1. Sang Koh, Amy Kuo, Debra Lauterbach, Noah Liebman, Andrea McVittie

2. The Team

3. Treasure Hunter is a online community that encourages people to shop used by raising awareness of local used items and by helping people locate the items they need.

4. User Testing

9. User Demographics No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Rarely No Yes Yes Yes Takes pics w/ phone? Rarely Rarely Rarely Rarely Sometimes Sometimes Rarely Rarely Never Never Never Rarely Buys from Craigslist? Often No High 25-34 M M01 Rarely No High 25-34 M M02 Sometimes No High 18-24 F M03 Sometimes Yes High 25-34 M M04 Sometimes No Medium 25-34 F M05 Often No Medium 18-24 M M06 Rarely No High 25-34 M W06 Rarely No High 18-24 F W05 Rarely No Medium 18-24 F W04 Often No Medium 18-24 F W03 Sometimes No High 18-24 F W02 Sometimes No Medium 25-34 F W01 Goes Thrift Shopping? Owns Smartphone? Tech. Ability Age Gender User

10. The Good Things

13. Web Site Findings

14. #1 - Some didn’t understand concept of site right away

16. Solution: Emphasize on homepage that items are from thrift stores Add a tagline that mentions thrift stores More photos of used goods

17. #2 - Most users did not understand the points system

19. Solution: Add help icon by points When logged in, show point balance More explanatory text

20. #3 - Nearly all users wanted to search for an item rather than browse

22. Solution: Add a search box!

23. #4 - Users wanted ways to filter by product category for long lists of items

25. Solution: Add filters both for product category and for stores.

26. Mobile Interface Findings

27. #1 - Price is important both for requestors as well as those sharing their finds

29. Solution: Add a separate field for the price on both the “Share a find” and “Answer a request” screens

30. #2 - Users want ability to attach multiple photos when answering a request or posting a find

32. Solution: Change icon to a camera with a plus sign, to suggest adding multiple photos

34. Allow browsing of multiple photos by following Apple UI guideline of using dots: “…”

35. #3 - Users want the option to share items with specific friends rather than the whole community

37. Solution: Add step so user can choose whether to share with everyone, just their friends, or only certain people from their contact list.

38. #4 - Users did not notice the “Filter” button or did not understand what it meant

40. Solution: Add tabs to filter by friends or everyone Change “Filter” to "Location Picker” and use this to filter by store