Unicity International

Distributor Enrollment Redesign

A redesign of Unicity's distributor enrollment process — removing irrelevant steps, introducing mobile support, and reducing drop-off by 46% within one quarter.

Research UX/UI Design Prototyping Usability Testing A/B Testing
Unicity enrollment redesign — laptop mockup
Overview

Unicity International gives people the opportunity to build their own business by becoming distributors. The enrollment process is the front door — and it was broken. Distributors were asked to complete tasks irrelevant to enrollment, there was no mobile-friendly path, and new distributors without a mentor were abandoning the process entirely.

My Role
User Research, UX/UI Design,
Prototyping, Usability Testing
Team
Solo Designer
Duration
Nov 2021 – Dec 2022
The Challenge

An enrollment process that worked against its own users.

The existing enrollment flow had an outdated design and was not built with users in mind. The flow required completing tasks irrelevant to enrollment. Unnecessary steps added friction at exactly the wrong moment, and the entire experience was desktop-only focus despite a mobile-first user base.

Unicity before — original enrollment screen
Unicity before — original enrollment screen 2
Key Findings
1Users were confused by steps disconnected from the enrollment goal — too many irrelevant tasks
2Mobile usage was high but the experience was entirely desktop-only
3New distributors without a mentor were dropping off at a significantly higher rate
4The visual design no longer aligned with Unicity's updated brand direction

"How might we simplify the enrollment process so new distributors can complete it confidently — on any device, without a mentor?"

The Solution

Every step had to earn its place.

I relied on information architecture principles to rebuild the flow from scratch, stripping irrelevant steps and restructuring the remaining content into a logical sequence. The product selection problem was solved by pitching a starter kit model with my PM: three tiers (Basic $40, Business Builder $1,299, Business Builder Pro $1,499) replacing a full product browse mid-flow. Built mobile-first.

Unicity redesigned enrollment flow
Process

Research · Design · Test · Iterate

01 · Stakeholder Workshop
Aligning on the problem

I ran an analysis phase beginning with a stakeholder workshop to identify the most important challenges and confirm we were solving the right problem. Used Heuristic Analysis (NN Group), Behavior Analysis (Hotjar), and kept surfacing one insight: too many unnecessary steps.

Stakeholder workshop
02 · Mobile-First UI Design
Rebuilding the flow from scratch

With research validated I rebuilt the IA, stripping the flow to only what was essential. I started ideation with paper and pen using a mobile-first approach. Even with the simplified process, the product selection page still felt like a shop — which led to the starter kit solution.

Mobile-first design — four phone mockups
03 · Usability Testing
Validating with real distributors

I ran scenario-based usability sessions with distributors — tasks like "sign up a new distributor and assign a sponsor." Results were strongly positive. One key fix: the starter kit layout was hard to read, requiring a redesign before A/B testing.

Usability testing — Product Page and Select Pack
04 · A/B Testing
Shipping with confidence

7 A/B tests with in-house employees and distributors. Version A: vertical stack. Version B: horizontal scroll. 100% of participants completed the task with Version A. Only 42% with Version B. Version A shipped.

A/B Testing — Test A and Test B
Outcome
The data told the story clearly.
46%
Reduction in sign-up drop-off rate for new distributors without a mentor, within one quarter of launch
100%
A/B task completion rate with Version A of the starter kit layout
7
A/B tests conducted across in-house employees and live distributors
Takeaway

Reflection

Working on an existing product meant I could make precise assumptions and validate them through focused research. The result was a tightly scoped MVP that stayed within the goal. By thinking outside the obvious solution (just clean up the UI), we arrived at a structural change the company could actually support: the starter kit model.

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