Scarcity¶
Catalog pointer for the UI Patterns source page: Scarcity.
Taxonomy¶
- Track: Persuasive Design Patterns
- Group: Cognition
- Subgroup: Scarcity
- Source breadcrumb: Design Patterns > Cognition > Scarcity > Scarcity
Source Page Inventory¶
- Source URL: https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Scarcity
- Page title: Scarcity design pattern
- Section headings available at source: Problem summary, Example, Usage, Solution, Time-based scarcity, Stock scarcity, Restrictions on information (or merely scarce), Rationale, Our weakness for shortcuts, We hate to loose the freedoms we already have, Discussion, Optimal conditions for scarcity to work, Make a decision today or loose out forever, Origins of the term Scarcity
- Example screenshots detected at source: 7
- Primary example image detected: yes
Retrieval Notes¶
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Source Shape¶
- Problem summary: 16 words on source page
- Example: 73 words on source page
- Usage: 63 words on source page
- Solution: 297 words on source page
- Time-based scarcity: 111 words on source page
- Stock scarcity: 92 words on source page
- Restrictions on information (or merely scarce): 76 words on source page
- Rationale: 257 words on source page
- Our weakness for shortcuts: 46 words on source page
- We hate to loose the freedoms we already have: 66 words on source page
- Discussion: 544 words on source page
- Optimal conditions for scarcity to work: 174 words on source page
- Make a decision today or loose out forever: 223 words on source page
- Origins of the term Scarcity: 45 words on source page
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