Benchmarks

Book of the Month UX Case Study

This is a case study of Book of the Month’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 213 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.

Book of the Month’s overall e-commerce UX performance is poor. Some of Book of the Month’s biggest UX issues are caused by broken Mobile Individual Product Offerings, Site-Wide Design & Interaction, and Individual Product Offerings performances.

First benchmarked in May 2022.


Performance17.8Poor

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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:

138 Major E-Commerce Sites
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Book of the Month’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design

11 pages of Book of the Month’s e-commerce site, marked up with 115 best practice examples: