A/B testing is not unknown anymore. Google has made the life of many of us easy with Website optimizer, a great tool to execute A/B and multivariate tests. People keep doing these tests to improve their conversions. Testing is used on many of the websites today. So well that A/B testing is not limited landing pages only.
Testing Product recommendation means experimenting with different elements of recommendations section to make it more usable and convertible. The question here would be, “What all should be tested?” Here’s the answer.
There are different ways you can test product recommendations. Below is the list of things you should test to improve performance of your product recommendations section.
- Title
- “60% people who viewed above product also viewed these:”
- “60% people who bought above product also bought these:”
- “60% people who bought above product also viewed these:”
- “60% people who viewed above product bought these:”
- Call-to-action
- “Know more” as call-to-action button and “Add to cart” as a small link
- Only “Know more” as a call-to-action button.
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Placement
- Product page vs Shopping cart page
- Product page vs category page
- Category page vs Shopping cart page
- On product page, you can test it below the product details vs above the product details
- On shopping cart page, you can try it below the “Checkout” button vs above it.
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Normal recommendations vs Bundles
- Test product bundling vs normal recommendations.
Title is the most important thing of the recommendation section. The title is why people will see the recommendations. Sometimes, Title is the only thing visible in first fold.
Suggested titles to test:
Note: “60%” is just used as an example above. That number would vary depending upon the user behavior.
Call-to-action is why people will click and go further to buy more. It’s not every time that “Add to cart” button will get more clicks. We’ve seen instances where “Know more” as a prominent button get better conversions rates.
Suggestions to test call-to-action:
(No “Add to cart”. This tells customers that the seller wants them to explore the product before they buy)
WHERE you place product recommendation section is also important thing to test. For some sites, recommendations on one page might perform better than recommendations on other page.
Suggestions to test placements:
e.g.
Product page
vs
Shopping cart page
A Product Bundle is basically a group of products that you offer to your users, mostly at a discount. It’s a nice way to encourage impulse buying and increase order value. When a customer is on a product page, you can suggest a bundle of products that would go well with that product.
Suggestion for test between different pages:
e.g.
Normal recommendations
vs
Product bundling
Apart from the mighty Google website optimizer, you can also use tools like Optimizely and Visual web optimizer. These tools are paid but offer much in-depth features.
If you not a customer with LiftSuggest or are new to product recommendations, know how it works.
