Project goal
The goal is to design a mobile e-commerce purchase and fast home-delivery process for soft/alcoholic drinks and related supplies and to offer a complete experience for customers to get inspired, discover and order online.
Client's value proposition
By being successful in a related industry, the client had already built logistic capabilities and a good network in the D2B delivery & beverage sector, so we started by putting on top of the table those competitive advantages that could be the base of our new D2C business.
Fast delivery of supplies in Belgium with its own logistics (<24h)
Sustainable approach – possibility to pick up the empty bottles for recycling
Delivery of not only drinks, but also directly related equipment and material (ice, cardboard tableware, tools for cocktails, etc.)
Business Challenges
Entering this new industry and switching from D2B to D2C has its own challenges & requirements that would need to be taken into consideration when designing the new solution. Some of the most relevant ones are the following:
- Age verification to ensure secure alcohol ordering
- Grouping orders for efficient travel routes and faster delivery
- Up-to-date inventory availability
- Secure payment gateway
- Live order tracking
- Technical requirements to build a native app instead of mobile website
- Testing is important to verify the solution for the target audience
Product Users
Our target audience is the working population of the age group 18-50.
User Goals
Given what our client had to offer, we needed to match the value proposition with real needs and goals of users to assess if this could be a solution that real people would use and, most importantly, to find out why they should be using it instead of another one, who would use it and in which context.
Here there are some of the goals we highlighted as important to someone who uses a drink delivery app/web, based on competitor’s research:
- Buy soft and alcoholic drinks at an affordable price
- A convenient way to order drinks online and have them delivered home fast
- Discover new drinks & recipes for special occasions
- Have a wide range of choices including related supplies needed for special gatherings at home, all in the same platform
- Get rid of the empty bottles after the party
Features & functionalities
To resolve user needs
The user goals mentioned were then directly translated into the following features & functionalities that would enable our users to reach them:
Pricing comparison & promotions through the app/web
Live order tracking and <24h delivery
Discovery & recipe section based on popular occasions, taste quizzes and personalised recommendations
Reduce cognitive load that implies a large selection with clean and structured navigation, detailed filtering & sorting options and rich search
Option to pick up empty bottles and providing with partial reimbursement to encourage sustainability
User Personas
User Journey: Marie Janssen
Wireframes
