Wish After Dark

A sexual wellness shopping experience on Wish

Content strategy · Naming · User testing

Wish After Dark landing page, trust-signal sheet, and shop-by-category screens
Company
Wish
Role
UX Writer
Team
2 UX Writers (me & my manager), 1 Product Designer, 1 Product Manager, 1 User Researcher, 1 Copywriter, 1 VP of Marketing, 1 Communications Designer, 1 Language Strategy Manager
Timeline
6 weeks, end of July to early September 2023, from kickoff to launch

Creating a content strategy

After research and brainstorming, our content strategy was to be empowering, inclusive, non judgmental, and fun.

Wish After Dark landing page on a phone
Wish After Dark landing page

Proposing a program name & getting pushback

So the writing team and I brainstormed over 100 program names!

After continued difficulty aligning and some back and forth, the marketing team decided to test 2 names in user research: Adult Zone and The W Spot, one explicit and one subtle option to get some initial insights on.

List of program name ideas from the naming brainstorm

Creating a user testing plan

We decided to do an unmoderated test with 15 people to get some initial reactions and perception of the program, as well as their understanding of shopping for sexual wellness in general.

Insights from user testing

Overall, user perception of the UX Writing was quite positive!

While only some users understood The W Spot, all thought Adult Zone was clear.

Iterating based on user testing

Based on findings from user research made trust signals (like private browsing, discreet packaging, and quality products) more prominent in my copy.

Program banner before, with The W Spot name, and after, with Wish After Dark

Writing for translation

Unfortunately, Wish After Dark wasn’t ideal in all languages, due to different connotations when translated, or because it simply wouldn’t make sense.

Results & reflection

Initial results are incredibly promising. Look at all that green! Number of buyers, orders, and transactions are all up by about 2%. GMV went up by about 1.5%.

My biggest takeaway from this project is that collaboration is KEY.

Full case study available on request.

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