This is a case study of Ulta Beauty’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 554 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Ulta Beauty’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. Their UX is in large part dimished by poor Customer Accounts and On-Site Search.
First benchmarked in July 8, 2021, and reviewed 3 times since then, most recently December 20, 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:
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21 pages of Ulta Beauty’s e-commerce site, marked up with 271 best practice examples:
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