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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202627 issues · 83 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on cheapbats.com, 5 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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- #24,816 of 89,058 reviewed websitesbeats 67%
- #15,418 of 46,406 online storesbeats 60%
- #14,826 of 41,658 Shopify storesbeats 57%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 71 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 71 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 74 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 73 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 74 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 76 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 78 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 76 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 72 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 72 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
4,096 HTML elements
The page has 4,096 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 73
73/100Your mobile performance score is 73. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
800 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.
Main-thread work: 2.6 s
A phone's processor spends 2.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 657 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Shopify adds 175 ms
175 msShopify costs a phone 175 ms of main-thread work and 385 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 third-party services on the page
6 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Klaviyo and Google CDN and others), adding 643 KiB and 252 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
30 ms · 74 KiBAbout 74 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 30 ms faster on a phone.
Duplicated JavaScript
50 ms · 38 KiB38 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
26 KiBAbout 26 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
22 KiB7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (22 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Improve image delivery
12 KiB2 images could be 12 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
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: 8 ms
8 msYour server sent the HTML in 8 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: 5.1 s
5.1 sYour 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 text “We and our partners, including Shopify, use cookies to pers…”.
Real-user CLS: 0.11
0.11For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.11 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.16
0.16The layout shifts by 0.16 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Time to Interactive: 5.2 s
5.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 5.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 3.4 s
3.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 71 ms to 72 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 1.1 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 79 ms
79 msReal visitors wait 79 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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: 459 ms
459 msReal visitors wait 459 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 2.7 MB in 390 requests
2.7 MBYour homepage downloads 2.7 MB in 390 requests on a phone: other files 1,002 KiB (127), images 873 KiB (100) and scripts 660 KiB (127). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.8 g of CO₂ per visit
0.78 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.78 g of CO₂e: 93.4 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 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
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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.
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.
12 links without text
12 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 59 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 5 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 (“” and “The Discount Baseball & Softball Bat Experts”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (176 characters)
Your meta description is 176 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (Organization and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: sameAs is an empty list”.
315 internal links, 1 external
The homepage links to 315 pages on cheapbats.com and 1 external page.
5 checks passed
Title: 65 characters
Your title is a healthy 65 characters: “CheapBats.com | Discount Baseball & Softball Equipment Since 2002”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://cheapbats.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.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://cheapbats.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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.
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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.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,429 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
2 pages slow to respond
/collections/youth-wood-bats and /collections/fungo-bats took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 148 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
11 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 11 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
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 11 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'lines')”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
134 of 135 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 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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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.
About 1,178 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,178 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 GLOVES”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Shop by Brand”, “Toggle Shop by Brand submenu” and “Go to Shop by Brand”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: a star rating and 1 trust badge.
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
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo (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.
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening the homepage sets 9 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.
13 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 13 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 cheapbats.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
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