Williams Sonoma UX Case Study
This is a case study of Williams Sonoma’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 543 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Williams Sonoma’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. Their UX is in large part dimished by mediocre Mobile Web.
First benchmarked in April 2012, and reviewed 26 times since then, most recently in July 2024.
Overall UX Performance
543 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
266 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
277 Guidelines · Performance:
To learn how we calculate our performance scores and read up on our evaluation criteria and scoring algorithm head over to our Methodology page.
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Williams Sonoma’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
31 pages of Williams Sonoma’s e-commerce site, marked up with 249 best practice examples:
Williams Sonoma’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
27 pages of Williams Sonoma’s e-commerce site, marked up with 239 best practice examples:
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See all 402 articles in the full public archive.