Vitamin World UX Case Study
This is a case study of Vitamin World’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 504 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Vitamin World’s overall e-commerce UX performance is poor. This is mainly due to poor Desktop Web and mediocre Mobile Web performances.
First benchmarked in September 2021, and reviewed 4 times since then, most recently in February 2024.
Performance: 18.4Poor
URL: vitaminworld.com
UX Award Winner (see all):
Site-Wide Features (mobile)Top 1%
Overall UX Performance
504 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
248 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
256 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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Vitamin World’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
21 pages of Vitamin World’s e-commerce site, marked up with 196 best practice examples:
Vitamin World’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
17 pages of Vitamin World’s e-commerce site, marked up with 187 best practice examples:
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