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Design Systems Page Patterns

Ecommerce Product Decision Flow

Ecommerce pages should help users understand the product, compare differences, confirm trust, and purchase.

Design Principle

Purchase decisions need images, price, specs, stock, reviews, delivery, and return information together.

Principle

Purchase decisions need images, price, specs, stock, reviews, delivery, and return information together.

Design action

Product pages show real product image, title, price, variants, stock/delivery, and primary purchase action above the fold; trust cues sit near decision points.

Examples

Positive example: Product detail, category pages, carts, and subscription plans. Counterexample: Images do not show the real product.

Apply when

Product detail, category pages, carts, and subscription plans. Users need comparison and checkout.

Source notes

Source note: Synthesized from GOV.UK, Carbon, Polaris, Atlassian, Design.Systems, Design Systems Repo, and product-pattern libraries. GOV.UK Design System Patterns: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/ Carbon Patterns: https://carbondesignsystem.com/patterns/ Shopify Polaris: https://polaris-react.shopify.com/ Atlassian Design System: https://atlassian.design/ Design Systems Repo: https://designsystemsrepo.com/

Agent Directive

Product pages show real product image, title, price, variants, stock/delivery, and primary purchase action above the fold; trust cues sit near decision points.