CaringBridge

How pre-checking an email opt-in box affects email opt-ins

Experiment ID: #29427

CaringBridge

Experiment Summary

Ended On: 03/23/2020

As part of their new user registration process, CaringBridge had always given people the option to opt-in to marketing emails, new content, stories, and helpful articles as they created their account. However, that check box had always been unchecked. 

Research Question

How will pre-checking an email opt-in box affect email opt-in rate?

Design

C: Control
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Results

 Treatment NameConv. RateRelative DifferenceConfidence
C: Control 8.1%
T1: Treatment #1 18.3%126.7% 100.0%

This experiment has a required sample size of 84 in order to be valid. Since the experiment had a total sample size of 90,341, and the level of confidence is above 95% the experiment results are valid.

Flux Metrics Affected

The Flux Metrics analyze the three primary metrics that affect revenue (traffic, conversion rate, and average gift). This experiment produced the following results:

    0% increase in traffic
× 126.7% increase in conversion rate
× 0% increase in average gift

Key Learnings

The treatment, with the pre-checked box, resulted in a 126.7% increase in email address acquisition rate. This showed that the small act of checking a box was a tremendous point of friction to users, who might otherwise be amenable to opting in. This showed that the cost of checking the box was too high—which had nothing to do with the value (or perceived value) of the subscription. Once the cost was taken care of, the user was much more likely to accept the value. 


Experiment Documented by Jeff Giddens
Jeff Giddens is President of NextAfter.

Question about experiment #29427

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