Build.com’s E-Commerce UX
This is a case study of Build.com’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 1149 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Build.com’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Their main culprits are broken Customer Accounts and mediocre Mobile App performances.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 27 times since then, most recently May 5, 2023.
Performance: 43.0Decent
URL: build.com
UX Award Winner (see all):
Home & Hardware (desktop)Top 1%
Product List & Filtering (desktop)Top 1%
Overall UX Performance
1196 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
458 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
31 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
46 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
85 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
101 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
118 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
38 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Features
12 Guidelines · Performance:
Order Tracking & Returns
27 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
374 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile App
364 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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Build.com’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
23 pages of Build.com’s e-commerce site, marked up with 340 best practice examples:
Build.com’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
19 pages of Build.com’s e-commerce site, marked up with 267 best practice examples:
Build.com’s Mobile App E-Commerce Design
21 pages of Build.com’s e-commerce site, marked up with 244 best practice examples:
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