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130 design examples manually annotated by Baymard researchers

What’s this? Here you’ll find 130 annotated “Sorting Tool” design examples from Baymard’s UX benchmark of 60 major e-commerce sites. (Note: this is less than 1% of the full research catalog.)

Solid sorting features enable users to order products by the attributes they care about — something that can dramatically speed up the user’s product-exploration and -selection process.

More ‘Sorting Tool’ Insights

  • Our testing shows that sorting is a generally under-prioritized area of e-commerce that has remained largely unchanged for the past 10–15 years (the entire history of modern e-commerce), with little-to-no innovation. In fact, some sites have started removing sorting features from their product lists altogether in a misguided attempt at simplification. This trend and general stagnation stands in sharp contrast to how important sorting features are to users.

  • During usability testing sorting proved to be a crucial part of the users’ product-finding process. Sorting is particularly popular as a soft-boundary alternative to filtering, with many users frequently opting to sort rather than filter because they don’t have a strict range in mind (”I care about cost, but I haven’t decided on a specific budget”), or for parameters where the user lacks the necessary domain knowledge to specify the hard cut-off points required by a filter.

  • Even for users with extensive domain knowledge or just general web shrewdness, in testing sorting proved to be a powerful feature and was often combined with filtering (“I filter the cameras for ‘water resistant’ models and $300–$500, and then sort that list by customer ratings to see the ‘best ones’ first”).

  • Mobile Examples: Besides the desktop examples below, we also have 25+ mobile examples of Filtering Options implementations.

  • Learn More: Besides exploring the 130 “Sorting Tool” page design examples below, you may also want to read our related article on “Don’t Base ‘Customer Ratings’ Sorting on Averages Only” and “Category-Specific Sorting: A New Way to Sort Products”.

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Victoria's Secret (2020)

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Macy's (2020)

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Home Depot (2020)

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Walmart (2020)

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B&H Photo (2020)

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Best Buy (2020)

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Apple (2020)

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Walgreens (2020)

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Wayfair (2020)

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Amazon (2020)

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Target (2020)

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Sephora (2020)

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Nike (2020)

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Etsy (2020)

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Office Depot (2020)

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H&M (2020)

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Debenhams (2020)

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Staples (2020)

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Adidas (2020)

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Crutchfield (2020)

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ASOS (2020)

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Nordstrom (2020)

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Disney Store (2020)

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Zalando (2020)

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IKEA (2020)

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Macy's (2018)

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REI (2018)

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Victoria's Secret (2018)

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J.C. Penney (2018)

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Neiman Marcus (2018)

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Toys'R'Us (2018)

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Gilt (2018)

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Microsoft (2018)

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Apple (2018)

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TigerDirect (2018)

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Costco (2018)

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Musician's Friend (2018)

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Argos (2018)

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H&M (2018)

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IKEA (2018)

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Adidas (2018)

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ASOS (2018)

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Cabela's (2018)

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Bass Pro Shops (2018)

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Etsy (2018)

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Sephora (2018)

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Foot Locker (2018)

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L.L. Bean (2018)

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Walgreens (2018)

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Ann Taylor (2018)

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Tesco (2018)

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Marks & Spencer (2018)

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John Lewis (2018)

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Zalando (2018)

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Disney (2018)

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Nike (2018)

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Debenhams (2018)

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HP (2018)

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American Eagle Outfitters (2018)

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Urban Outfitters (2018)

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Best Buy (2017)

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Wayfair (2017)

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Lowe's (2017)

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Amazon (2017)

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Overstock (2017)

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Walmart (2017)

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Sears (2017)

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Dell (2017)

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Newegg (2017)

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B&H Photo (2017)

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Crutchfield (2017)

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Williams Sonoma (2017)

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Home Depot (2017)

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Northern Tool (2017)

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Target (2017)

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Kohl's (2017)

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Office Depot (2017)

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Crate & Barrel (2017)

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Build.com (2017)

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Nordstrom (2017)

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Hayneedle (2017)

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Staples (2017)

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Grainger (2017)

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Rakuten (2017)

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Apple (2015)

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Kohl's (2015)

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Walmart (2015)

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Best Buy (2015)

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Sephora (2015)

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Amazon (2015)

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Neiman Marcus (2015)

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Victoria's Secret (2015)

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Northern Tool (2015)

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Diapers.com (2015)

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Macy's (2015)

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HSN (2015)

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Bass Pro Shops (2015)

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Musician's Friend (2015)

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DICK'S Sporting Goods (2015)

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REI (2015)

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Newegg (2015)

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Disney (2015)

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Toys'R'Us (2015)

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Staples (2015)

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Sears (2015)

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Ralph Lauren (2015)

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Gilt (2015)

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Home Depot (2015)

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Build.com (2015)

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Williams Sonoma (2015)

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B&H Photo (2015)

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Walgreens (2015)

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Dell (2015)

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Cabela's (2015)

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Nordstrom (2015)

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TigerDirect (2015)

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Office Depot (2015)

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J.C. Penney (2015)

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Foot Locker (2015)

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Urban Outfitters (2015)

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Crate & Barrel (2015)

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Beauty.com (2015)

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Rakuten (2015)

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Crutchfield (2015)

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Target (2015)

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Nike (2015)

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Ann Taylor (2015)

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Wayfair (2014)

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Hayneedle (2014)

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