The United States Postal Service®
User & Customer Experience Story

Projects

Usability analysis and redesign of the Postal Service website

UX/CX

PO Locator - Find USPS® Locations

A tool to find USPS Locations on USPS.com (or send directions) and hours of operation.

UX/CX

USPS® Online Postal Store

Online Postal Store - Order stamps, shipping supplies, and unique items only available from the United States Postal Service.

The USPS® Digital Approach

Customer Experience & Continuous Improvement of the digital storefront for USPS®

USPS.com is the digital storefront for United States Postal Service®

The site is an important and ever-growing part of the daily USPS® delivery system

24-hour access to USPS® products and services

Reduces burden on Post Office™ Locations and Operations

Provides USPS® with opportunities to gain competitive advantages, drives revenue, and improves overall CX

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Background

USPS.com went live in the fall of 1997. It was an ecommerce site from day one.

Audience: the American public (residential consumers), small and medium businesses, as well as foreign shippers.

Constantly evolving, Always adding new content and functionality to provide essential services to customers.

USPS® & USPS.COM®

USPS.com went live in the fall of 1997. It was an ecommerce site from day one.

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During COVID

Almost all site metrics saw significant impacts

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Strategy

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Customer Experience

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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

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UX Steps

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CX Steps

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Styleguide & Heuristics

Digital Style Guide (DSG) and UX Heuristics help ensure a consistent CX

Heuristic provide a language of critiquee and simplify reviews

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Usability Evaluation

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THE TEAM

The larger USPS® Digital Brand Marketing USPS.com team is made up of 10 domain-specific teams that work together seamlessly:

  • Business Support (program management)
  • Content Creation and Content Strategy
  • Content Management and Front-end Development
  • Customer Satisfaction (measurement)
  • Digital Brand Marketing (leadership)
  • Design (print and web)
  • Digital Analytics
  • Photography
  • Postal Store
  • User Experience & UX (application) Design