This is a case study of Lowe’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 1070 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Lowe’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. This is mainly due to perfect On-Site Search while simultaneously having poor Homepage & Category and Order Tracking & Returns.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 28 times since then, most recently May 18, 2023.
Performance: 41.2Decent
URL: lowes.com
UX Award Winner (see all):
Home & Hardware (desktop)Top 1%
On-Site Search (mobile & app)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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29 pages of Lowe’s e-commerce site, marked up with 370 best practice examples:
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