Benchmarks

10 ‘Sports Gear & Equipment’ Sites Ranked by User Experience Performance

Use the interactive UX benchmark chart below to see the ranked UX performance of 10 leading e-commerce sites within ‘Sports Gear & Equipment’ in the US and Europe. Each of the 10 Sports Gear & Equipment sites has been manually rated across 501 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

501 Guidelines

Desktop Web

251 Guidelines

Homepage & Category Navigation

29 Guidelines

Homepage

6 Guidelines

Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

10 Guidelines

Intermediary Category Pages

6 Guidelines

Site-Wide Features & Navigation

7 Guidelines

On-Site Search

23 Guidelines

Search Query Types

6 Guidelines

Search Form & Autocomplete

9 Guidelines

Search Design & Logic

8 Guidelines

Product Lists & Filtering

51 Guidelines

List Layout & Loading Products

11 Guidelines

List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

12 Guidelines

List Items: Interface & Hit Areas

6 Guidelines

Filtering & Sorting

22 Guidelines

Product Page

59 Guidelines

Product Page Layout

8 Guidelines

Product Images & Gallery UI

15 Guidelines

The 'Buy' Section and Purchase Information

12 Guidelines

Product Information

8 Guidelines

User Reviews

11 Guidelines

Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

5 Guidelines

Cart & Checkout

71 Guidelines

Shopping Cart & “Added to Cart” Behavior

11 Guidelines

Account Selection & Customer Address Information

12 Guidelines

Shipping & Store Pickup

6 Guidelines

Form Fields & Layout

8 Guidelines

Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

13 Guidelines

Order Review & Order Confirmation

8 Guidelines

Validation Errors & Data Persistence

7 Guidelines

Field Design & Default Values

6 Guidelines

Accounts & Self-Service

18 Guidelines

Account Drop-Down & Sign In

7 Guidelines

Account Dashboard, Info & Navigation

11 Guidelines

Mobile Web

250 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage & Category Navigation

38 Guidelines

Mobile Homepage

7 Guidelines

Mobile Category Taxonomy & Main Navigation

10 Guidelines

Mobile Intermediary Category Pages

5 Guidelines

Mobile Site-Wide Features & Navigation

16 Guidelines

Mobile On-Site Search

24 Guidelines

Mobile Search Query Types

6 Guidelines

Mobile Search Autocomplete

6 Guidelines

Mobile Search Design & Logic

12 Guidelines

Mobile Product Lists & Filtering

48 Guidelines

Mobile List Layout & Loading Products

12 Guidelines

Mobile List Items: Product Info & Thumbnails

12 Guidelines

Mobile List Items: Interface & Hit Areas

6 Guidelines

Mobile Filtering & Sorting

18 Guidelines

Product Page

56 Guidelines

Mobile Product Page Layout

5 Guidelines

Mobile Product Images & Gallery UI

13 Guidelines

The Mobile 'Buy' Section and Purchase Information

12 Guidelines

Mobile Product Information

9 Guidelines

Mobile User Reviews

11 Guidelines

Mobile Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation

6 Guidelines

Mobile Cart & Checkout

71 Guidelines

Mobile Shopping Cart & "Added to Cart" Behavior

11 Guidelines

Mobile Account Selection & Customer Address Information

12 Guidelines

Mobile Shipping & Store Pickup

6 Guidelines

Mobile Payment Flow & Credit Card Form

13 Guidelines

Mobile Order Review & Confirmation

8 Guidelines

Mobile Form Fields & Layout

8 Guidelines

Mobile Validation Errors, Field Design & Autocompletion

13 Guidelines

Accounts & Self-Service

13 Guidelines

Account Drop-Down & Sign In

3 Guidelines

Account Dashboard, Info & Navigation

10 Guidelines

Sports, Toys & Hobbies Research

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

View Sports, Toys & Hobbies Research Topic


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