Case 02 · Fintech & crypto · SaaS

From zero to 140K traders in eight years

Three decisions shaped the platform most: renewing the interface, getting a newcomer to a first result, and moving the key flows onto the phone. Each one was checked against the data

Redesign Onboarding Mobile flows Analytics
The redesigned crypto platform on a laptop — trading terminal with chart, order book and the smart order panel
Our role Product growth

From the first sketches to launch, retention and mobile use

Partnership 2018–2025

Eight years of continuous product work

Product focus Activation & retention

A safe way into the product, without taking anything from professionals

Business impact +12%

Conversion to subscription after the new onboarding

Context

As the feature set grows, a newcomer gets lost

The product is a trading and automation platform with a wide range of tools, scenarios and settings. Every year it gained capability, and every year the first hour got harder. The goal was never to simplify the product. It was to make the way in obvious

Where it hurt
  • New users could not tell where to begin, the tools were there, the first step was not
  • Starting a bot exposed newcomers to real-money risk and complex settings at the same time
  • After four years the original interface had aged: a dense grid with weak visual hierarchy
  • Almost half of the traffic was already mobile, on flows built for a desktop
What could not be lost
  • The depth: professionals were using the advanced settings daily
  • The product foundation: features and decisions that had already proven themselves
  • Trust. This is real money, and every screen has to feel safe
  • Release pace: the platform could not stop while it was being rebuilt
48%Mobile share before the mobile work began
4 yearsHow long the original interface lived before the redesign
Solution 01 · Redesign

Renew the interface. Keep the depth

The product logic had proved itself over four years; the way it was presented no longer matched. We rebuilt structure, interface response and visual language around the existing workflows instead of making professionals relearn the platform

The analytics dashboard after the redesign — cards with room to breathe, a clear hierarchy and analytics that scan in one pass
The same dashboard before the redesign — a dense flat grid with weak hierarchy and blocks of competing weight
Before

Weak hierarchy and equal visual weight made daily checks slow. Every number was present, but nothing led

After

A clearer hierarchy made daily checks fast. Portfolio, balance and account split each gained a clear role

Trading terminal after the redesign — exchange list, candlestick chart, order book and the smart order panel on one screen
Features kept, noise removed

The chart leads, the order panel stays within reach, and the exchange list no longer distracts. Not one feature disappeared, only the visual priority changed

Completed and cancelled order notifications with the order details and a named failure cause
Alerts instead of support tickets

Success and failure share one structure. When an order fails, the message names the cause at the moment it happens

Signal bots workspace with active bots, success rate, profitability and signal frequency
Professionals lost nothing

Advanced statistics stay available without competing with the first decision. Newcomers get an entrance; professionals keep the evidence they use every day

Solution 02 · Onboarding

Prove the value before offering a subscription

A newcomer no longer starts by connecting an exchange and facing a wall of settings. Right after sign-up, a three-step flow launches a real bot on a virtual balance, one safe decision at a time

Three steps, no real money

Add a demo balance of 10,000 USDT. Choose how much of it the bot may use. Watch it trade. Each step asks one question and explains why it is asking, and the advice sits inside the flow, not in a help article somewhere else. The point was never to teach the platform; it was to get a person to a working bot before they decide the product is too complex

Step 01 · A safe start

A demo balance, labelled plainly as virtual. The first action carries no financial risk

Step 02 · One decision

The amount, and nothing else. Advanced settings stay available but stop getting in the way

Step 03 · A real result

The bot is already trading. Live statistics convince better than any promise

Bot catalogue — futures and spot bots with risk profile, market regime, average monthly return, a performance sparkline and Test or Connect actions
−30%

fewer support requests about launch problems Reported metric · Bots launch flow
Idea to tested implementation: 7 working days

Solution 03 · Mobile

Move the key flows onto the phone

A shorter registration, security given its own room, and trading and bot monitoring rebuilt for one thumb

48% 63% Mobile usage after the update
4 Flows rebuilt from scratch: sign-up, security, trading, monitoring
Mobile trading — pair header with high, low and volume, order type tabs, amount with leverage, and the buy action
Trading with a thumb

Order type, amount and leverage stack in the order the decision is actually made, with the action pinned where the thumb already rests

Mobile bot monitoring — total trades donut, success and failure split, profit by strategy and the open orders list
Checking a bot at a glance

The donut chart gives the trading summary in one pass, without digging into individual trades

Result

The result of a long partnership

Advanced capability stayed exactly where it was, and the first hour stopped scaring people off. The entrance, the phone and the monetization each ended up measurably better than where they started

For the business

Conversion to subscription up, support load on automated tools down, and a mobile audience large enough to plan around rather than accommodate

For new users

A first working bot within minutes of signing up, on a virtual balance. The product proves itself before any real funds or subscription

For the team

One set of rules across a platform that had grown for years, so new features stop arriving in whatever style their sprint happened to have

140KTraders, from zero in 8 years
+12%Reported subscription conversion after onboarding
−30%Support requests
Services on this project

What we did

01

Product strategy & logic

Defined the core scenarios, product rules and release priorities with the founding team

02

Structure & visual language

Rebuilt navigation, screen behaviour and styling around proven workflows

03

Analytics & activation

Used funnel evidence to remove friction, test a safe onboarding flow and shorten the path to a first result

04

Working from a phone

Reworked sign-up, trading and bot monitoring so they are comfortable to use on the move