This is a case study of IKEA’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 837 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
IKEA’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Notably, IKEA’s UX performance is impeded by poor Customer Accounts.
First benchmarked in May 15, 2017, and reviewed 20 times since then, most recently November 18, 2022.
Overall UX Performance
866 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
482 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
54 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
47 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
90 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
96 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
130 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
38 Guidelines · Performance:
Order Tracking & Returns
27 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
384 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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28 pages of IKEA’s e-commerce site, marked up with 316 best practice examples:
21 pages of IKEA’s e-commerce site, marked up with 271 best practice examples:
25 pages of IKEA’s e-commerce site, marked up with 174 best practice examples:
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