UX Redesign Nets AOV Increase
Accelerating the Migration to a Unified B2B & B2C Experience
Zest Dental Solutions
Migration to Magento 2
Back-end Integrations
Magento Accelerator
Magento Commerce
Avalara
Dotdigital
InstantSearch+
ERP: Made2Manage
Loqate
RECOGNITION
BACKGROUND
What began in 1972 within a small dental laboratory in San Diego is now Zest Dental Solutions, a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of solutions for dental patient care. From the preservation of natural teeth to the treatment of total edentulism, Zest provides dental practitioners around the country with tools and materials for restorative care, overdenture implants, and whitening. In 2000, Zest set forth to develop a product that would eventually become the most globally recognized and trusted brand for overdenture restorations, the LOCATOR® Attachment System. Today, more than 100 manufacturers partner with Zest to customize this patented system to be compatible with their own respective implant platforms.
Together, Corra &
Zest Dental
achieved:
Challenge
A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH
In 2019, Zest Dental Solution came to the realization that they had outgrown their ecommerce site, originally built on Magento 1.12. The IT team knew that a streamlined B2B and B2C storefront was necessary to beat the increasing competition within their industry. They wanted to offer their customers a fast experience that could guarantee the accuracy of inventory data, tax calculations, account details, etc. In the words of Ahmad Rashidi, Vice President of IT at Zest, they were also seeking to “nurture a direct relationship with customers so as to incorporate customer data into the decision-making process.”
Introducing the new zestdent.com.
Solution
A NEW B2B2C EXPERIENCE WORTH SMILING ABOUT
After a thorough evaluation, they entrusted Corra to migrate their online business to Magento 2.3.4. During the evaluation of agency partners, Zest was particularly impressed with Corra’s Magento Accelerator, which allows any merchant to cut the cost of a typical Magento Commerce implementation by up to 50% and time-to-market by up to 40% while offering long-term scalability, superior UX, and built-in integrations.
Improved navigation and predictive search capabilities.
Solution
ACCELERATING THE GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY WITH NOUVELLE
Magento 2 comes with Luma, its pre-built theme. Upon noticing that clients were requesting a variety of design customizations and integrations, Corra launched their storefront accelerator with the goal of providing a sophisticated alternative to Magento’s out-of-the-box solution.
The custom modules Corra embedded in our storefront solution include a sticky header and mega menu with three different design templates, a slide-out mini cart allowing for easy editing, and a smart checkout flow with a logic that instantly recognizes if the customer’s email is associated to an existing account.
Zest Dental Solutions was also able to leverage the pre-integrated technologies Corra’s solution has to offer. For example, InstantSearch+ delivers search results refined by artificial intelligence and real-time behavior analysis. When Zest’s buyers type on the search bar, they can now preview search results and find what they need quickly.
Corra’s storefront solution’s integration with Page Builder, Magento’s drag-and-drop CMS, is allowing the Zest’s team to manage content easily within the Magento dashboard. To improve content delivery, Corra has also created a library of Page Builder templates with custom CSS classes that can be reused in the future.
Avalara and Loqate are included out-of-the-box too. Avalara is a cloud-based tax compliance solution that facilitates and automates the accurate calculation of tax. Loqate provides precise address validation and auto-complete functionality through real-time location data. With Loqate, errors are recognized and instantly corrected, avoiding costly shipping errors and damage to Zest’s brand reputation.
New product listing and product detail pages.
Solution
DESIGN, UX, AND CUSTOMIZATIONS
When tailoring the experience around the needs of Zest’s buyers, Corra’s UX strategists focused on making it easy for them to find the right product quickly through a simple, intuitive category structure and navigation options. This approach avoided the time, effort, and budget needed to implement and manage a custom product finder wizard–which is what Zest’s team originally intended to do. It also enables them to manage their product data easily and rank highly in organic search in order to drive more traffic to the site.
In addition to facilitating the discovery of product education and resources, Corra’s designers refreshed the previous branding through a modern color palette and font scheme.
Thanks to the Magento 2 native B2B module, Zest was able to take advantage of essential B2B functionalities such as requisition lists and quick-order via CSV files. On the back-end, the Corra team solved the previous issues caused by a poor integration with Aptan’s Made2Manage, the ERP Zest utilizes to manage orders, fulfillment, inventory, products, and customer accounts.
Results
The new site experience was launched in March 2020. The streamlined buying journey helped increase conversions and drive revenue to recover from the impact that COVID-19 has had on their business. “To remain relevant post COVID-19, there is no other choice but focusing on driving automation, efficiencies, and process improvements,” said Rashidi.
Corra’s solution also provides added flexibility to scale for the years to come. Its pre-built modules eliminate the need to rely on extensions that would become outdated with the next versions of Magento. Moreover, if Zest’s marketing teams want to refresh the look and feel of the site, they will be able to count on the Style Editor: a proprietary tool that allows to easily update all of the branded elements of the site in a few clicks–no coding required. Upon launch, Zest enrolled in Corra’s TotalCare program to receive 24/7/365 support and continue implementing revenue-driving enhancements. Next, Zest and Corral worked together on defining customer groups to implement group pricing and shared catalogs.
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