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Kindred Market

Checkout completion up 23 points

Multi-vendor carts explained all at once. Twelve moderated sessions told us people wanted one number they could trust.

Kindred Market — Checkout completion up 23 points
Industry
Commerce
Year
2024
Services
Usability testing, Checkout design, Accessibility
Team
Research lead, Checkout designer, Accessibility specialist

The challenge

Kindred sells from 400 independent makers. Multi-vendor carts meant multi-shipment reality, and the checkout tried to explain all of it at once — three shipping estimates, two tax lines, a promo drawer nobody opened. Mobile completion sat at 41%, and screen-reader users could not complete a purchase at all.

Our approach

  1. 01Ran twelve moderated sessions, four with assistive-technology users
  2. 02Collapsed to a single running total with a tap-to-expand breakdown
  3. 03Moved shipment splitting to post-purchase where it actually matters
  4. 04Rebuilt the form with real labels, live regions and a visible focus system
  5. 05Verified WCAG 2.2 AA conformance externally

Results

+23 pts
Mobile checkout completion
AA
WCAG 2.2 conformance, audited
-34%
Fields in the flow

In the client's words

Every previous agency added something. Musebit was the first team that argued for taking things away and had the tests to back it.

Ines Vaz · Director of Digital, Kindred Market

Outcome

  • Mobile checkout completion up 23 points
  • WCAG 2.2 AA conformance, externally audited
  • 34% fewer fields in the flow