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catalystcase.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202625 issues · 76 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on catalystcase.com, 5 of them high impact, across 76 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
90A- #2,164 of 105,147 reviewed websitesbeats 97%
- #1,065 of 59,026 online storesbeats 97%
- #1,032 of 53,779 Shopify storesbeats 97%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 2.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 180 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
0.6 s
1.2 s
1.8 s
2.3 s
2.9 s
3.5 s
4.1 s
4.7 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.9 s · 550 KiBAbout 550 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
650 ms · 297 KiB8 images could be 297 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Clarity and JSDelivr CDN and others), adding 1.2 MB and 805 ms of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 381 ms
381 msShopify costs a phone 381 ms of main-thread work and 568 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 CSS
300 ms · 52 KiBAbout 52 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 3.2 s
A phone's processor spends 3.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
1,974 HTML elements
The page has 1,974 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
vanchat.app adds 88 ms
88 msvanchat.app costs a phone 88 ms of main-thread work and 378 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.
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 67 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
38 KiB12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (38 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 21 ms
21 msYour server sent the HTML in 21 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 10.0 s
10.0 sYour largest element takes 10.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “A person sits on a rocky outcrop in a mountain valley at du…”.
Time to Interactive: 12.0 s
12.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 12.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 23% slower for real visitors
+23%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 180 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s
2.3 sThe first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Speed Index: 4.3 s
4.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
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: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 182 ms
182 msReal visitors wait 182 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: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 707 ms
707 msReal visitors wait 707 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.3 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 25 ms
25 msScripts block the page for only 25 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.1 MB in 211 requests
3.1 MBYour homepage downloads 3.1 MB in 211 requests on a phone: scripts 1.3 MB (79), images 928 KiB (27) and other files 745 KiB (91). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
8 images in older formats
8 images (311 KiB) 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.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.89 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.89 g of CO₂e: 106.7 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
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 (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 34 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
53 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 2 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
177 internal links, 72 external
The homepage links to 177 pages on catalystcase.com and 72 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 158 characters
Your meta description is 158 characters: “Total protection with Catalyst lifestyle's award-winning waterproof and shockproof cases and accessories for iPhone, Ap…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Catalyst Case US”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “Catalyst Case | Shop Protection Cases For iPhone All Models”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://catalystcase.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://catalystcase.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: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,051 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://catalystcase.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
10 pages share a title
https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-17-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-16-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-15-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-14-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-13-series and https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-12-series and 4 others all use the title “Buy iPhone Cases by Catalyst®”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
1 page without a meta description
https://catalystcase.com/collections/airpods-gen-4 has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
10 pages share a meta description
https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-17-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-16-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-15-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-14-series, https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-13-series and https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-12-series and 4 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
10 links to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 10 pages by a URL that isn't their canonical one, for example https://catalystcase.com/pages/iphone-17-series, whose canonical is https://catalystcase.com/collections/iphone. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 80 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
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_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
23 of 25 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
About 426 words of copy
The homepage carries about 426 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop https://catalystlifestyle.com”.
5 calls to action
The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Shop https://catalystlifestyle.com”, “Shop Now” and “Subscribe”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 4 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.
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 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and LinkedIn Insight 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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
39 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 39 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 catalystcase.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 7 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Microsoft Clarity · Forms · Vanchat · Rubik Combined Listings · stamped.io · govx.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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 25 issues on catalystcase.com, including 15 speed issues and 1 conversion gap. 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.
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