Magic link login

Creating a frictionless login experience at Wish where users don’t need their passwords to log in.

Localization · UX writing · A/B testing

Wish passwordless sign-in screen on a phone
Company
Wish
Role
UX Writer
Team
1 UX Writer (me!), 2 Product Designers, 1 Product Manager, 1 Data Scientist, 3 Engineers, 1 Language Strategy Manager
Timeline
2-week design sprint in April 2023

In 2022, we saw a 20% drop in successful sign-ins.

Write for all readers

Use clear, conversational language to guide users through a possibly unfamiliar sign-in method, and reduce frustration.

Test strings using the Flesch Kincaid calculator to measure readability.

Phone screen asking a returning user how they would like to log in

Optimizing for localization

I translated some content explorations to Dutch (the language that typically expands the most when translated from English) to help give me an idea of what my content would look like after translations.

Three Dutch versions of the code entry screen side by side

Keep content consistent to reduce AB test variables

I wanted to keep the language as parallel as possible in both flows to not add more variables to the experiment and impact data analysis.

Finalized sign-in flow from phone number entry to code, text message and home screen
Bucket A finalized content: sign in via phone number

Results & takeaways

Results TBD! This flow is currently in development and will be launched shortly.

Looking back, I would have encouraged my team to reduce the amount of variables in all the versions and consider iterating on this flow in smaller increments.

Full case study available on request.

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