This is a case study of The Vitamin Shoppe’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 566 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
The Vitamin Shoppe’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. The Vitamin Shoppe’s UX performance in particular suffers from usability issues caused by poor Customer Accounts, Homepage & Category, and On-Site Search.
First benchmarked in July 8, 2021, and reviewed 3 times since then, most recently December 26, 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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