Electronics & Office UX

Help shoppers make sense of technical choices

Some shoppers know exactly which specifications they need; others need help understanding the differences. Both need a clear route through the options. Baymard’s electronics and office UX research shows how to assess product lists, comparisons and detail, while supporting the practical questions that arise before and after an order.

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Electronics & Office UX research

Explore research for electronics and office retail and brand sites, with guidance on specifications, product comparisons, reviews, support information and the wider shopping journey.

Electronics & Office UX audits

Get an expert review of your electronics or office site, with prioritized recommendations and examples that help your team improve the experience across desktop and mobile.

Support different levels of product knowledge

Use research to examine how your interface serves both experienced and less familiar shoppers. Clear product lists, relevant details and supporting information give teams a practical starting point for reviewing difficult choices.

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electronics and office UX guidelines

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electronics and office best practice examples

Key UX challenges for Electronics & Office

Use research to examine how your interface serves both experienced and less familiar shoppers. Clear product lists, relevant details and supporting information give teams a practical starting point for reviewing difficult choices.

Supporting novices and experts

Make product information useful to people with different levels of technical knowledge.

Explore product understanding

Specifications and comparisons

Help shoppers compare technical differences across product lists, filters and detail pages.

Explore comparison research

Reviews and support information

Make reviews, manuals and answers to product questions easier to find and use.

Explore supporting content

Delivery and ownership questions

Explain shipping, returns and warranty information where shoppers can assess it.

Explore purchase information

The evidence behind Electronics & Office UX

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Electronics & Office

The findings from Baymard’s large-scale testing of Electronics and Office sites provide you with 500+ UX guidelines, along with 9,000+ UX performance scores and 8,000+ best practice examples from Electronics and Office sites (retail and DTC brands).

The UX research covers the entire online shopping experience, including:

  • How the UI can support that some website users will be product domain experts and other will be more novice.
  • How to deal with spec heave listing pages, filtering, product pages, and comparison tools.
  • Reviews, shipping, returns, warranty, insurance, product manuals and FAQs, etc.
The research includes large-scale usability testing and UX benchmarking of both retail and DTC/brand websites such as:
Apple, Microsoft, Argos, Crutchfield, Best Buy, Bang & Olufsen, Bose,
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The wider research foundation behind the guidance

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Explore the evidence behind electronics and office UX

See the research overview for coverage across retailers and direct-to-consumer brands, including the needs of novice and expert shoppers.

An industry audit evaluates your site and gives your team specific recommendations supported by relevant implementation examples.

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READ ABOUT UX AUDITS

Electronics & Office UX research and expert audit overview

Electronics & Office UX questions

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Yes. The study includes retail and direct-to-consumer brand sites in electronics and office ecommerce.


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What Baymard clients have to say

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Sony PlayStation Logo
“An eye opener. This UX audit helped validate assumptions we had regarding our site but also provided visibility on issues we overlooked. Recommendations were in-depth and provided ways for improvements.”

Michael Tran

Sr. Business Analyst at Sony PlayStation

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Staples Logo
“Baymard's audit services give us a detailed view of usability improvements across our entire site. This is so much more comprehensive than running individual usability studies.”

Gideon Ansell

UX Director, Global eCommerce at Staples

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Lenovo Logo
“Excellent tool – looking forward to using it with our other sites and prototypes as they’re developed.”

Leah Kaufman

Senior UX Research Manager at Lenovo

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Hallmark Cards, Inc. Logo
“The walkthrough today was great. The report was very, very well done and loaded with great opportunities for us to improve our business. I wanted to again express my appreciation for working with us on such a condensed time frame last month. You and your team have been amazing partners to us and we very much appreciate the work, expertise and partnership.”

Wendy Bonnstetter

UX Director at Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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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.”

Bryan Trogdon

Director of User Experience at Office Depot

Help shoppers understand the differences that matter

Use electronics and office research to make comparisons, product detail and supporting information clearer.