Case study

Pilot Comms USA

Technical products. Easier buying.

Pilot Communications sells specialized aviation headsets, intercoms, cables, adapters, and communication equipment to pilots around the world. Built modernized the brand and ecommerce experience, reorganized product discovery, redesigned the responsive UX, and developed a Magento platform that connected product content and commerce more effectively.

Strategy
Ecommerce
Magento
UX/UI
Systems Integration

Pilot Communications aviation ecommerce case study

Role: Senior-level Strategy, Design & Development
Industry: Aviation, Consumer Electronics, Ecommerce
Engagement: Brand Strategy + Content Strategy + Magento + Systems Integration
Focus: Product Discovery + Ecommerce + UX/UI

Challenge

A specialist aviation brand with an aging ecommerce experience.

Pilot Communications serves pilots and aviation customers shopping for specialized headsets, intercoms, cables, adapters, and communication equipment. The product catalog is focused, but the buying decision can still be technical: customers need to understand compatibility, use cases, specifications, and differences between similar products before they feel confident purchasing.

The existing digital experience did not make those decisions as easy as it should. Product discovery, technical information, brand presentation, and ecommerce functionality needed to work together more clearly — particularly for customers researching products on mobile or arriving with a very specific equipment need.

Technical products required clearer compatibility and specification information
Product discovery needed a stronger connection between search, categories, and individual products
Brand presentation no longer matched the quality of the aviation products
Mobile product research and shopping needed less friction
Magento and supporting systems needed to operate as one connected commerce experience

Approach

Modernize the product experience from search to checkout.

Built redesigned the experience around how aviation customers actually shop: some arrive knowing the exact product they need, while others begin with a headset, aircraft, communication, or compatibility problem they are trying to solve. Information architecture, search, category pages, and product detail pages were reshaped around those paths.

The refreshed visual system gave Pilot Communications a more modern aviation presence while the Magento build provided the commerce foundation. Product content, mobile UX, search behavior, and system integrations were treated as connected parts of the same customer journey rather than separate website features.

Reorganized product discovery around clearer categories, search, and customer intent
Redesigned the brand and ecommerce interface for a more contemporary aviation experience
Improved product detail pages with clearer technical information and buying paths
Built the commerce experience on Magento
Connected supporting systems and ecommerce workflows into the customer experience
Optimized product research, search, and purchasing for mobile users

Responsive experience

Designed around the way customers actually decide.

Pilot Communications ecommerce website on mobile

Pilot Communications product search experience on mobile

Pilot Communications product detail page on mobile

The results

Modernized commerce. Clearer product experience.

Modernized

Brand and ecommerce experience across the customer journey

Clearer

Product discovery through search, categories, and product pages

Connected

Magento commerce and supporting systems

Mobile-first

Product research and shopping across smaller screens

As a small business owner, we work in a lean environment. We needed an ecommerce site that is easy to manage and offers the capabilities for us to grow as the need arises. We have that now.
— Par Akradi · CEO, Pilot Communications, USA

The experience

One connected system, from first search to first conversation.

Pilot Communications product listing page

Pilot Communications product detail experience

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Designed around the way customers actually decide.

Modernized commerce. Clearer product experience.

One connected system, from first search to first conversation.

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