This is a case study of Microsoft’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 819 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Microsoft’s overall e-commerce UX performance is poor. Some of Microsoft’s biggest UX issues are caused by broken On-Site Search, Homepage & Category, and Product Page performances.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 24 times since then, most recently May 26, 2023.
Overall UX Performance
832 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:
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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32 pages of Microsoft’s e-commerce site, marked up with 331 best practice examples:
21 pages of Microsoft’s e-commerce site, marked up with 258 best practice examples:
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