Fastenal UX Case Study
This is a case study of Fastenal’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 457 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Fastenal’s overall e-commerce UX performance is broken. This is mainly due to broken Product Page, Cart & Checkout, and Mobile Web performances.
First benchmarked in September 2022.
Overall UX Performance
463 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
265 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
36 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
31 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
37 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
35 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
104 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
22 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
198 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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Fastenal’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
21 pages of Fastenal’s e-commerce site, marked up with 204 best practice examples:
Fastenal’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
18 pages of Fastenal’s e-commerce site, marked up with 156 best practice examples:
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See all 406 articles in the full public archive.