Is it enough to just enlarge font sizes for mobile without making the whole layout responsive?

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I have a legacy e-commerce site heavily styled from the desktop era and have been making good money. They are based on a very sophisticated e-commerce software and it costs an arm and a leg to make the whole site responsive per present standards.

According to my GA analytics, I'm potentially letting go of thousands of dollars per month in sales with the majority of my site's traffic being mobile yet converting at less than half of conversion rate of the desktop traffic.

I will make the site responsive when I have more time but for now what's the single most important and easiest thing I can do to make the site more usable on mobile devices?

Considering iPhone Safari is pretty good at rendering desktop sites with regards to usability, I think responsive layout isn't the priority here.

My idea is to enlarging the font sizes of all the texts and sizes of all buttons, by, say 50%, for all mobile devices.

Would this work and make the mobile experience better if not perfect? What could be the potential problem for this very biased and partial approach?
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  • Profile picture of the author mostafiz
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  • Profile picture of the author ITDaniel
    I can't say that it's going to help because it depends a lot on site itself. You have to try and see does it work. But, without media query, you can't do much.
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  • Profile picture of the author binelus
    Originally Posted by yangyang View Post

    I have a legacy e-commerce site heavily styled from the desktop era and have been making good money. They are based on a very sophisticated e-commerce software and it costs an arm and a leg to make the whole site responsive per present standards.

    According to my GA analytics, I'm potentially letting go of thousands of dollars per month in sales with the majority of my site's traffic being mobile yet converting at less than half of conversion rate of the desktop traffic.

    I will make the site responsive when I have more time but for now what's the single most important and easiest thing I can do to make the site more usable on mobile devices?

    Considering iPhone Safari is pretty good at rendering desktop sites with regards to usability, I think responsive layout isn't the priority here.

    My idea is to enlarging the font sizes of all the texts and sizes of all buttons, by, say 50%, for all mobile devices.

    Would this work and make the mobile experience better if not perfect? What could be the potential problem for this very biased and partial approach?
    For me, enlarging fonts changes the whole structure of my pages at times, even when responsive.

    You might want to start small: have some pages that triggers when a user is mobile with them being responsive.

    That plays a huge role in your business and mobile is a big piece of the pie!
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  • Profile picture of the author Nauman K
    Bro,
    If you really want to increase your sales that you should think about making it responsive and consider it seriously. Enlarging font size is the solution. In responsive mode you would have to make the whole layout responsive - optimized with mobile screens.
    So my suggestion would be: Make your store responsive at any cost.

    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author imsolutionsgroup
    You should either make your entire website responsive or create a dedicated mobile website which users are automatically redirected to when visiting your website on a mobile device.

    Check your analytics... how many visitors are coming to your website from a mobile device? How many of them are converting into a paying customer, leads, etc.?
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  • Profile picture of the author 3wCorner
    Are you using an ecommerce software? You can just use a responsive template for that. Or just make a mobile version of your website.
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