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catstudio.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202632 issues · 84 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on catstudio.com, 7 of them high impact, across 84 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
82B- #30,945 of 109,075 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #20,618 of 61,793 online storesbeats 60%
- #19,947 of 56,373 Shopify storesbeats 58%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 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 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 126 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 156 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
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.7 s · 568 KiBAbout 568 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.7 s faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Shopify and others), adding 1.4 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
950 ms · 232 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (232 KiB).
Improve image delivery
600 ms · 554 KiB13 images could be 554 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 55
55/100Your mobile performance score is 55. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Legacy JavaScript
450 ms · 64 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 64 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 460 ms
460 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 460 ms of main-thread work and 515 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.
Main-thread work: 3.0 s
A phone's processor spends 3.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Klaviyo adds 148 ms
148 msKlaviyo costs a phone 148 ms of main-thread work and 321 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.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 210 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 19 KiBAbout 19 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.
Minify JavaScript
130 ms · 4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 16.8 s
16.8 sYour largest element takes 16.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Bring Your Happy Place Home ♥”.
Time to Interactive: 16.9 s
16.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.3 s
6.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 26% slower for real visitors
+26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 126 ms to 156 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 2.8 s
2.8 sThe first text or image appears after 2.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 395 ms
395 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 395 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
5 images without width and height
5 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 137 ms
137 msReal visitors wait 137 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 580 ms
580 msReal visitors wait 580 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.3 MB in 335 requests
3.3 MBYour homepage downloads 3.3 MB in 335 requests on a phone: scripts 1.7 MB (106), images 738 KiB (62) and other files 713 KiB (142). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.95 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.95 g of CO₂e: 113.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
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
11 text elements with low contrast
11 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
9 tap targets too small
9 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (2 elements)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (11 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 11 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 17 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 49 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 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
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“<img src="//www.catstudio.com/cdn/shop/files/cats…” and “Bring Your Happy Place Home ♥”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is an empty list”.
204 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 204 pages on catstudio.com and 10 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 142 characters
Your meta description is 142 characters: “Shop geography-inspired products with unique illustrations including: hand-embroidered pillows, glasses, dish towels, w…”.
Title: 65 characters
Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “Unique Illustrated & Embroidered Gifts & Collectables – catstudio”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.catstudio.com/.
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.catstudio.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, description and contact details; sameAs (social profiles) would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,088 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.catstudio.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 pages share a meta description
https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:california, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:new-york-state, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:texas, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:florida, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:nashville and https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:hawaii and 9 others use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 pages without an H1
https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:california, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:new-york-state, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:texas, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:florida, https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:nashville and https://www.catstudio.com/collections/all/category:geography+loc-name:hawaii 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 100 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
10 small tap targets
10 of 39 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
6 JavaScript errors while loading
6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 checks passed
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 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 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 737 words of copy
The homepage carries about 737 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 BY COLLEGE” and “Contact Us”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Request a design →”, “Shop All” and “Buy a Gift Card”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 57 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity and Hotjar.
Privacy and tracking
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Hotjar 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.
28 cookies set on arrival
28Opening the homepage sets 28 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.
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.
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 catstudio.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 15 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Tapita Seo Speed · Judge Me Reviews · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Fontify · Free Shipping Bar · Back In Stock · Free Contact Form · goldendev.win · powr.io · adroll.com · tidio.co · zoorix.com · nfcube.com · hextom.com · b-cdn.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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Hotjar | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Petaluma
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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