Gilt UX Case Study
This is a case study of Gilt’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 519 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Gilt’s overall e-commerce UX performance is broken. This is mainly due to broken Mobile Web and poor Desktop Web performances.
First benchmarked in April 2012, and reviewed 23 times since then, most recently in December 2024.
Overall UX Performance
519 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
258 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
261 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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Gilt’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
28 pages of Gilt’s e-commerce site, marked up with 209 best practice examples:
Gilt’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
22 pages of Gilt’s e-commerce site, marked up with 192 best practice examples:
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See all 406 articles in the full public archive.