Benchmarks

8 ‘Footwear’ Sites Ranked by User Experience Performance

Use the interactive UX benchmark chart below to see the ranked UX performance of 8 leading e-commerce sites within ‘Footwear’ in the US and Europe. Each of the 8 footwear sites has been manually rated across 498 different e-commerce UX elements, all based on Baymard’s 150,000+ hours of UX research.

This is a sub-set of the full benchmark which includes 123 e-commerce sites.

Case Studies

Click the colored dots to view in-depth case studies for each benchmarked site, or scroll down to see all case studies. You can also view the case study examples organized by type of page.

Benchmark UX Performances
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Overall UX Performance

498 Guidelines

Desktop Web

246 Guidelines

Homepage & Category

26 Guidelines

Homepage

8 Guidelines

Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

11 Guidelines

Intermediary Category Pages

7 Guidelines

On-Site Search

17 Guidelines

Search Query Types, Form & Logic

5 Guidelines

Search Autocomplete

6 Guidelines

Search Results Logic & Layout

6 Guidelines

Product Lists & Filtering

41 Guidelines

List Layout & Loading Products

8 Guidelines

List Item Info & Thumbnails

8 Guidelines

List Items Features

7 Guidelines

Filtering & Sorting

18 Guidelines

Product Page

63 Guidelines

Product Page Layout & Cross-Sells

12 Guidelines

Product Images & Videos

5 Guidelines

Image Gallery UI

6 Guidelines

The 'Buy' Section

5 Guidelines

Shipping & Returns

7 Guidelines

Product Descriptions & Variations

8 Guidelines

Product Sizing & Fit

8 Guidelines

User Reviews

12 Guidelines

Cart & Checkout

76 Guidelines

Shopping Cart

10 Guidelines

Account Selection & Creation

6 Guidelines

User Information & Address

10 Guidelines

Shipping & Fulfillment

10 Guidelines

Payment Flow & Methods (Incl. Credit Card & Third-Party)

14 Guidelines

Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

General Form Design and Checkout Layout

9 Guidelines

Form Field Usability and Design

8 Guidelines

Customer Accounts

10 Guidelines

Site-Wide Features

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web

252 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage & Category Navigation

26 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage

9 Guidelines

Mobile Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

11 Guidelines

Mobile Intermediary Category Pages

6 Guidelines

Mobile On-Site Search

16 Guidelines

Mobile Search Query Types, Form & Logic

5 Guidelines

Mobile Search Autocomplete

5 Guidelines

Mobile Search Results Logic & Layout

6 Guidelines

Mobile Product Lists & Filtering

44 Guidelines

Mobile List Layout & Loading Products

10 Guidelines

Mobile List Item Info & Thumbnails

11 Guidelines

Mobile List Item Features

6 Guidelines

Mobile Filtering & Sorting

17 Guidelines

Mobile Product Page

62 Guidelines

Mobile Product Page Layout & Cross-Sells

10 Guidelines

Mobile Product Images, Videos & Image Gallery UI

11 Guidelines

Mobile "Buy" Section

5 Guidelines

Mobile Shipping & Returns

7 Guidelines

Mobile Product Descriptions & Variations

9 Guidelines

Mobile Product Sizing & Fit

8 Guidelines

Mobile User Reviews

12 Guidelines

Mobile Cart & Checkout

78 Guidelines

Mobile Shopping Cart

10 Guidelines

Mobile Account Selection & Creation

6 Guidelines

Mobile User Information & Address

10 Guidelines

Mobile Shipping & Fulfillment

10 Guidelines

Mobile Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

14 Guidelines

Mobile Order Review & Confirmation

8 Guidelines

Mobile "General Form Design and Checkout Layout"

9 Guidelines

Mobile Form Field Usability and Design

11 Guidelines

Mobile Customer Accounts

7 Guidelines

Mobile Site-Wide Features

19 Guidelines


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