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bornprimitive.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202642 issues · 113 checks
This review found 42 issues worth fixing on bornprimitive.com, 16 of them high impact, across 113 checks. The most urgent: fontAwesome CDN adds 2.4 s. 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
75C- #52,884 of 81,741 reviewed websitesbeats 31%
- #29,767 of 40,541 online storesbeats 22%
- #27,614 of 35,921 Shopify storesbeats 19%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 271 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 278 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 275 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 277 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 267 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 262 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 267 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 272 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 283 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 282 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 289 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 313 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 328 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 358 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 382 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 407 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 401 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 385 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 363 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 313 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 288 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 295 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 295 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 297 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 296 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
1.2 s
1.6 s
2.0 s
2.4 s
2.8 s
3.2 s
bornprimitive.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
FontAwesome CDN adds 2.4 s
2.4 sFontAwesome CDN costs a phone 2.4 s of main-thread work and 68 KiB 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.
Improve image delivery
1.8 s · 566 KiB20 images could be 566 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 11.5 s
A phone's processor spends 11.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 7.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 41
41/100Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
6,497 HTML elements
The page has 6,497 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (FontAwesome CDN, Google Tag Manager and govx.com and others), adding 1.8 MB and 4.8 s of main-thread time.
Google Tag Manager adds 872 ms
872 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 872 ms of main-thread work and 847 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
857 KiBAbout 857 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
800 ms11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.
govx.com adds 447 ms
447 msgovx.com costs a phone 447 ms of main-thread work and 7 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.
Klaviyo adds 317 ms
317 msKlaviyo costs a phone 317 ms of main-thread work and 539 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
287 KiB34 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (287 KiB).
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 218 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
82 KiBAbout 82 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
61 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 61 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 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 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 28 ms
28 msYour server sent the HTML in 28 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 17.5 s
17.5 sYour largest element takes 17.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 34.3 s
34.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 34.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.1 s
9.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 674 ms
674 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 674 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.12
0.12For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.12 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
61 images without width and height
61 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.178
0.178The layout shifts by 0.178 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 271 ms to 296 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
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: 146 ms
146 msReal visitors wait 146 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 517 ms
517 msReal visitors wait 517 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 21% faster for real visitors
-21%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s
1.5 sThe first text or image appears after 1.5 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 7.4 MB in 490 requests
7.4 MBYour homepage downloads 7.4 MB in 490 requests on a phone: images 3.7 MB (103), scripts 2.0 MB (136) and other files 1.1 MB (200). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
coed_bestsellers.jpg 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).
About 2.1 g of CO₂ per visit
2.10 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.10 g of CO₂e: 252.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
131 text elements with low contrast
131 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
2 images without alt text
2 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
36 links without text
36 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3 and h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
52 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: 52 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
3 H1 headlines
There are 3 <h1> headlines (“”, “NEW ARRIVALS” and “BEST SELLERS”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (188 characters)
Your meta description is 188 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
772 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 772 pages on bornprimitive.com and 5 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 50 characters
Your title is a healthy 50 characters: “Born Primitive - Apparel & Footwear For The Driven”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://bornprimitive.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization, Person 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://bornprimitive.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: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,826 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
4 pages without a meta description
/collections/all, /customer_authentication/redirect, /pages/veterans-day and /collections/mens-shop-all have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 pages without an H1
/collections/all, /customer_authentication/redirect, /collections/mens-womens-best-sellers, /pages/veterans-day, /collections/mens-shop-all and /collections/campfire-collection-mens and 9 others 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 144 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://i.liadm.com/s/85221?&aid=e7241e93-408f-4f35-906b-eee8b9ebc178&ref=P8LM7FN3B&_=0.19251834595232165.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
3 distorted images
3 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
67 of 68 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://bornprimitive.com/customer_authentication/redirect?locale=en®ion_country=US.
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (bornprimitive.com).
Valid certificate (47 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for bornprimitive.com and is valid for another 47 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://bornprimitive.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 41 links work
All 41 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 1 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
Domain expires in 53 days
bornprimitive.com is registered until Dec 2026. Make sure auto-renew is on and the card on file is current.
No CAA record
bornprimitive.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
DNSSEC is off
bornprimitive.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.
1 checks passed
Domain is 12 years old
12 yearsbornprimitive.com was registered in Dec 2013 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Content and conversion
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 direct contact details
No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.
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.
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.
About 691 words of copy
The homepage carries about 691 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP MEN'S” and “SHOP WOMEN'S”.
530 calls to action
The homepage has 530 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “WOODSMAN FLANNEL Shop Now →” and “NEW ARRIVALS Shop Now →”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 85/100
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.
3 checks passed
DMARC policy: quarantine
DMARC tells receivers to quarantine mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Pinterest Tag and 2 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.
30 cookies set on arrival
30Opening the homepage sets 30 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.
63 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 63 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 26 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
Pandectes Gdpr · Okendo · Elevar Conversion Tracking · Aspire Affiliates App · P8lm7fn3b Opensend · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Orderprotect · Redo · Gdpr Cookie Consent · Applovin Shop Integration · Giftwizard · Aspire App · Realift · upsell-apps.com · snapchat.com · cloudfront.net · provenpixel.com · govx.com · goaffpro.com · zonos.com · googleapis.com · ablestar.app · gorgias.chat · shipinsure.io · 9gtb.com · rise-ai.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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Employees
- 73
- Headquarters
- Virginia Beach
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 42 issues on bornprimitive.com, including 20 speed issues, 3 SEO issues and 3 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
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- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
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