Ecommerce UX Research Articles
The below 400+ ecommerce UX articles are all based on Baymard’s 150,000+ hours of UX research. The articles represent just 5% of Baymard’s research database. Join 60,000+ UX professionals and get a new article every week by email.
Mobile UX Trends 2025: 9 Common Pitfalls & Best Practices
Our latest Mobile UX Benchmark consists of 150+ leading ecommerce sites with 52,000+ usability scores and 40,000+ implementation examples. Here are 9 common pitfalls.
June 17, 2025 (Updated)
Merchandise & Print-to-Order: New UX Benchmark with 3,100+ Performance Scores and 2,300+ Best Practice Examples
June 10, 2025
The ‘Credit Card Number’ Field Must Allow and Auto-Format Spaces (80% Don’t)
June 5, 2025 (Updated)Popular
Online Learning: New UX Benchmark with 2,600+ Performance Scores and 1,600+ Best Practice Examples
May 27, 2025
UX-Ray 1.0 - Get Instant UX Analysis for Any Ecom Site
May 20, 2025
Checkout UX: Avoid “Apply” Buttons for Most Fields (22% of Sites Don’t)
May 14, 2025 (Updated)
The Current State of Homepage and Category Navigation UX: 76% of Sites Have Mediocre-to-Poor Performance (12 Common Pitfalls)
Our latest Homepage & Category Navigation UX benchmark reveals that the desktop performance for 76% of leading US and European sites is still “poor”. Here are 12 UX pitfalls to avoid.
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Flight Booking & Airlines: New UX Benchmark with 2,500+ Performance Scores and 1,900+ Best Practice Examples
May 6, 2025
4 Ways to Improve UX for Ecommerce Mass Merchant Sites
April 29, 2025
5 Best Practices for Communicating Sustainability in Ecommerce
April 22, 2025
Ecommerce Homepage UX: Can Users Infer the Breadth of Your Product Catalog?
April 10, 2025 (Updated)
10 UX Requirements to Follow for a User-Friendly Homepage Carousel Design
April 3, 2025 (Updated)
94% of the Largest E-Commerce Sites Are Not Accessibility Compliant
94% of the 33 top-grossing e-commerce sites we benchmarked have accessibility compliance issues with 4 of the most basic accessibility criteria like links, images, and form fields (WCAG 2.1 AA).
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