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1upretrogaming.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202624 issues · 66 checks
This review found 24 issues worth fixing on 1upretrogaming.com, 5 of them high impact, across 66 checks. The most urgent: 1 linked page is broken. 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
85B- #14,776 of 107,969 reviewed websitesbeats 82%
- #9,410 of 61,141 online storesbeats 79%
- #9,154 of 55,794 Shopify storesbeats 78%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 953 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 913 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 879 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 909 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 894 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 855 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 884 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 854 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 863 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 922 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 932 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 963 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 990 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 933 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 959 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 931 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 880 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 895 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 874 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 885 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 920 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 919 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 928 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 914 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 902 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 82 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 83 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 79 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Mobile performance score: 88
88/100Your mobile performance score is 88. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Shopify adds 370 ms
370 msShopify costs a phone 370 ms of main-thread work and 134 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 366 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
3 third-party services on the page
3 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, shop.app and securification.ai), adding 139 KiB and 370 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
6 KiB4 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (6 KiB).
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.
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Main-thread work: 1.3 s
A phone's processor spends 1.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 667 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Speed Index: 4.8 s
4.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sThe first text or image appears after 2.5 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 4.1 s
4.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 4.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 202 ms
202 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 202 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 82 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.0 s to 0.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors wait 0.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.7 s
0.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 241 ms
241 msReal visitors wait 241 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sYour largest element renders in 2.5 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Blocked by mistake? You can verify your real location. Your…”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
About 0.2 g of CO₂ per visit
0.18 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.18 g of CO₂e: 21.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Page weight: 641 KiB in 123 requests
641 KiBYour homepage downloads 641 KiB in 123 requests on a phone: scripts 267 KiB (62), images 198 KiB (19) and stylesheets 70 KiB (28). That is a lean page.
Accessibility
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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Every image has alt text
All 58 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
25 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 27 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 25 passed and 2 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (22 characters)
Your title is only 22 characters: “1-Up Retro Video Games”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
119 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 119 pages on 1upretrogaming.com and 7 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 155 characters
Your meta description is 155 characters: “Your one stop shop for retro video games. We carry everything from Atari to current gen. Enjoy the nostalgia of your ch…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.1upretrogaming.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
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.1upretrogaming.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
3 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.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.1upretrogaming.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://www.1upretrogaming.com/collections/switch, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
1 page without a title
https://www.1upretrogaming.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://www.1upretrogaming.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
14 pages without a meta description
https://www.1upretrogaming.com/collections/all, https://www.1upretrogaming.com/pages/contact, https://www.1upretrogaming.com/customer_authentication/redirect, https://www.1upretrogaming.com/collections/nes, https://www.1upretrogaming.com/collections/super-nintendo and https://www.1upretrogaming.com/collections/n64 and 8 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
https://www.1upretrogaming.com/pages/contact and https://www.1upretrogaming.com/customer_authentication/redirect have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 50 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')”.
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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.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
No direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
Only about 47 words
The homepage has only about 47 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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4 calls to action
The homepage has 4 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Shop all” and “Contact information”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Privacy and tracking
7 cookies set on arrival
7Opening the homepage sets 7 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.
5 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 5 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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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 1upretrogaming.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 2 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Securify · cloudfront.net
Apps found in the homepage's code. Apps that only run in checkout or the admin aren't seen, and a headless storefront shows none. App data from programmable.info
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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