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Business context
The platform brought together different participants in the agricultural market. Each audience arrived with different goals, levels of digital confidence and questions about how participation would work.
The problem
The proposition was easier to understand in conversation than on the website. Too many ideas competed for attention, while the practical routes for joining, browsing and evaluating the marketplace needed stronger separation.
Our role
- Mapped the main audience groups and the job each needed the website to perform.
- Restructured the proposition around clear buyer, seller and partner routes.
- Designed responsive marketplace patterns that reduced unnecessary decisions.
- Connected explanatory content to the points where users needed reassurance or context.
What changed
The platform gained a clearer public story and a more coherent route from initial interest to participation. Visitors could recognise their role earlier and reach the information relevant to them without interpreting the whole business model first.
Marketplace design is not only about listings and filters. The website must establish how the ecosystem works, why each side should participate and what happens after the first action.