaces in good location
Filter spaces by alcohol license
Organises his own pop-up restaurants
Lara, 27 years oldLondon | Marketing Assistant in big agency
RESEARCHPERSONAS
Know when spaces are available
Excellent locations
Rent a space for one or two days only
Rents spaces for clients’ fashion events
Mark, 32 years oldLondon | Stylist - Handbag Designer
RESEARCHPERSONAS
Little time or patience for searching, phone calls or forms
English is not his first language
Familiar with social networking services such as Facebook and Pinterest
Wants to find a pop-up for selling his products
SOLUTIONS
Avoid long text fields
More visual options in form fields
• Familiar with social networking services such as Facebook and Pinterest
SOLUTIONS
Allow him to complete his form later
Reorganised the form questions according to their relevance
• Little time or patience for either phone calls or forms
Create a consistent terminology
SOLUTIONSTerminology
Pitch Idea
Create Idea
Create proposal
Explain idea
Enquiry
I want these dates
Propose dates
Request space
Apply
Apply for the space / Application
PROTOTYPESCENARIO Mark
Fashion Designer creating a trendy new range of handbags.
He wants to rent a pop-up space to promote his new business, test out how his new products fare on the high-street
He finds the appear here website
SUMMARYFor the process…
• Made modifications to the filters to allow the tenant to find a more appropriate space with less help from the concierge
• Altered the use of terminology in the site to manage user expectations and emotions
• Made sure that information that is important to the landlord is captured first, thus reducing response times.
SUMMARYFor the form…
• Increased the perceived level of control over the application process for the tenant
• Encouraged the use of visual communication over text and increased the flexibility of this
• Provided the basis of what could be used for a responsive design
SUMMARYFor the dashboard…
• Provided an indicator of the application completion as well as displaying uploaded content to encourage further action and profile building
• Designed some improvements to the messaging system so it can remain on the platform
• Tried some modifications to the navigation to encourage form completion and to assist with the messaging system
NEXT STEPS
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