Designing for customers in
remote locations

Designing for customers in
remote locations

Designing for customers in
remote locations

User interviews

Discovery leading

User testing

User Experience Design

Accessibility

The problem

Due to costs associated with barges delivery to remote islands in Australia is highly expensive. Delivery Unlimited is a subscription service that offers free delivery on orders over $75 or more and promises delivery to anywhere in Australia.


When combining the two, it leads to an unintended loophole that makes customers on these islands be able to discount orders that would usually be $200-300 in delivery costs to $0.

Costs in delivering to remote locations

Limited discovery time

Unknowns in user behaviour and delivery process

Aging and vulnerable customer demographic

Discovery & Research:

Desktop Research Findings

Through discovery meetings & data analysis I uncovered the following:

A confirmed list of the impacted islands
That users were generally lower socioeconomic status and older in demographic

A majority of deliveries were completed with a mobile device

User ordered generally once a fortnight on average due to barge scheduling

Islands that recieve delivery via plane were unable to use the exploit

User Interviews

User Interviews

Cost of living:

Cost of living:

Cost of living:

😔

"Nothing is easy out here... "

"Nothing is easy out here... "

"Nothing is easy out here... "

Concept Reactions:

Concept Reactions:

Concept Reactions:

😔

"Feels like a bit of a slap in the face really"

"Feels like a bit of a slap in the face really"

"Feels like a bit of a slap in the face really"

Max Delivery Fee:

Max Delivery Fee:

Max Delivery Fee:

"$20 sounds reasonable.... I don't think I could do $30."

"$20 sounds reasonable.... I don't think I could do $30."

"$20 sounds reasonable.... I don't think I could do $30."

Shopping habits:

Shopping habits:

Shopping habits:

🙂

"I like to shop once a fortnight..." "...I go to IGA inbetween for snacks or a top up"

"I like to shop once a fortnight..." "...I go to IGA inbetween for snacks or a top up"

"I like to shop once a fortnight..." "...I go to IGA inbetween for snacks or a top up"

Alternative Benefits:

Alternative Benefits:

Alternative Benefits:

😔

"Honestly, I don’t see any alternative that would work as well as free delivery."

"Honestly, I don’t see any alternative that would work as well as free delivery."

"Honestly, I don’t see any alternative that would work as well as free delivery."

The Solution

Emails

Changes to existing user flows

New content

Impacts

Recommendations:

  1. Add a fee to orders from these locations instead of removing access to Delivery Unlimited entirely.

  2. Inform current customers of the changes in policy via the checkout area and email.

  3. Inform new customers signing up from these regions of the regional delivery fee if possible via them having a previous online delivery with Woolworths.

91%

Customer retention

Projected remote delivery costs resolved

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