Bilinfo

Simplifying car listing creation for dealers

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Redesigning Bilinfo’s car creation flow to help dealers prepare complete listings with less manual effort.

My role:

Product Designer working closely with a cross-functional team. I owned UX and UI end-to-end, from discovery to delivery.

Overview

Why this needed to change

Dealers create around 800 vehicle listings in Bilinfo every day. The existing flow made a frequent task harder than it needed to be. Required information was difficult to identify, pricing fields were confusing, and the equipment catalogue was difficult to navigate. Dealers also struggled to upload media from their phones.

Our objective was to empower car dealers to create high-quality car ads easily and efficiently.

Dealers create around 800 vehicle listings in Bilinfo every day. The existing flow made a frequent task harder than it needed to be. Required information was difficult to identify, pricing fields were confusing, and the equipment catalogue was difficult to navigate. Dealers also struggled to upload media from their phones.

Our objective was to empower car dealers to create high-quality car ads easily and efficiently.

KR1

Increase the share of listings meeting agreed “high-quality ad” criteria by 20%

KR1

Increase the share of listings meeting agreed “high-quality ad” criteria by 20%

KR2

Reduce car creation time per dealer by 10% after launch.

KR2

Reduce car creation time per dealer by 10% after launch.

KR3

Increase dealer satisfaction with the listing creation flow to 4.2/5 or higher

KR3

Increase dealer satisfaction with the listing creation flow to 4.2/5 or higher

Process

What we learned

We combined interviews, think-aloud testing, surveys, behavioural data and a review of the existing experience to understand where dealers struggled.

The research showed that listing creation extended beyond the form:

  • Dealers worked across desktop and mobile devices.

  • Some collected vehicle details on paper or printed equipment lists.

  • Some emailed photos to themselves to move them between devices.

  • Unclear field dependencies made it difficult to understand what information to enter next.

These workarounds showed where the product did not fully support the way dealers worked.

Research findings: device use, workarounds and field dependencies

Research findings: device use, workarounds and field dependencies

From findings to a design direction

I facilitated a Jobs to Be Done workshop with the Product Manager, then brought the findings into an ideation session with the wider team. We focused on helping dealers prepare a complete listing without unnecessary effort or confusion. That translated into three priorities:


  • Clearer guidance

  • A more manageable structure

  • Less manual data entry

Jobs to be done, synthesised from dealer research

Ideation workshop with the wider team

Solution

What changed

We turned the research into a clearer, more structured creation experience that reduced the amount of information dealers needed to enter manually.

Clearer guidance through the form

We made required fields, validation and error states more explicit, helping dealers understand what information was needed and why an action was unavailable.

A more structured flow

Start on mobile, finish on desktop

Dealers can upload vehicle photos from their phones, save a draft and complete the listing on their computers. This supports the way they already work across devices and addresses the workaround of emailing photos to themselves.

We organised the long form into stages, giving related information a clearer place and making progress easier to follow.

Required fields → prefilled vehicle details

Overwhelming number of fields → clearer guidance enriched with market data

Dealers can upload vehicle photos from their phones, save a draft and complete the listing on their computers. This supports the way they already work across devices and addresses the workaround of emailing photos to themselves.

Start on mobile, finish on desktop

Start on mobile, finish on desktop

Dealers can upload vehicle photos from their phones, save a draft and complete the listing on their computers. This supports the way they already work across devices and addresses the workaround of emailing photos to themselves.

Upload photos on mobile, save a draft and finish the listing on desktop.

Less information to enter manually

We used registration-plate or vehicle-identification-number matching to reuse existing vehicle records, alongside an improved Danish Motor Register integration.

The aim was to use information already available to the system instead of asking dealers to enter it again.

Testing the experience

We tested prototypes with dealers to assess the flow, field guidance and interactions. Testing showed that users were seeing too many fields and pricing options that were not always relevant.

We simplified the experience by reducing the number of inputs and showing only the pricing fields relevant to the listing type and sales channel, such as leasing, cash or wholesale. This made the flow more focused and reduced unnecessary decisions.

Usability testing with Figma prototypes

Impact

What happened after launch

After launch, average car creation time fell by 6%, against our 10% target. The in-product Hotjar survey recorded a satisfaction score of 4.6/5, with dealers highlighting clearer structure and less manual effort.

We also saw an 18% increase in high-quality listings, close to our 20% target. We defined these as listings with a title and description, more than eight equipment items, more than ten images, and at least five additional optional fields completed.

While we didn’t fully reach either target, the results showed meaningful improvements in both listing efficiency and listing quality.

6%

Faster average car creation time

6%

Faster average car creation time

+18%

More high-quality listings

+18%

More high-quality listings

4.6/5

Satisfaction in the in-product Hotjar survey

4.6/5

Satisfaction in the in-product Hotjar survey

+18%

More higher quality listings

+18%

More high-quality listings

I am Jelena, a Senior Product Designer based in Copenhagen.

Contact

jelcavar@gmail.com

I am Jelena, a Senior Product Designer based in Copenhagen.

Contact

jelcavar@gmail.com

I am Jelena, a Senior Product Designer based in Copenhagen.

Contact

jelcavar@gmail.com