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123saunas.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 November 202640 issues · 78 checks
This review found 40 issues worth fixing on 123saunas.com, 19 of them high impact, across 78 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
61D- #101,431 of 104,800 reviewed websitesbeats 3%
- #57,998 of 58,725 online storesbeats 1%
- #583 of 653 Magento storesbeats 9%
Closest competitors among Magento stores
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
1.1 s
2.3 s
3.4 s
4.5 s
5.6 s
6.8 s
7.9 s
9.0 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
5.8 s · 2.8 MB10 images could be 2.8 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 5.8 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
2.8 s43 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.8 s.
Google CDN adds 1.0 s
1.0 sGoogle CDN costs a phone 1.0 s of main-thread work and 2.6 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Mobile performance score: 35
35/100Your mobile performance score is 35. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 6.1 s
A phone's processor spends 6.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3 third-party services on the page
3 third-party services load with your homepage (Google CDN, Other Google APIs/SDKs and Google Fonts), adding 3.1 MB and 1.2 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Reduce unused CSS
600 ms · 123 KiBAbout 123 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 203 KiB203 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
200 ms · 103 KiB260 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (103 KiB).
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 129 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
Minify CSS
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.4 s
10.4 sYour largest element takes 10.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 33.3 s
33.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 33.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 14.8 s
14.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 14.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.49
0.49The layout shifts by 0.49 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 2.4 s
2.4 sThe first text or image appears after 2.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 305 ms
305 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 305 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
6 images without width and height
6 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 8.5 MB in 343 requests
8.5 MBYour homepage downloads 8.5 MB in 343 requests on a phone: images 3.3 MB (39), scripts 3.2 MB (216) and other files 1.1 MB (18). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images over 500 KB
2 images weigh 1.7 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
4 images far larger than shown
699 KiB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example 123sauna_lifestyle_3.png at 1,140 px wide, shown at 315 px. Resized copies would save about 699 KiB.
5 images in older formats
5 images (2.2 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (58 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.4 g of CO₂ per visit
2.40 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.40 g of CO₂e: 288.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (1 element)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
30 text elements with low contrast
30 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (2 elements)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
6 links without text
6 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
4 form fields without a label
4 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 20 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 7 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
No canonical URL
No canonical URL, so duplicate versions of the homepage (with or without www, with tracking parameters) can split ranking signals.
Structured data has 2 problems
Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 2 problems, for example “Organization: missing name”.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
99 internal links, 0 external
The homepage links to 99 pages on 123saunas.com and 0 external pages.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “123 Saunas is a full service online sauna sales specialist. We sell a complete line of premium sauna heaters, kits, ind…”.
Title: 38 characters
Your title is a healthy 38 characters: “123 Saunas - Heaters - Sales - Service”.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.123saunas.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing name, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
2 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (321 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
12 pages share a meta description
https://www.123saunas.com/catalogsearch/advanced, https://www.123saunas.com/sauna-heaters.html, https://www.123saunas.com/sauna-heaters/shop-by-brand.html, https://www.123saunas.com/sauna-heaters/shop-by-brand/fino-sauna.html, https://www.123saunas.com/sauna-heaters/shop-by-brand/fino-sauna/fino-commerical-sauna-heaters.html and https://www.123saunas.com/sauna-heaters/shop-by-brand/polar-sauna.html and 6 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 74 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
12 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 12 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 12 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://www.123saunas.com/pub/media/wysiwyg/footercc-12222020.png.
29 small tap targets
29 of 51 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.
2 low-resolution images
2 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
Only about 233 words
The homepage has only about 233 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
2 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Shop By Brand”, “Shop By Control Type” and “Contact us”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
4 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 4 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at 123saunas.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
- The footer still says © 2024.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Magento
- Hosting
- Servercentral Deft.Com
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