Benchmarks

12 ‘Mass Merchant’ Sites Ranked by User Experience Performance

Use the interactive UX benchmark chart below to see the ranked UX performance of 12 leading e-commerce sites within ‘Mass Merchant’ in the US and Europe. Each of the 12 Mass Merchant sites has been manually rated across 986 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

986 Guidelines

Desktop Web

320 Guidelines

Homepage & Category Navigation

27 Guidelines

Homepage

7 Guidelines

Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

14 Guidelines

Intermediary Category Pages

6 Guidelines

On-Site Search

36 Guidelines

Search Query Types

9 Guidelines

Search Form & Autocomplete

12 Guidelines

Search Design & Logic

15 Guidelines

Product Lists & Filtering

61 Guidelines

List Layout & Loading

8 Guidelines

List Item Content

26 Guidelines

List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

19 Guidelines

List Items: Interface & Hit Areas

7 Guidelines

Filtering & Sorting: Filter & Sort Types

9 Guidelines

Filtering & Sorting: Interface, Layout & Results

18 Guidelines

Product Page

74 Guidelines

Product Page Layout, Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

18 Guidelines

Product Page Layout

9 Guidelines

Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

9 Guidelines

Product Images & Gallery UI

13 Guidelines

The 'Buy' Section and Purchase Information

14 Guidelines

Product Information

14 Guidelines

User Reviews

15 Guidelines

Cart & Checkout

89 Guidelines

Shopping Cart & 'Added to Cart' Behavior

18 Guidelines

Account Selection & Customer Address Information

18 Guidelines

Shipping & Fulfillment

10 Guidelines

Form Fields & Layout

12 Guidelines

Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

10 Guidelines

Validation Errors, Field Design & Autocompletion

16 Guidelines

Validation Errors & Data Persistence

10 Guidelines

Field Design & Default Values

6 Guidelines

Order Review & Confirmation

5 Guidelines

Customer Accounts

21 Guidelines

Account Drop-Down & Sign-In

7 Guidelines

Account Dashboard, Info & Navigation

14 Guidelines

Site-Wide Features & Navigaiton

12 Guidelines

Site-Wide Elements

12 Guidelines

Mobile Web

317 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage & Category Navigation

27 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage

8 Guidelines

Mobile Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

14 Guidelines

Mobile Intermediary Category Pages

5 Guidelines

Mobile On-Site Search

36 Guidelines

Mobile Search Query Types

9 Guidelines

Mobile Search Form & Autocomplete

9 Guidelines

Mobile Search Design & Logic

18 Guidelines

Mobile Product Lists & Filtering

54 Guidelines

Mobile List Layout & Loading

19 Guidelines

Mobile List Item Content

16 Guidelines

Mobile Filtering & Sorting: Filter & Sort Types

10 Guidelines

Mobile Filtering & Sorting: Interface, Layout & Results

9 Guidelines

Mobile Product Page

74 Guidelines

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

16 Guidelines

Mobile Product Page Layout

7 Guidelines

Mobile Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

9 Guidelines

Mobile Product Images & Gallery UI

14 Guidelines

The Mobile 'Buy' Section and Purchase Information

14 Guidelines

Mobile Product Information

15 Guidelines

Mobile User Reviews

15 Guidelines

Mobile Cart & Checkout

89 Guidelines

Mobile Shopping Cart & 'Added to Cart' Behavior

17 Guidelines

Mobile Account Selection & Customer Address Information

18 Guidelines

Mobile Shipping & Fulfillment

10 Guidelines

Mobile Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

11 Guidelines

Mobile Form Fields & Layout

11 Guidelines

Mobile Validation Errors, Field Design & Autocompletion

17 Guidelines

Mobile Order Review & Confirmation

5 Guidelines

Mobile Customer Accounts

16 Guidelines

Mobile Site-Wide Features & Navigation

21 Guidelines

Mobile App

349 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage & Category Navigation

28 Guidelines

Mobile App Homepage

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Category Taxonomy

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Main Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Intermediary Category Pages

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Search

38 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Query Types

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Form & Logic

9 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Autocomplete

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Results Logic & Guidance

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Search Results Layout & Filtering

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Lists & Filtering

55 Guidelines

Mobile App List Layout & Loading Products

14 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Info

11 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Thumbnails

5 Guidelines

Mobile App List Item Features

6 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

91 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Page Layout & Cross-Sells

14 Guidelines

Mobile App Image Gallery UI

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Images, Videos, & 360-Views

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Descriptions

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Product Variations

9 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

97 Guidelines

Mobile App Shopping Cart & “Added to Cart” Behavior

14 Guidelines

Mobile App Account Selection & Creation

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Customer & Address Information

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Gifting Flow & Features

5 Guidelines

Mobile App Shipping & Fulfillment

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

7 Guidelines

Mobile App Checkout Layout & Cross-Sells

8 Guidelines

Mobile App Form Fields Labels & Design

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Data Validation

10 Guidelines

Mobile App Input Optimization

16 Guidelines

Mobile App Order Review & Confirmation

6 Guidelines

Mobile App Customer Accounts

23 Guidelines

Mobile App Account Dashboard

5 Guidelines

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

13 Guidelines

Mobile App Account-Wide Navigation, Structure, & Information

5 Guidelines

App-Wide Features

17 Guidelines

Mass Merchant Research

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

View Mass Merchant Research Topic


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