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apevie.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202630 issues · 88 checks
This review found 30 issues worth fixing on apevie.com, 6 of them high impact, across 88 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
87B- #7,590 of 108,858 reviewed websitesbeats 90%
- #4,453 of 61,765 online storesbeats 89%
- #4,327 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 89%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 96 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 105 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 144 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
Speed
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Main-thread work: 5.2 s
A phone's processor spends 5.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused JavaScript
750 ms · 448 KiBAbout 448 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, rebuyengine.com and vitals.app and others), adding 1.5 MB and 887 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 80 KiBAbout 80 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
527 KiB7 images could be 527 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Shopify adds 401 ms
401 msShopify costs a phone 401 ms of main-thread work and 895 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.
2,370 HTML elements
The page has 2,370 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
rebuyengine.com adds 191 ms
191 msrebuyengine.com costs a phone 191 ms of main-thread work and 300 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.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 244 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 56 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 56 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 13 KiB13 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Use efficient cache lifetimes
33 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (33 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.5 s
7.5 sYour largest element takes 7.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 16.5 s
16.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 44% slower for real visitors
+44%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 96 ms to 144 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 5.4 s
5.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 290 ms
290 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 290 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.
9 checks passed
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: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 145 ms
145 msReal visitors wait 145 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 459 ms
459 msReal visitors wait 459 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 11% faster for real visitors
-11%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.8 MB in 320 requests
3.8 MBYour homepage downloads 3.8 MB in 320 requests on a phone: scripts 1.3 MB (128), images 1.2 MB (51) and other files 1,008 KiB (115). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
4 images far larger than shown
393 KiB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Wheels_and_bases.webp at 1,500 px wide, shown at 348 px. Resized copies would save about 393 KiB.
1 image in older formats
1 image (305 KiB) is 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.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (57 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.1 g of CO₂ per visit
1.07 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.07 g of CO₂e: 128.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
12 text elements with low contrast
12 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text (3 elements)
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (19 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 19 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
17 links without text
17 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
3 form fields without a label
3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h6 and h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 86 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (71 characters)
Your title is 71 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Apevie Simulator — Turnkey Racing & Motion Simulators – ApevieSimulator”.
Meta description is long (169 characters)
Your meta description is 169 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
164 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 164 pages on apevie.com and 12 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Don't want to build it yourself?”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.apevie.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.apevie.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
4 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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,635 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.apevie.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
4 pages without an H1
https://www.apevie.com/pages/our-products, https://www.apevie.com/pages/featured-products, https://www.apevie.com/collections/wheel-bases and https://www.apevie.com/pages/bdh have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
2 pages slow to respond
https://www.apevie.com/pages/bavarian-sim-tec and https://www.apevie.com/pages/bdh took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 63 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Synchronous `XMLHttpRequest` on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to…”).
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
45 of 48 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
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 map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 1,771 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,771 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP BLACK FRIDAY DEALS” and “Shop VirtualFly”.
12 calls to action
The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “CONTACT” and “SHOP Show menu”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 95 testimonial or review blocks, 34 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is 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
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 4 mores (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
25 cookies set on arrival
25Opening the homepage sets 25 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.
43 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 43 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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 apevie.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 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Labeler · Inbox · Sticky Add To Cart Bar · Microsoft Clarity · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Uppromote Affiliate · Judge Me Reviews · Affliate By Secomapp · Preorder Now · Selleasy · rebuyengine.com
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
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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