Sea Saffron UX Case Study
This is a case study of Sea Saffron’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 174 design elements. 250 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Sea Saffron’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. This is mainly due to broken Site-Wide Features, broken Mobile Site-Wide Features, and poor Mobile Tour Details Page performances.
First benchmarked in August 2023.
Desktop Web
174 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category Navigation
16 Guidelines · Performance:
Tour Lists & Filtering
28 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
11 Guidelines · Performance:
Tour Details Page
42 Guidelines · Performance:
"Booking" Checkout Process
63 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Features
14 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
170 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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Sea Saffron’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
8 pages of Sea Saffron’s e-commerce site, marked up with 81 best practice examples:
Sea Saffron’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
7 pages of Sea Saffron’s e-commerce site, marked up with 86 best practice examples:
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