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A curated scientific evidence directory

Website design studies

Explore peer-reviewed field experiments and meta-analyses on SaaS trials, email, paid search, referrals, content sharing and choice design. Compare methods, context and limits.

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Study strength: 4.0/5

Creating Effective Online Customer Experiences

Journal of Marketing · 2019

For your marketing

A structured source for forming homepage and product-page hypotheses: assess information, entertainment, social presence and sensory cues separately, then test them against qualified conversion rather than aesthetic preference.

Summary

The experiments connect distinct page elements with multiple dimensions of online experience and show that those experiences influence purchase.

Buyer behaviorProduct adoptionWebsite design
Study strength: 2/5

App Adoption: The Effect on Purchasing of Customers Who Have Used a Mobile Website Previously

Journal of Interactive Marketing · 2019

For your marketing

Use this paper as evidence about app adoption: the effect on purchasing of customers who have used a mobile website previously in the stated context; compare its population, treatment and outcome with your own decision.

Summary

App adopters have higher purchase incidence, purchase more frequently, and spend more per order than non-adopters. The app effect on order size is stronger for customers with a lower share of high-price-category spending and for less-loyal customers, consistent with reduced perceived financial risk and potentially improved loyalty.

Content marketingReferralsWebsite design
Study strength: 2.5/5

E-WOM from e-commerce websites and social media: Which will consumers adopt?

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications · 2016

For your marketing

Use it to shape a locally controlled channel or message test; account for audience, timing and attribution limits before reallocating budget.

Summary

EC-eWOM usefulness and credibility positively influenced EC-eWOM adoption but negatively influenced SM-eWOM adoption. EC-eWOM adoption negatively affected SM-eWOM adoption and mediated usefulness/credibility effects; cognitive level and involvement moderated effects.

AICloud computingWebsite design
Study strength: 3.5/5

From capabilities to performance in AI-driven B2B SaaS: Website interactivity and regional differences under digital transformation

Industrial Marketing Management · 2026

For your marketing

Treat this as evidence for the specific b2b growth and sales question studied. Compare the setting and sample to your company before changing a growth decision; use a local experiment where the paper does not match your context.

Summary

US providers benefited directly from both exploration and exploitation and indirectly through website interactivity; Asia-Pacific providers benefited solely through the indirect website-interactivity path. Higher technological turbulence intensified the positive mediation effect. For a founder, use this as a question to test in your own context, not a universal playbook.

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