Best Buy UX Case Study
This is a case study of Best Buy’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 863 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Best Buy’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Best Buy has decent performances across the board with neither any great nor any broken performances.
First benchmarked in April 2012, and reviewed 28 times since then, most recently in August 2023.
Overall UX Performance
950 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
299 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
302 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile App
349 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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Best Buy’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
33 pages of Best Buy’s e-commerce site, marked up with 384 best practice examples:
Best Buy’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
23 pages of Best Buy’s e-commerce site, marked up with 304 best practice examples:
Best Buy’s Mobile App E-Commerce Design
24 pages of Best Buy’s e-commerce site, marked up with 275 best practice examples:
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