Away UX Case Study
This is a case study of Away’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 484 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Away’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Their UX is in large part dimished by mediocre Customer Accounts.
First benchmarked in January 2022.
Overall UX Performance
485 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
294 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
38 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
48 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
64 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
110 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
34 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
191 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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Away’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
15 pages of Away’s e-commerce site, marked up with 217 best practice examples:
Away’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
11 pages of Away’s e-commerce site, marked up with 147 best practice examples:
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