Prep Sportswear

Designing a better customizable team shop experience.

Designing a better customizable team shop experience.

Prep Sportswear is one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of customizable sports apparel. They equip people with easy access to creating their own fully customizable e-commerce store.


In my time at Prep Sportswear, I oversaw a total overhaul of the team store experience. This portion of the product houses all of Prep Sportswear’s custom store capabilities from sign up, customization and store completion.

COMPANY
Prep Sportswear

ROLE

Products Designer

IMPACT

44% increase in completion rate compared to legacy product.

OVERVIEW

Coaches rely on Prep Sportswear to create their own fully customizable e-commerce store for their athletes & fans.

Coaches rely on Prep Sportswear to create their own fully customizable e-commerce store for their athletes & fans.

Users can create a custom e-commerce store where team colors and logos can be uploaded. They can select products to add to the store and immediately start selling team gear.

Users can create a custom e-commerce store where team colors and logos can be uploaded. They can select products to add to the store and immediately start selling team gear.

I redesigned and launched a new team store experience. Improving customer satisfaction and increased the completion rate by 44%.

I redesigned and launched a new team store experience. Improving customer satisfaction and increased the completion rate by 44%.

THE CHALLENGE

The existing team store experience was to vague, confusing, and entirely unsupported on small screens.

The existing team store experience was to vague, confusing, and entirely unsupported on small screens.

Ultimately, it drove customers away from Prep Sportswear and persuaded them to shop with its direct competitors. By leveraging analytics, customer service conversations, and reviews left on the site, I was able to identify major pain points within the current product.

RESEARCH

Gaining valuable insights through competitive research and streamlining efficiency through user flows.

Gaining valuable insights through competitive research and streamlining efficiency through user flows.

I did a thorough assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of competitors to discover opportunities and created a user flow to demonstrate a coach who needed to build their team store.

WIREFRAMING

To get early validation and user insights, I made rough wireframes showing how these features could fit together in a clear and understandable way.

To get early validation and user insights, I made rough wireframes showing how these features could fit together in a clear and understandable way.

After sketching various possible solutions, I created prototypes that would allow me to test and gather quick user insights that address the core pain points.

LAUNCHING A MVP

Defining an MVP for a solid foundation that hit on all the basic user needs our current product was missing.

Defining an MVP for a solid foundation that hit on all the basic user needs our current product was missing.

In the concepts I explored a number of ways to differentiate our product from the competition. With a modular approach and an iterative mindset, we knew that we could layer in the differentiation over time.

RESULTS

Post launch the new team store completion rate increased by 44% and generated 200% more revenue YOY.

Post launch the new team store completion rate increased by 44% and generated 200% more revenue YOY.

After picking out the MVP we went to launch with, there was a lot more exploration I did visually to simplify and create a cohesive experience across the team store platform.