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circuitmess.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202622 issues · 97 checks
This review found 22 issues worth fixing on circuitmess.com, 8 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 29.0 MB in 142 requests. 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
86B- #7,744 of 81,426 reviewed websitesbeats 87%
- #4,232 of 40,295 online storesbeats 85%
- #4,076 of 35,681 Shopify storesbeats 84%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 143 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 137 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 142 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 112 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
circuitmess.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.6 s · 1.2 MB23 images could be 1.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
3,122 HTML elements
The page has 3,122 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
5 third-party services on the page
5 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and Cookiebot and others), adding 28.9 MB and 716 ms of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 580 ms
580 msShopify costs a phone 580 ms of main-thread work and 28.5 MB 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.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
131 KiBAbout 131 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
4 long tasks on the main thread
4 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 68 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
36 KiB1 file is served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (36 KiB).
Reduce unused CSS
14 KiBAbout 14 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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.
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Main-thread work: 1.8 s
A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 929 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 22 ms
22 msYour server sent the HTML in 22 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: 6.3 s
6.3 sYour largest element takes 6.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 10.8 s
10.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.12
0.12For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.12 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 5.1 s
5.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 3.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 104 ms
104 msReal visitors wait 104 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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.
Tap response (INP) got 20% faster for real visitors
-20%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 143 ms to 112 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.048
0.048The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.048, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 43 ms
43 msScripts block the page for only 43 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 29.0 MB in 142 requests
29.0 MBYour homepage downloads 29.0 MB in 142 requests on a phone: media 25.5 MB (13), images 2.4 MB (47) and scripts 680 KiB (58). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
ShopAll_HeroBackground_mobile_8.webp 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).
10 images in older formats
10 images (610 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 8.2 g of CO₂ per visit
8.22 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 8.22 g of CO₂e: 986.7 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
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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Every image has alt text
All 68 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 54 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 2 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 (“Black Friday Starts Early. But Only for VIPs”, “Limited-Time Hot Deals” and “Shop All STEM Kits”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
51 internal links, 18 external
The homepage links to 51 pages on circuitmess.com and 18 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 153 characters
Your meta description is 153 characters: “CircuitMess offers hands-on STEM kits that make learning fun! Build robots, game consoles, and gadgets while exploring …”.
Title: 51 characters
Your title is a healthy 51 characters: “CircuitMess: DIY STEM Kits for Kids, Teens & Adults”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://circuitmess.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: 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://circuitmess.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 (1,474 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (5 KiB, 27 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages slow to respond
/bundles/wacky-collectors-bundle, /products/rimac-nevera and /products/gift-card took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 33 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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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.
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
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
4 low-resolution images
4 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
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Tap targets are thumb-sized
36 of 42 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
2 links through redirect chains
2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://circuitmess.com/account.
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.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (circuitmess.com).
Valid certificate (81 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for circuitmess.com and is valid for another 81 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.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://circuitmess.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 53 links work
All 53 links checked from your homepage (36 internal, 17 external) answered without errors; 14 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
circuitmess.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
circuitmess.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.
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Domain is 10 years old
10 yearscircuitmess.com was registered in Jul 2016 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jul 2027
circuitmess.com is registered until Jul 2027.
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 1,230 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,230 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now”.
16 calls to action
The homepage has 16 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop Now” and “Start Learning”.
213 short forms
213 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 20 testimonial or review blocks and 5 trust badges.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
Email authentication score: 100/100
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.
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DMARC policy: reject
DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.
SPF with a strict ending (-all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and tells receivers to reject anything else: “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.com include:email.rechargeapps.com include:circuit-mess.com -all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “mail”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
6 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 6 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Lučko
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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