Simplifying the product listing process for merchants on olist mobile app
Olist is a startup that helps small business sell their products online through a platform integrated with most of the brazilian marketplaces.
My role in this project
user journey redesign
research
user testing
UI/UX
The challenge
Help merchants list their products on the mobile app with a seamless experience
We needed to simplify the entire product registration experience and optimize it for mobile devices.

For this, we made several discoveries with the registration experience that was on the desktop and designed a completely different flow from what already existed.
01.
The desktop product listing flow had several bugs and the user experience wasn’t very good with numerous user complaints.
02.
Merchants struggled when they had to create detailed descriptions and other crucial information for their products.
Our approach
Rethinking the entire user journey for the mobile app experience
As a first step, I documented the user journey within the existing product listing flow on the web app.

Together with the catalog squad product designer, we identified key pain points and opportunities to address by redesigning the product listing process from the ground up.

We also shared the documentation with the entire design team, inviting them to highlight design elements they felt needed changes or improvements.
The desktop product listing experience didn't offer any helpful tips during the product registration process
Over 100 users participated in quantitative research and user testing
During the discovery phase, we sent a quantitative survey to a segment of engaged Olist merchants to identify key gaps in the registration experience, validate or discard our hypotheses, and gather feedback on their current product listing process.

Once the initial prototype was designed, we conducted a usability test with approximately 100 merchants using Maze software.

The test provided valuable insights into how users perceived the new product listing flow on smartphones.
Keeping it simple but efficient
The final user interface was designed to be clean and intuitive, with only one action per step. We noticed that showing too much information at once overwhelmed merchants, making the process feel confusing and difficult.

To address this, we collaborated with various teams across the company to create helpful tips for each step of the process, ensuring the copy was clear, concise, and supportive in guiding merchants through the flow.
Designing a seamless product listing experience with useful tips and only action per step
The results and key learnings
More than 1000 products listed on the first month
We noticed significant adoption among small merchants, with more than 1,000 products registered through the app in the first month.
Opportunities in mobile & desktop
We identified several opportunities for improvement in the listing process on both desktop and mobile, such as enabling merchants to save and pre-fill packaging information.
Primarily used by small merchants
The flow was primarily used by small merchants with fewer than 50 products in their stores. Larger merchants used it occasionally but appreciated having the option available.
Driving results through data-informed design decisions.