Usability Interaction design CRO

Improving the Mytheresa shopping experience

A portfolio of controlled experiments that turned customer friction into validated design improvements and measurable business impact.

Company Mytheresa
Scope Web & app
Method Controlled experiments
Period 2017–2020

TL;DR

Each experiment began with a specific point of friction and a falsifiable hypothesis. Control and variant experiences were measured against customer behavior before changes were rolled out.

+220%
Signups
+25%
Search engagement
+13%
Revenue / user
+11%
Checkout CR
Mytheresa website shown on desktop and mobile

1. The approach

Small interaction decisions. Commercially significant outcomes.

The work addressed friction across acquisition, discovery, purchase confidence, basket economics and checkout completion. Every design change had a clear behavioral hypothesis and was validated in market.

Identify

Locate a specific point of customer friction.

Hypothesize

Define the expected behavior change.

Experiment

Measure control and variant experiences.

Scale

Roll out improvements supported by evidence.

2. Evidence

Five improvements, proven in market

01 · Acquisition

Direct signup

Showing the email field upfront instead of a multipage signup will increase subscriptions.

+220% Signups
Control
Multipage signup control
Variant
Direct signup variant
02 · Discovery

Search bar design

Expanding mobile search will encourage more customers to use it and increase product detail views.

+25% Engagement
+11% PDP views
Control
Collapsed search control
Variant
Expanded search variant
03 · Purchase

Buy now on PDP

Giving Express customers a one-click purchase option will simplify the journey and increase conversion.

+6.2% E-commerce CR
Control
Standard product page control
Variant
Buy now product page variant
04 · Basket value

Minimum order value

Showing the free-shipping threshold will motivate customers to complete and grow their purchase.

+13% Revenue / user
+5.3% E-commerce CR
Control
Bag control
Variant
Free-shipping threshold variant
05 · Checkout

Checkout usability

Improving app checkout forms will reduce friction and help more customers complete their purchase.

+11% Checkout CR
Control
Checkout form control
Variant
Improved checkout form variant

3. Outcome

A repeatable way to turn friction into evidence

The experiments improved multiple stages of the journey—from newsletter acquisition and search usage to product conversion, revenue per user and checkout completion. More importantly, they demonstrated a consistent model for making design decisions through measurable customer behavior.