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dormify.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202651 issues · 102 checks
This review found 51 issues worth fixing on dormify.com, 20 of them high impact, across 102 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking 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
60D- #85,183 of 87,622 reviewed websitesbeats 2%
- #44,807 of 45,260 online storesbeats 1%
- #40,265 of 40,550 Shopify storesbeats 1%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 242 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 251 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 238 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 216 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 213 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 216 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 212 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 209 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 223 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 231 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 233 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 232 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 219 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 230 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 205 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
1.4 s
2.7 s
4.1 s
5.4 s
6.8 s
8.2 s
9.5 s
10.9 s
dormify.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Render-blocking requests
2.6 s6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 2.6 s.
Reduce unused CSS
1.3 s · 212 KiBAbout 212 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.3 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, 7.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 18
18/100Your mobile performance score is 18. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Reduce unused JavaScript
500 ms · 2.9 MBAbout 2.9 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 500 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (mPulse, Google Tag Manager and Curalate and others), adding 6.4 MB and 2.1 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.0 MB24 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.0 MB).
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 899 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
mPulse adds 816 ms
816 msmPulse costs a phone 816 ms of main-thread work and 60 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.
Vimeo adds 220 ms
220 msVimeo costs a phone 220 ms of main-thread work and 5.1 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.
Legacy JavaScript
300 ms · 177 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 177 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 284 ms
284 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 284 ms of main-thread work and 342 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.
Curalate adds 269 ms
269 msCuralate costs a phone 269 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.
1,557 HTML elements
The page has 1,557 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 14 KiB3 images could be 14 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
11 KiB11 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.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
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Server response: 140 ms
140 msYour server sent the HTML in 140 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.
Speed Index: 18.1 s
18.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 18.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 39.4 s
39.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 39.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 3.5 s
3.5 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 3.5 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.1 s
6.1 sYour largest element takes 6.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “https://player.vimeo.com/video/1182767367?h=937236f836”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.295
0.295The layout shifts by 0.295 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 3.2 s
3.2 sThe first text or image appears after 3.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.8 s
2.8 sReal visitors wait 2.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.22
0.22For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.22 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 2.6 s
2.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+8%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.5 s to 3.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user INP: 155 ms
155 msReal visitors wait 155 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 14% faster for real visitors
-14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 242 ms to 205 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 12.2 MB in 185 requests
12.2 MBYour homepage downloads 12.2 MB in 185 requests on a phone: other files 6.2 MB (70), scripts 4.9 MB (43) and images 676 KiB (57). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
001.png 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 3.5 g of CO₂ per visit
3.46 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.46 g of CO₂e: 415.2 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 are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
<dl> elements must only directly contain properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements (2 elements)
<dl> elements must only directly contain properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Orphan list items
Some list items are not inside a list.
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 (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
7 links without text
7 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 checks passed
53 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 60 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 7 failed. 5 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Title is long (77 characters)
Your title is 77 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Dormify: Quality Bedding, Functional Furniture & Stylish Decor for Dorm Rooms”.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
5 links crawlers can't follow
5 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
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.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
109 internal links, 23 external
The homepage links to 109 pages on dormify.com and 23 external pages.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 159 characters
Your meta description is 159 characters: “Get inspired with Dormify bedroom decorating ideas & decor from Dormify. From videos to exclusive collections, accessor…”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.dormify.com/.
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.dormify.com/netstorage/sitemaps/shop-sitemap-index.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
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 (436 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 48 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
1 checks passed
Linked pages load
6 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Best practices
18 small tap targets
18 of 35 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 2 deprecated browser APIs that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
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 “Hydration completed but contains mismatches.”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
15 broken links to your own pages
15 links from your homepage to your own site are broken, for example https://www.dormify.com/account/?cm_type=gnav&cm_sp=HeaderLinks-_-MyAccount-_-MainSite (500).
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
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 (dormify.com).
Valid certificate (139 days left)
The certificate from DigiCert Inc · GeoTrust TLS RSA CA G1 verifies for dormify.com and is valid for another 139 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://dormify.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
dormify.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
dormify.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 17 years old
17 yearsdormify.com was registered in Jul 2009 through MarkMonitor Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jul 2027
dormify.com is registered until Jul 2027.
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.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 384 words of copy
The homepage carries about 384 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Pick Up Near Campus™ — Learn More” and “contact us”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Track Your Order”, “Start Your Dorm Wishlist” and “Track Order”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Email authentication
No DMARC policy
dormify.com has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.
Email authentication score: 45/100
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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SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 a mx ip4:199.87.8.81 ip4:4.31.160.80 ip4:173.213.2.244 ip4:173.213.2.245 include:_spf.salesforce.com include:spf…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1” and “selector2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Ads and Pinterest Tag (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.
54 cookies set on arrival
54Opening the homepage sets 54 cookies, 4 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.
35 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 35 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- Tailwind CSS
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Akamai
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Job board
- smartrecruiters
Company
- Employees
- 32
- Headquarters
- New York
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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