Medline UX Case Study
This is a case study of Medline’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 308 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Medline’s overall e-commerce UX performance is poor. Medline’s UX performance in particular suffers from usability issues caused by poor Product Page and Product Lists & Filtering.
First benchmarked in October 2022.
Overall UX Performance
500 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
296 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
31 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
32 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
53 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
48 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
106 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
26 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
204 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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Medline’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
14 pages of Medline’s e-commerce site, marked up with 124 best practice examples:
Medline’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
12 pages of Medline’s e-commerce site, marked up with 107 best practice examples:
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