Birchbox UX Case Study
This is a case study of Birchbox’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 213 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Birchbox’s overall e-commerce UX performance is poor. Their UX is especially thwarted by usability issues related to broken Mobile Homepage, Main Navigation & CSS Core Pages, poor Mobile Individual Product Offerings, and poor Accounts & Self-Services performances.
First benchmarked in May 2022.
Desktop Web
213 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage, Main Navigation & CSS Core Pages
23 Guidelines · Performance:
Individual Product Offerings
42 Guidelines · Performance:
Accounts & Self-Services
34 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
101 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Design & Interaction
13 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
167 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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Birchbox’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
16 pages of Birchbox’s e-commerce site, marked up with 159 best practice examples:
Birchbox’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
12 pages of Birchbox’s e-commerce site, marked up with 130 best practice examples:
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