Fat Brain Toys UX Case Study
This is a case study of Fat Brain Toys’ e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 525 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Fat Brain Toys’ overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. Their UX is especially thwarted by usability issues related to broken On-Site Search, broken Customer Accounts, and poor Mobile Web performances.
First benchmarked in August 2023.
Overall UX Performance
526 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
260 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category Navigation
25 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
23 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
43 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
57 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
87 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
16 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Features
9 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
266 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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Fat Brain Toys’ Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
18 pages of Fat Brain Toys’ e-commerce site, marked up with 193 best practice examples:
Fat Brain Toys’ Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
17 pages of Fat Brain Toys’ e-commerce site, marked up with 195 best practice examples:
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