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Ecommerce websites can be a real kick in the dick.
Things like security and usability are always a primary concern when both designers and developers begin creating an eCommerce website.
Very rarely do the big dicks of the online shopping industry perform major redesigns and for good reason.
A website like Amazon is the perfect example. The last time those lazy pricks rolled out a major redesign, Jeff Bezos still had hair.
They have customers who use their website consistently and even sometimes on a daily basis.
After using a website so many times, getting to where you want to buy becomes second nature. If you change how things function or where certain things are, you risk decelerating the buying process and possibly losing sales.
Not only that but eCommerce sites also typically have an enormous amount of pages and files.
Fucking one file or line of code could be devasting to your business.
Because of this, mad respect should be given to those companies who see the importance of keeping a modern user interface and overall web design.
Obviously, because of security and the buying process, developing eCommerce sites is always an enormous task.
Designing a store with shopping abilities is no easy feat either.
On sites like Dribbble and Behance, you’ll see plenty of beautifully designed eCommerce sites or individual store items.
While the individual shot may look great, most of them would be absolutely terrible at converting.
In the end, you want your online shop to be as easy as possible for users to buy your shit. Even relatively simple elements like animation, page transitions, or even a decent amount of white space are rarely seen when it comes to eCommerce web designs.
The reasoning is simple: sellers want their buyers getting from point A to point B as quickly as possible.
There are a million other factors to consider when building your eCommerce website, but I’m sure none of you give a shit about this – you’re here to see some sexy designs.
Most of the designs we chose were based on the following factors:
Obviously, we are only halfway finished with 2018, so it is a bit early to be judging the best for the entire year, so make sure to bookmark this page as we will be continually updating this list as the year goes.
Beats by Dre have become the industry standard when it comes to headphones and audio in general. The Beats brand does a great job tailoring to a wide audience, and their website proves they are marketing a luxury product.
Grovemade crafts wooden accessories for products like iPhones, MacBooks, and many other items. While I am not sure I can justify their prices (they have a protractor that costs $59.00), their website definitely portrays a high-end feel.
Designed by Studio Birdsall out of Winter Park, Florida, Makr is an eCommerce company specializing in unique products such as leather wallets, keychains, laptop cases, stools, and several other products.
Makr is certainly not your traditional eCommerce website. Their website showcases a minimal design, but it is still very easy to find who they are and what they sell.
Designer: Studio Birdsall
La Perle Des Dieux is an online food shop out of France. La Perle’s website stands out primarily due to the gorgeous photography featured throughout the website. The designer did a fantastic job creating a consistent color scheme to be used throughout both the photography and unique graphics displayed.
Designer: Adveris
Wal Mart is one of the last companies I ever thought would be featured on CreativesFeed. While Wal Mart is arguably the largest franchise/company in the entire world, the majority of their primary clientele are overweight Americans that only use the internet for casual racism and porn.
With that said, Wal Mart’s new web design looks great. They kept is extremely simple and did a fantastic job utilizing white space and padding.
Aviva is an eCommerce seller out of Israel. Their online store sells handmade jewelry that appears to be primarily necklaces.
Aviva caught our eye primarily because of its landing page design. It strays away from traditional eCommerce designs by using a longer display with more scrolling than usual. The store itself is very clean and easy to navigate.
Designer: Muze
Beni Rugs sells rugs that have been handwoven in the Atlas Mountains. When you first arrive on Beni’s website, you’re greeted with an awesome full-screen background video illustrating how their rugs are made.
The rest of the landing page’s design is extremely clean and easy to navigate. Individual store items have endless variables and design options all displayed in the first fold.
Bacca designs and builds minimal wooden stands for things like laptops and musical instruments.
One of the most up-and-coming trends in web design (and design in general) is the use of pastel color schemes. I see it as a modern way to approach the retro-look all the hipsters love. Bacca’s website does an excellent job using pastel-colored backgrounds with a minimal-photography approach to their product display.
Designer: Viso
Adidas was one of the first athletic brands to venture outside of just sports. They have rebranded themselves to be a luxurious type of brand rather than just a sports brand. During their rebrand, they redesigned their website to match their new identity.
Red Rooster Coffee is a coffee shop in Virginia. Immediately after landing on the Red Rooster homepage, you see beautiful illustrations and packaging designs. I’m not sure if the web designer also did the packaging designs, but either way, they did a superb job matching the website’s theme with the brand’s identity.
Designer: Mono Mono
As someone who very rarely drinks coffee, I find people who need to constantly need to discuss coffee to be super fucking annoying. Many coffee companies give off a pretentious impression, so very rarely do I give credit to anyone in the industry.
With that said, Ceremony Coffee Roasters‘ website is beautiful. Everything from the photography to the fonts is stunning and does a marvelous job creating an identity for the brand.
Designer: Drexler
Spectacles web design was also featured in our most recent Best Web Designs of the Month article, and we think it is so great we’d feature it again.
Spectacles is a branch of Snap that sells sunglasses with hands-free Snapchat cameras. I have no idea why someone would buy them, but their website’s design is one of our favorites to launch this year.
The Simply Chocolate eCommerce website has won countless web design awards over the course of the past year – and with good reason. Everything from the typography to the photography is phenomenal, and it is rare to see an eCommerce web design with such fantastic scroll animations.
Designer: Spring/Summer
Mowellens is an online store for CBD oil purchasing. Designed by creative studio Pheonix, Mowellens is another eCommerce website with the rare ability to page and scroll animations work. The biggest surprise to us is the fact that a store this beautiful is built using WordPress/Woocommerce.
The Mowellens site showcases large, beautiful photographs of their products and an enjoyable shopping experience for visitors.
Designer: Phoenix
myfood is a greenhouse manufacturer based in France. As soon as you land on myfood’s homepage, you see a stellar slider with impressive transitions. Throughout the website, you’ll see beautiful, large Sans Serif fonts and imagery. The flat schemes of tan, green, and red colors give the website a very eco-friendly feel.
Designer: Viens-là
hims is an eCommerce website tailored to men. On the hims website, men can buy products for hair, skin, mouth, and even erectile dysfunction.
hims is another eCommerce website design utilizing large Sans Serif fonts and beautiful photography. Different shades of brown give the website a very masculine yet fashiony feel which make for a great user experience.
Jackie is similar to hims, except it is for women. On Jackie’s website, you can take a quiz to be matched with a specific subscription. You will then be mailed a monthly shipment of high-quality brands.
Jackie’s eCommerce web design mixes a lot of the different elements shown in previous websites on this list. You’ll see large Serif fonts, a pastel color scheme, awesome photography, and smooth page transitions.
Designer: Brave People
Trublooms provides a somewhat unique service: flower subscriptions. Similar to Jackie, with Trublooms you take a quiz to determine the best possible subscription to fit your wants.
Trublooms web design uses a wide range of flat colors and stellar photography. Choosing your individual blooms and subscriptions is super easy and give an enjoyable user experience.
Designer: DBNY
Packlane is another website featured in our best web designs of the month. Packlane allows you to design and order custom packaging for a wide range of box sizes.
We love everything about Packlane’s design. Our favorite is definitely the package customizer interface which gives an incredibly realistic look at your custom package.
Real Thread is a custom t-shirt design company based in Florida. Most companies in the industry have incredibly dull websites, so it is nice to see an aesthetically please design. Real Thread’s site is very modern, playful, and engaging. Their product customizer is one of the best we’ve seen.
When it comes to big brands doing branding right, no one does it better than Nike.
Nike’s website offers a plethora of inspiration when it comes to graphics, photography, and product showcasing. NikeID’s customizer is hands-down the best online. Each store item has beautifully displayed photos of the product in use.
We will be updating this list of the best eCommerce web designs as the year goes on, so make sure to save this page.
Have an eCommerce website you think is sexy enough to make the list? Submit your web design, and we’ll see if it makes the cut. Be sure to check out our other web design inspirations as well!
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