Pricecharting.com is an pricing information website that tracks current and historical prices of video games. It sells price comparison list for thousands of games. Founder mr. Hendrick though that the existing button on their product pages was not clear enough.
Hypothesis
Changing the CTA text from Download to ‘Price Guide’ will increase the number of downloads, as it is more clear what to expect.
Results
In the variation 2 things were changed:
- The CTA text was changed to ‘Price Guide’
- The supporting text was changed from [Download] ‘Sega Genesis price list for $2’ to ‘Download Genesis’ [price guide’]
The variation had a 620% higher click through rate.
Learnings
There can be several reason why the variation worked better:
- Clarity: people know what to expect when you mention what is downloaded
- Anxiety: possibly some people would think they will download software – and would be careful for viruses or malware
- Value proposition: in the control it is mentioned that it would cost $2 to download. In the variation people only find out after clicking that they need to pay. No data is available on the actual sales impact though.
Test details
| Test element |
Call to Action
|
| Page type |
Category |
| Test date |
November 2013 |
Website information
| Company |
PriceCharting |
| Market |
Internet, Lead generation |
