Automotive Parts UX

Help shoppers find the right automotive parts

A long parts catalog can make a simple purchase difficult. Shoppers need to narrow the options, understand specifications and check the details before ordering. Baymard’s automotive parts UX research gives your team evidence for improving that journey, from the first search to the final checkout.

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Automotive Parts UX research

Explore guidance for automotive parts and specialty sites, with examples to help your team improve search, product filtering, technical information and checkout.

Automotive Parts UX audits

Get an expert assessment of your automotive parts site, with prioritized recommendations, implementation examples and a clear view of where the experience needs attention.

Bring evidence to complex product decisions

Use findings from automotive parts and specialty sites to review how shoppers find products, compare details and complete orders. A shared research foundation helps design and development teams discuss specific improvements.

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automotive parts UX guidelines

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automotive parts UX performance scores

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automotive implementation examples

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Key UX challenges for Automotive Parts

Use findings from automotive parts and specialty sites to review how shoppers find products, compare details and complete orders. A shared research foundation helps design and development teams discuss specific improvements.

Search and navigation

Help shoppers move from a broad parts catalog to a useful set of results.

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Filtering the options

Make product attributes and compatibility filters easier to understand and combine.

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Technical product details

Present specifications and product information so shoppers can assess the part before ordering.

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Completing the order

Help shoppers review quantities, delivery choices and payment details without losing their progress.

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The evidence behind Automotive Parts UX

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Automotive Parts & Specialty

The findings from Baymard’s large-scale testing of Automotive Parts & Specialty sites provide you with 390+ UX guidelines, along with 5,000+ UX performance scores and 4,000+ implementation examples (incl. best practices) from Automotive Parts & Specialty sites.

The research includes Automotive Parts & Specialty websites such as:
CarParts.com, RevZilla, Advance Auto Parts, TireRack.com, ECS Tuning, Inter Cars,
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The wider research foundation behind the guidance

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Understand the experience behind the parts catalog

Explore the automotive research overview to see the catalog coverage and the sites included in Baymard’s benchmarking. Use the findings to examine your own shopping journey.

An automotive parts audit applies research criteria to your site and turns the findings into a practical set of recommendations.

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It covers the shopping journey across navigation, search, product lists, product pages, checkout and customer accounts. The scope also includes accessibility and loyalty topics.


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“Baymard has been a great resource in helping us improve the customer experience. We are continually applying these best practices to our sites.”

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Make the route to the right part clearer

Use automotive UX evidence to improve product discovery, technical detail and the steps that follow.