For German craft shop Labbé, the click rate increased over 1000% after adapting the hero to the target audience needs.
About Labbé
Labbé is a German family business of over 50 years and focuses on promoting creativity in children. They do this by offering craft products, materialsandn ideas. The webshop is visited daily by an average of 2,400 visitors.
Challenge
We investigated whether the beautiful hero image, which fills a large part of the homepage, had enough interaction with the shop visitor. What did we find out? Only 1% of the shop visitors clicked on the hero, so we devised a plan to increase this share.
Approach
To generate more clicks on the hero, it needed to better match the needs of the target audience. By placing a poll on the homepage, we discovered what visitors were looking for. The open-ended question "What is the purpose of your visit to our website?" yielded over 100 usable responses. About 70% had a clear purpose and 30% were looking for inspiration. These answers also allowed us to identify four different target groups.
Result
After analyzing the poll results, we went to work on a new hero based on these results. A hero that gives attention to the different types of visitors and the purpose of the visit. The new hero realized a growth in click percentage of over 1000%. Our approach fits well with Labbé's vision: