11. Rachel Botsman, Author & Trust Expert
Trust is a confident relationship
to ‘the unknown’.
It’s about making that step into
somewhere that you’ve never been
to or by taking a leap of faith.
28. 1. Could this site or service help me
accomplish my goal?
2. Do I choose to use this site for this task? Is
it better than other options?
3.Do I trust this site or service with my personal
and sensitive data?
4.Am I willing to commit to an ongoing
relationship?
5. Can I recommend this to my friends?
67. Meet Vish
Vish, is the brainy and
enthusiastic Uber driver in
Toronto who has a 4.99
rating after 5,000 rides.
68. 3 of Vish’s 7 mantras
1. Make a 10-second offer,
then confirm the deal
69. 3 of Vish’s mantras
2. It’s always the
customer’s first time
1. Make a 10-second offer, then confirm
the deal
70. 3. Understand your customer
segment and be personable
3 of Vish’s 7 mantras
2. It’s always the customer’s first time
1. Make a 10-second offer, then confirm
the deal
Hi, is your
name
Louise?
Joe Gebbia from AirBnB did a joint study together with Standford University.
They looked at people’s willingness to trust someone based on how similar they are in age, location and geography.
The research showed, not surprisingly, we prefer people who are like us. The more different somebody is, the less we trust them.
Now, that’s a natural social bias. But what’s interesting is what happens when you add reputation into the mix, in this case, with reviews.
Now, if you’ve got less than three reviews, nothing changes. But if you’ve got more than 10, everything changes. High reputation beats high similarity.
The right design can actually help us overcome one of our most deeply rooted biases.
Trust is a human emotion that can be designed for and establishing it is important within the sharing economy, the trust economy and distributed trust.
Trust is the secret ingredient to any successful product thus designing for it cannot be an afterthought. It’s not an easy task, but it will absolutely make your product stand out and could mean the difference between a visitor engaging with your product or leaving it after a few seconds.