Benchmarks

REI’s E-Commerce UX

This is a case study of REI’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 241 design elements. 243 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.

REI’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. This is especially thanks to perfect Accounts & Self-Service and perfect Accounts & Self-Service UX performances, but REI is impeded by mediocre Mobile On-Site Search and Mobile Homepage & Category Navigation.

First benchmarked in April 2012, and reviewed 26 times since then, most recently in August 2023.


Performance55.0Decent

URLrei.com


UX Award Winner (see all):

Sports Gear & EquipmentTop 1%

Mobile UX OverallTop 1%


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Desktop Web

252 Guidelines · Performance:

Homepage & Category Navigation

29 Guidelines · Performance:

On-Site Search

23 Guidelines · Performance:

Product Lists & Filtering

51 Guidelines · Performance:

Product Page

60 Guidelines · Performance:

Cart & Checkout

71 Guidelines · Performance:

Accounts & Self-Service

18 Guidelines · Performance:

Mobile Web

251 Guidelines · Performance:

133 Major E-Commerce Sites
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