57 ‘Account Configuration & Onboarding’ Design Examples

Also referred to as: Account Registration, Account Setup

What’s this? Here you’ll find 57 “Account Configuration & Onboarding” full-page screenshots annotated with research-based UX insights, sourced from Baymard’s UX benchmark of 244 e-commerce sites. (Note: this is less than 1% of the full research catalog.)

Regardless of the overall style of the account registration form, it’s key to avoid distractions and minimize opportunities for missing elements or misinterpreting the form. When errors do arise — inevitable no matter how streamlined and intuitive the form is — it’s important to help users get back on track with clear signaling and specific, descriptive messaging.

More ‘Account Configuring & Onboarding’ Insights

Users’ perceived level of friction can be reduced significantly through form field simplifications, autodetection, autocompletes, and smart defaults during the application process.
Learn More: Besides exploring the 57 “Account Configuring & Onboarding” design examples below, you may also want to read our related articles “Usability Testing of Inline Form Validation: 31% Don’t Have It, 4% Get It Wrong”, “Form Field Usability: Avoid Extensive Multicolumn Layouts (16% Make This Form Usability Mistake)”, and “Form Usability: Getting ‘Address Line 2’ Right”.
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