Shopify UX Case Study
This is a case study of Shopify’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 240 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Shopify’s overall e-commerce UX performance is decent. Shopify has decent performances across the board with neither any great nor any broken performances.
First benchmarked in December 2021 and reviewed once in July 2024.
Overall UX Performance
240 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
124 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
116 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.
The scatterplot you see above is the free version we make public to all our users. If you wish to dive deeper and learn about each guideline and even review your own site you’ll need to get premium access.
Shopify’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
13 pages of Shopify’s e-commerce site, marked up with 92 best practice examples:
Shopify’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
13 pages of Shopify’s e-commerce site, marked up with 94 best practice examples:
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Every week, we publish a new article on how to build “state of the art” e-commerce experiences — here’s 5 popular ones:
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See all 401 articles in the full public archive.