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DM Vans · Fall 2024 High-consideration ecommerce

DM Vans.
Full-funnel UX,
from ad to inquiry.

Transforming a fragmented experience into a guided, high-converting journey that drove higher intent, lower CPL, and 2× more booked consultations.

FIG. 01 — Example questions in our Van Quiz. Qualifies intent in under 30 seconds
2× Booked consultations — post-launch
+16 Lead conversion rate
−53 Cost per scheduled call
Timeline Fall 2024
Role Senior UX & Growth Designer · At Tuff Growth · Funnel audit · Conversion strategy · Quiz design
Stack Figma · Webflow · GA4 · Calendly
Overview

Strong demand, weak conversion.

DM Vans builds custom camper vans and sells direct-to-consumer in a high-consideration market. Paid media was driving traffic; the funnel underneath wasn't built to turn a curious clicker into a booked consultation.

I led the end-to-end redesign — auditing the experience, restructuring the funnel, and building a conversion system that paired tightly with the paid-media strategy.

Discovery

The problem.

The homepage was the problem. Qualified buyers landed, scrolled, and left — the page looked the part, but wasn't doing the work. A quick UX audit pointed at the leaks immediately, and a few targeted fixes were enough to move the conversion rate fast.

Three issues identified
  1. 01 One CTA, no map"Schedule a guided call" was the only door — buried below the fold and a leap too soon for most visitors.
  2. 02 Inventory experience was disorientingCategorical filters, no recommendation engine, no clear visual map.
  3. 03 One generic flow for every intentEducate, browse, and decide all routed through the same form — no path for the buyer who wasn't ready yet.
Goals
  1. A Reduce friction in the buying experienceGet high-intent visitors to the next step without forcing them to read everything first.
  2. B Increase qualified booked consultationsBetter-matched leads, fewer wasted sales-call hours.
  3. C Create a new flow to qualify leadsAn interactive entry point that did the qualifying work the form couldn't.
DM Vans homepage before the redesign — long, fragmented, no guided path. Hover to scroll ↓
FIG. 02 — Old homepage · pre-audit Hover to scroll the full page
Strategy

UX strategy & CRO roadmap.

A three-tier roadmap: ship quick wins immediately, scope structural changes in parallel, build the infrastructure that compounds over time.

011–2 weeks

Quick wins.

Highest-leverage edits to the existing pages — minimal engineering lift, maximum learnings.

  • New hero CTA built around intent
  • Sticky CTA in the header
  • FAQ added above the form
  • Re-ordered homepage content for ranking on intent
  • CTA added to inventory item pages
  • Filtering simplified on inventory
022–4 weeks

Intermediate improvements.

Structural changes to the most-trafficked surfaces — homepage, inventory, and individual van pages.

  • Redesigned navigation with positioned CTAs
  • New homepage layout focused on macro listings
  • Individual Van pages restructured for clarity
  • Form moved below the fold with intent-qualifying questions
031–2 months+

Long-term improvements.

The infrastructure pieces that took longer to build but unlocked the biggest compounding lift.

  • The Van Quiz — a guided recommendation engine
  • Mobile navigation redesign
  • Calendly-based booking system integration
  • Mobile UX testing structure
The Van Quiz — opening question screen with branching paths.
FIG. 03 — The Van Quiz Opening question · branching path
Funnel

The new conversion funnel.

Before: Fragmented
Homepage
Vans
Inventory
Individual Van
Inquire Popup
Contact Form

High drop-off

Problems: No personalization. No guidance. No qualification. Every visitor — researcher, browser, or ready buyer — was forced through the same long path, leading to high drop-off and low-quality leads.

After: High-Intent & Guided
Homepage
Take Quiz
Personalized Recommendations
Explore Inventory
Individual Van
Book Consultation

Qualified lead

Impact: The homepage now welcomes two intents at once. High-consideration buyers get a guided quiz; ready-to-browse buyers go straight to inventory. Both converge on a qualified consultation booking instead of a dead-end contact form.

UX solutions

Four structural moves.

The most important changes were structural — what users were asked to do, in what order, with what context.

DM Vans quiz landing page — full-length, end-to-end flow from quiz entry to consultation booking. Hover to scroll ↓
FIG. 04 — The quiz landing page Full flow · top to consultation
01

Two-CTA hero framework.

Two paths from the first scroll — "Find your van" for browsers, "Book a consultation" for ready buyers. Each visitor type got the right door.

  • Above the fold
  • Intent-matched
02

The Van Quiz — core conversion engine.

Five short questions across vehicle, lifestyle, budget, and timing — returns matched vans and captures email for follow-up. Single biggest lever in the redesign.

  • 5 questions
  • 30 seconds
  • Email capture
03

Inventory architecture, redesigned.

Grouped by model type. Fewer clicks to a listing. Comparison tool added so visitors could recall what they'd seen — fewer false starts across the session.

  • Model-type groups
  • Compare tool
04

Individual van pages, rebuilt.

A consulting-style layout: clear feature breakdowns, spec sheets, CTA up-page. Time on page lifted materially.

  • Spec sheets
  • CTA up-page
Outcomes

Business impact & measured outcomes.

Before the long-term features even shipped, the early fixes and mid-level updates compounded into stronger results across every paid channel.

+16%

Lead conversion rate

Google Ads, after early UX clarity and funnel adjustments.

+35%

CTR improvement

Search campaigns with aligned messaging and new paths.

+70%

Branded leads

Higher intent → stronger lead quality.

Calendly calls

From 28 → 50 calls MoM after UX improvements.

−12%

CPL reduction

Search campaigns — better CTA clarity, cheaper conversions.

−53%

Cost per schedule

Meta retargeting after aligning with the new UX flow.

◎ PMAX success

PMAX emerged as the top call driver once UX improved. Traffic converted significantly better.

↗ Higher lead quality

More users marked "Looking to buy in 1–3 months" and "Immediately," leading to more opportunities in HubSpot.

Learning

What I'd carry forward.

The scattered, ecommerce-style experience was redesigned into a clear, step-by-step funnel that guided users through their decisions. For a high-consideration buy, browsing is a delay — the quiz wasn't a UI trick, it was a permission slip to skip the parts of the funnel that didn't help. Built on strong UX principles and CRO best practices, with quick wins compounding into long-term growth.

Collaboration

Worked closely with.

Paid media + content

to align landing experience with new ad creative

Engineering

on the modular component build and quiz logic

Analytics

on data-informed tracking and validation