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MVT Across Multiple Brands: One approach to successful testing

Martin SheerinHead of Online Product Development, Phones4UMichael Schirrmacher UK Sales Director, Webtrends

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Why should we Optimize?

#1. Improve Customer Experience

#2. Improve Conversion & Revenue

#3. Deepen Visitor Engagement

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Where do I start?

Analytics

Identify and quantify opportunities through

insight

Optimization

Test, segment and target to improve performance

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What Optimisation Involves?

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Full Factorial….Fractional factorial….?

“ok this looks complex”

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So, for now…a managed service is still more popular

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Optimization Maturity Model

Conversions

• Web Analytics• Measurement • No Testing• Ad Network

Targeting

• A/B/n Testing• Basic MVT -1-3

areas• 1 Element Targeting• 1-Project at a Time

• More Advanced MVT• In-session

Segmentation• Multi Element

Targeting • Frequent

• Personalization• Integrated

Optimization• External Segment

Use• Social & Multi-

Channel• On-going

Optimization Maturity Phases

“Crawl ” Phase “Walk” Phase “Run” PhaseOperational Reporting

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Multivariate Test

£

Control

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Multivariate Test

Challenger

£

Control

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Multivariate Test

+£3.2m Lift in special offers sales in UK

Martin SheerinHead of Online Product Development Phones 4U

@martinsheerin1

linkedin.com/in/martinsheerin1

Phones 4u

• Multi-channel retailer• Over 600 stores• Contact centre for sales and service• Website: www.phones4u.co.uk• Mobile site: m.phones4u.co.uk

• Online only brand:– www.dialaphone.co.uk– m.dialaphone.co.uk

Why should you MVT?

Increase Conversion

Why not MVT yourself instead of using a partner?• Time• Skills• Ensuring that a test is statistically significant• Ensures the result is true and not biased to an internal individuals

viewpoint

• You can do this yourself:

What to look for in an MVT provider?

Business understandi

ng

eCommerce insight

Business alignment

Ease of reporting

Our Approach

• Test simultaneously on both sites

• Use results of test on one site and apply to the other (if its possible)

• Be happy to repeat tests annually (or more regularly if you deem necessary)

Our Test Successes

Free Gifts

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6.27%lift

Customer Behaviour

Research

Choose Handset

Allowance (Lifestyle)

Select Package

Purchase

Phones 4u

Dialaphone

Phones 4u Review Tab

Control

Winner

+2.99%

Search Results

+16.56%

Simple and Usable

Source: Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design (Voices That Matter) - Giles Colborne (CX Partners) (2010)

Search Results

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Optimal +16.56%

+16.56%

Upgrades - Variants

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Experiment Page Lift

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Optimal +81.64%

+81.64%Lift at next step

Taking this finding we applied it to Phones 4u

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Phones 4u Winning Variant

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Experiment Page Lift

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Optimal +70.64%

+70.64 %Lift at next step

Not satisfied we went with a hunch…

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Experiment Page Lift

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Optimal +0.89%

+0.89%

Moving on with the upgrades test

Multi-device testingC

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Applying this idea to Phones 4u

All Traffic (non-iPad)C

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Experiment Page Lift

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Optimal +4.11%

Optimal

iPad VersionC

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Optimal

Experiment Page Lift

Control ---

Optimal +4.27%

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Summary

Define what success

looks like

Apply common

sense

Only test what you are willing

to put live

Don’t be satisfied that the result of one test cannot

be improved upon

Re-test if you think its

necessary

Sometimes the simplest things give the biggest

results

Geo targeting

Persona driven

segmentation

Touch commerce

(Multi Device)

Martin SheerinHead of Online Product Development Phones 4U

@martinsheerin1

linkedin.com/in/martinsheerin1