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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202631 issues · 101 checks

This review found 31 issues worth fixing on bluefly.com, 7 of them high impact, across 101 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 4.6 MB in 203 requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.8 s1.5 sMay 16Oct 311.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20261.7 s
May 23, 20261.7 s
May 30, 20261.7 s
Jun 6, 20261.8 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.2 s
Jun 27, 20262.5 s
Jul 4, 20262.6 s
Jul 11, 20262.4 s
Jul 18, 20262.2 s
Jul 25, 20261.9 s
Aug 1, 20261.6 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.7 s
Aug 22, 20261.8 s
Aug 29, 20261.9 s
Sep 5, 20261.9 s
Sep 12, 20261.8 s
Sep 19, 20261.8 s
Sep 26, 20261.8 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.8 s
Oct 17, 20261.8 s
Oct 24, 20261.8 s
Oct 31, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
166 ms132 msMay 16Oct 31157 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026136 ms
May 23, 2026137 ms
May 30, 2026139 ms
Jun 6, 2026145 ms
Jun 13, 2026141 ms
Jun 20, 2026142 ms
Jun 27, 2026141 ms
Jul 4, 2026145 ms
Jul 11, 2026146 ms
Jul 18, 2026147 ms
Jul 25, 2026148 ms
Aug 1, 2026145 ms
Aug 8, 2026146 ms
Aug 15, 2026148 ms
Aug 22, 2026144 ms
Aug 29, 2026141 ms
Sep 5, 2026142 ms
Sep 12, 2026139 ms
Sep 19, 2026149 ms
Sep 26, 2026155 ms
Oct 3, 2026162 ms
Oct 10, 2026162 ms
Oct 17, 2026162 ms
Oct 24, 2026162 ms
Oct 31, 2026157 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

Full-page screenshot of bluefly.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. bluefly.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. bluefly.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. bluefly.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. bluefly.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. bluefly.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. bluefly.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. bluefly.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. bluefly.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

bluefly.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

9 to fix65
  • 3,229 HTML elements

    The page has 3,229 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Mobile performance score: 65

    65/100

    Your mobile performance score is 65. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (vitals.app, Klaviyo and avada.io and others), adding 1.3 MB and 859 ms of main-thread time.

  • Render-blocking requests

    850 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.

  • Improve image delivery

    500 ms · 51 KiB

    2 images could be 51 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 500 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 314 KiB

    About 314 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Main-thread work: 3.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 3.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Klaviyo adds 159 ms

    159 ms

    Klaviyo costs a phone 159 ms of main-thread work and 311 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.

  • Shopify adds 104 ms

    104 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 104 ms of main-thread work and 294 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    197 KiB

    22 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (197 KiB).

  • 9 long tasks on the main thread

    9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 189 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 26 KiB

    About 26 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    40 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 40 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify CSS

    6 KiB

    6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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 JavaScript

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

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  • Server response: 22 ms

    22 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 22 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 15.2 s

    15.2 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 5.1 s

    5.1 s

    Your largest element takes 5.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “new arrivals two girls walking in a city”.

  • Total Blocking Time: 482 ms

    482 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 482 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 4.7 s

    4.7 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 4.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 17% slower for real visitors

    +17%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 136 ms to 157 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    +2%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.7 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: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 129 ms

    129 ms

    Real visitors wait 129 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.05

    0.05

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.05 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 597 ms

    597 ms

    Real visitors wait 597 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.027

    0.027

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.027, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

4 to fix45
  • Page weight: 4.6 MB in 203 requests

    4.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 4.6 MB in 203 requests on a phone: images 2.8 MB (27), scripts 1.3 MB (118) and fonts 187 KiB (6). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image over 500 KB

    62fe3e99-45ed-4985-9b2a-1fe2de3a8886.jpeg weighs 1.8 MB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • 1 image in older formats

    1 image (1.8 MB) 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.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    Saint_Laurent_Homepage_Hero_Assets_655x655_2a625b60-0638-4cd is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).

  • 1 image below the first screen load straight away

    1 image further down the page (45 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.30 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.30 g of CO₂e: 155.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

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  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 10096
  • 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.

  • Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)

    Banner landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 32 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 50 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 4 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 10092
  • No social preview image

    No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.

  • One H1 headline

    Your <h1> is empty.

  • 544 internal links, 5 external

    The homepage links to 544 pages on bluefly.com and 5 external pages.

6 checks passed
  • Meta description: 153 characters

    Your meta description is 153 characters: “Bluefly is the online shopping destination for the style obsessed. Shop thousands of luxury brands & hundreds of thousa…”.

  • Title: 63 characters

    Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Designer Fashion up to 70% Off Shoes, Handbags & More – Bluefly”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.bluefly.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.

  • 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.bluefly.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,003 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 4 pages without an H1

    /collections/all, /collections/men, /collections/clothing and /collections/women-clothing-jumpsuits-rompers 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 195 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

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  • Linked pages load

    4 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 4 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 4 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 5 JavaScript errors while loading

    5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    42 of 48 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

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  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (bluefly.com).

  • Valid certificate (52 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for bluefly.com and is valid for another 52 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://bluefly.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 43 links work

    All 43 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 3 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    bluefly.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 28 years old

    28 years

    bluefly.com was registered in May 1998 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only letsencrypt.org, pki.goog, ssl.com and digicert.com to issue certificates for bluefly.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • Registered until May 2031

    bluefly.com is registered until May 2031.

Content and conversion

4 to fix57
  • 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 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 199 words

    The homepage has only about 199 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • 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.

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  • 54 calls to action

    The homepage has 54 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop By Pricepoint” and “Shop All Under $50”.

  • 2 short forms

    2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Meta Pixel, Microsoft Clarity and TikTok Pixel.

Email authentication

1 to fix70
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be bluefly.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • Email authentication score: 70/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

2 checks passed
  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org ~all”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 8 trackers load before any consent

    8

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 3 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.

  • 21 cookies set on arrival

    21

    Opening the homepage sets 21 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.

  • 47 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 47 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Apps on your store

Your storefront loads 8 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.

Apps your storefront loads

Avada Cookie Consent · Buddha Mega Menu Navigation · Microsoft Clarity · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Wishlist By Square · Blocky Fraud Blocker · signifyd.com · blocky-app.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

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

Framework
jQuery
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

Company

Headquarters
New York

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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