Benchmarks

11 ‘Health & Beauty’ Sites Ranked by User Experience Performance

Use the interactive UX benchmark chart below to see the ranked UX performance of 11 e-commerce sites within ‘Health & Beauty’ in the US and Europe. Each of the 11 Health & Beauty sites has been manually rated across 1162 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

1162 Guidelines

Desktop Web

413 Guidelines

Homepage & Category

31 Guidelines

Homepage

8 Guidelines

Category Taxonomy

10 Guidelines

Main Navigation

7 Guidelines

Intermediary Category Pages

6 Guidelines

On-Site Search

28 Guidelines

Search Query Types

10 Guidelines

Search Autocomplete

8 Guidelines

Search Form & Search Results

10 Guidelines

Product Lists & Filtering

68 Guidelines

List Layout

14 Guidelines

List Item Info

10 Guidelines

List Item Thumbnails

7 Guidelines

List Item Features

11 Guidelines

Filtering: Available Filters

8 Guidelines

Filtering: Scope & Logic

9 Guidelines

Filtering: Interface & Layout

4 Guidelines

Sorting

5 Guidelines

Product Page

97 Guidelines

Product Page Layout

8 Guidelines

Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

8 Guidelines

Image Gallery UI

9 Guidelines

Product Images, Videos & 360-Views

14 Guidelines

Product Descriptions

7 Guidelines

Product Variations

9 Guidelines

Specifications Sheet

5 Guidelines

The 'Buy' Section

9 Guidelines

Shipping, Returns, and Gifting

8 Guidelines

User Reviews

20 Guidelines

Cart & Checkout

117 Guidelines

Shopping Cart

16 Guidelines

Account Selection & Creation

7 Guidelines

User Information & Address

17 Guidelines

Gifting Flow & Features

5 Guidelines

Shipping & Fulfillment

11 Guidelines

Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

16 Guidelines

Order Review & Confirmation

10 Guidelines

General Form Design and Checkout Layout

19 Guidelines

Form Field Usability and Design

16 Guidelines

Customer Accounts

31 Guidelines

Account Drop-Down & Sign In

7 Guidelines

Account Dashboard

5 Guidelines

'Your Account': Addresses, Payments, & Newsletters

12 Guidelines

Account-Wide Navigation, Structure, & Information

7 Guidelines

Site-Wide Features

14 Guidelines

Order Tracking & Returns

27 Guidelines

Orders & Order Tracking

15 Guidelines

Order Returns

12 Guidelines

Mobile Web

405 Guidelines

Mobile Web Homepage & Category Navigation

30 Guidelines

Mobile Web Homepage

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Category Taxonomy

10 Guidelines

Mobile Web Main Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Intermediary Category Pages

5 Guidelines

Mobile Web On-Site Search

30 Guidelines

Mobile Web Search Query Types

10 Guidelines

Mobile Web Search Autocomplete

7 Guidelines

Mobile Web Search Form & Results

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Lists & Filtering

63 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Layout

15 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Item Info

12 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Item Thumbnails

8 Guidelines

Mobile Web List Item Features

8 Guidelines

Mobile Web Filtering & Sorting: Filter & Sort Types

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Filtering & Sorting: Scope & Logic

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Filtering: Interface & Layout

5 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Page

91 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Page Layout, Cross-Sells, & Cross-Navigation

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Image Gallery UI

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Images, Videos & 360-Views

13 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Descriptions

8 Guidelines

Mobile Web Product Variations

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Specifications Sheet

5 Guidelines

Mobile Web "Buy" Section

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web Shipping, Returns, and Gifting

8 Guidelines

Mobile Web User Reviews

20 Guidelines

Mobile Web Cart & Checkout

117 Guidelines

Mobile Web Shopping Cart

15 Guidelines

Mobile Web Account Selection & Creation

7 Guidelines

Mobile Web User Information & Address

17 Guidelines

Mobile Web Gifting Flow & Features

5 Guidelines

Mobile Web Shipping & Fulfillment

11 Guidelines

Mobile Web Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

16 Guidelines

Mobile Web Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

Mobile Web "General Form Design and Checkout Layout "

17 Guidelines

Mobile Web Form Field Usability and Design

20 Guidelines

Mobile Web Customer Accounts

25 Guidelines

Mobile Web Account Sign In & Dashboard

7 Guidelines

'Mobile Web Account': Addresses, Payments, & Newsletters

12 Guidelines

Mobile Web Account-Wide Navigation, Structure, & Information

6 Guidelines

Mobile Web Site-Wide Features

22 Guidelines

Mobile Web Order Tracking & Returns

27 Guidelines

Mobile Web Orders & Order Tracking

15 Guidelines

Mobile Web Order Returns

12 Guidelines

Mobile App

344 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage & Category Navigation

27 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Category Taxonomy

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Main Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Intermediary Category Pages

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Search

26 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Query Types

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Autocomplete

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Form & Results

11 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Lists & Filtering

54 Guidelines

Mobile App List Layout

14 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Info

11 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Thumbnails

5 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Features

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Filtering & Sorting: Filter & Sort Types

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Filtering & Sorting: Scope & Logic

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Filtering: Interface & Layout

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Page

86 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Page Layout & Cross-Sells

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Image Gallery UI

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Images, Videos, & 360-Views

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Descriptions

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Variations

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Specifications Sheet

5 Guidelines

Mobile App "Buy" Section

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Shipping, Returns, and Gifting

8 Guidelines

Mobile App User Reviews

18 Guidelines

Mobile App Cart & Checkout

114 Guidelines

Mobile App Shopping Cart

15 Guidelines

Mobile App Account Selection & Creation

7 Guidelines

Mobile App User Information & Address

16 Guidelines

Mobile App Gifting Flow & Features

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Shipping & Fulfillment

11 Guidelines

Mobile App Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

15 Guidelines

Mobile App Order Review & Confirmation

9 Guidelines

Mobile App "General Form Design and Checkout Layout "

17 Guidelines

Mobile App Form Field Usability and Design

19 Guidelines

Mobile App Customer Accounts

22 Guidelines

Mobile App Account Dashboard

5 Guidelines

'Mobile App Account': Addresses, Payments, & Newsletters

12 Guidelines

Mobile App Account-Wide Navigation, Structure, & Information

5 Guidelines

App-Wide Features

15 Guidelines

Health & Beauty Research

At Baymard Institute we have a whole research topic devoted to online shopping UX and usability, specifically for online Health & Beauty sites.

View Health & Beauty Research Topic


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