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CARD.com acquisition website
Design and optimization of CARD.com’s marketing site and acquisition funnel.
- Year2014
- RoleLead designer
- TypeFinTech · Website · Conversion

83%acquisition via mobile
+112%customer value
~20%of competitors’ acquisition cost
0→500kcustomers in two years
Task
Acquire customers looking for an online banking experience that lets them represent their passions, affordably and reliably.
Target customers
- Millennials
- Underbanked
- Brand enthusiasts
Design challenges
Brand discovery. Scale across an unlimited number of partner brands, with room for brand heroes, promotions and a fully branded experience.
Conversion. Meet our needs, partner brand guidelines, Visa and Mastercard requirements, and federal banking requirements, all while minimizing acquisition cost, mobile-first.
Key pages
- Home page and card gallery
- How it works, FAQ and trust building
- Sign-up, including branded sign-up pages
- Post-acquisition: confirmation, a push toward direct deposit, an in-page survey to identify valuable customers, and an OAuth conversion test
Research and testing
- Competitor research for variation ideas and common practice
- A/B and multivariate testing of key pages
- A testing culture across data science, engineering, marketing and design, with regular testing discussions






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