SaraGaia is a e-commerce business specializing in handmade high-end procelain wares. Despite the excellent quality, its website struggled to convert traffic into purchases.
My first task was to audit the website, generating insight on user demands and provide directions for optimization. I was then asked to create a revised general sitemap that develops trust and boosts conversion
SaraGaia's website records multitudes of user data that allow me to qualify their behavioral pattern into user profiles models.
The models are categorized into four major personas, each correspond to a different type of customer with unique desires that reflect the weaknesses of the current website.

These visitors are intrigued by the aesthetics of the products and began to explore the different styles, but have yet to enter the purchase phase.
Behavioral Characteristics:
Core Demands:

Visitors in this category has shown intent to purchase, but got stuck on choosing between variants and sizes.
Behavioral Characteristics:
Core Demands:

Here the visitors are intrigued by the products, but need to confirm the credibility and value of the brand
Behavioral Characteristics:
Core Demands:

Apart from misclicks, these visitors quickly close the website after entering.
Behavioral Characteristics:
Core Demands:
The demands of the four major types of visitors reveals the weaknesses of the current website, and provides directions for optimization

The goal of the sitemap is to evolve vistors interest into trust and purchase, reflected by the user flow that serves as a progressing trust-building process.

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