This is a case study of GAP’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 1064 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
GAP’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. Their UX is especially thwarted by usability issues related to poor Customer Accounts, Homepage & Category, and On-Site Search performances.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 26 times since then, most recently December 16, 2022.
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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29 pages of GAP’s e-commerce site, marked up with 327 best practice examples:
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