This is a case study of BarkBox’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 206 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
BarkBox’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. BarkBox’s UX performance in particular suffers from usability issues caused by broken Mobile Homepage, Main Navigation & CSS Core Pages, broken Homepage, Main Navigation & CSS Core Pages, and poor Accounts & Self-Services. That said, their site performs well within Site-Wide Design & Interaction.
Desktop Web
213 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage, Main Navigation & CSS Core Pages
23 Guidelines · Performance:
Individual Product Offerings
42 Guidelines · Performance:
Accounts & Self-Services
34 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
101 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Design & Interaction
13 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
167 Guidelines · Performance:
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11 pages of BarkBox’s e-commerce site, marked up with 133 best practice examples:
10 pages of BarkBox’s e-commerce site, marked up with 121 best practice examples:
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