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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202628 issues · 81 checks

This review found 28 issues worth fixing on ezink.co.za, 7 of them high impact, across 81 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 15.4 MB in 237 requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
1.2 s944 msMay 23Nov 71.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 23, 20261.1 s
May 30, 20261.1 s
Jun 6, 20261.1 s
Jun 13, 20261.1 s
Jun 20, 20261.1 s
Jun 27, 20261.1 s
Jul 4, 20261.2 s
Jul 11, 20261.1 s
Jul 18, 20261.1 s
Jul 25, 20261.1 s
Aug 1, 20261.1 s
Aug 8, 20261.1 s
Aug 15, 20261.1 s
Aug 22, 20261.1 s
Aug 29, 20261.1 s
Sep 5, 20261.1 s
Sep 12, 20261.1 s
Sep 19, 20261.1 s
Sep 26, 20261.0 s
Oct 3, 2026975 ms
Oct 10, 2026973 ms
Oct 17, 20261.0 s
Oct 24, 20261.0 s
Oct 31, 20261.0 s
Nov 7, 20261.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
171 ms126 msMay 23Nov 7158 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 23, 2026131 ms
May 30, 2026136 ms
Jun 6, 2026134 ms
Jun 13, 2026136 ms
Jun 20, 2026139 ms
Jun 27, 2026141 ms
Jul 4, 2026147 ms
Jul 11, 2026145 ms
Jul 18, 2026149 ms
Jul 25, 2026149 ms
Aug 1, 2026160 ms
Aug 8, 2026161 ms
Aug 15, 2026161 ms
Aug 22, 2026160 ms
Aug 29, 2026156 ms
Sep 5, 2026166 ms
Sep 12, 2026165 ms
Sep 19, 2026162 ms
Sep 26, 2026163 ms
Oct 3, 2026154 ms
Oct 10, 2026158 ms
Oct 17, 2026155 ms
Oct 24, 2026153 ms
Oct 31, 2026155 ms
Nov 7, 2026158 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

Full-page screenshot of ezink.co.za (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. ezink.co.za at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. ezink.co.za at 1.3 s1.3 s
  3. ezink.co.za at 1.9 s1.9 s
  4. ezink.co.za at 2.5 s2.5 s
  5. ezink.co.za at 3.2 s3.2 s
  6. ezink.co.za at 3.8 s3.8 s
  7. ezink.co.za at 4.4 s4.4 s
  8. ezink.co.za at 5.1 s5.1 s

Speed

3 to fix100
  • 3,185 HTML elements

    The page has 3,185 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • Render-blocking requests

    700 ms

    3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.

  • Improve image delivery

    532 KiB

    12 images could be 532 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 1 long task on the main thread

    1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 72 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, 9gtb.com and config-security.com and others), adding 243 KiB and 27 ms of main-thread time.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    13 KiB

    7 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (13 KiB).

  • 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.

3 checks passed
  • Mobile performance score: 100

    100/100

    Your mobile performance score is 100. That is in Google's “good” band (90 and up).

  • Main-thread work: 1.7 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 627 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 18 ms

    18 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 18 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

4 to fix67
  • 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.

  • Real-user INP: 230 ms

    230 ms

    Real visitors wait 230 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user TTFB: 836 ms

    836 ms

    Real visitors wait 836 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Time to Interactive: 4.3 s

    4.3 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 4.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 17% slower for real visitors

    +17%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 131 ms to 158 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, 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).

8 checks passed
  • Real-user LCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 2.8 s

    2.8 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 2.8 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.2 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.017

    0.017

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.017, good is under 0.1).

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Your largest element renders in 1.2 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Γ”.

  • Total Blocking Time: 22 ms

    22 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 22 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

Images and page weight

2 to fix64
  • Page weight: 15.4 MB in 237 requests

    15.4 MB

    Your homepage downloads 15.4 MB in 237 requests on a phone: media 12.5 MB (4), images 1.3 MB (43) and other files 889 KiB (111). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    CartPromoBanners_ZA_Landscape.jpg 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 4.4 g of CO₂ per visit

    4.37 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 4.37 g of CO₂e: 525.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • 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

7 to fixGoogle 8891
  • 4 buttons without a name

    4 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 32 text elements with low contrast

    32 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • 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.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (16 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 16 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 3 links without text

    3 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

  • 2 form fields without a label

    2 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (8 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 52 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 6 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

4 to fixGoogle 8377
  • No meta description

    No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • Title is long (70 characters)

    Your title is 70 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Realistic Temporary Tattoos South Africa | Lasts 1–2 Weeks – EZINK™ ZA”.

  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • 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.

  • 299 internal links, 15 external

    The homepage links to 299 pages on ezink.co.za and 15 external pages.

5 checks passed
  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “SPOOKY SEASONBUY 1 GET 1 FREE”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://ezink.co.za/.

  • 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://ezink.co.za/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • 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.

3 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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,608 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes https://ezink.co.za/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 15 pages without a meta description

    https://ezink.co.za/collections/all-tattoos, https://ezink.co.za/collections/custom-tattoos, https://ezink.co.za/collections/on-sale, https://ezink.co.za/pages/artists, https://ezink.co.za/products/ezink-gift-card and https://ezink.co.za/pages/faqs and 9 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 2 pages without an H1

    https://ezink.co.za/collections/custom-tattoos and https://ezink.co.za/pages/how-it-works have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 2 pages slow to respond

    https://ezink.co.za/collections/on-sale and https://ezink.co.za/pages/artists took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 123 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 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.

  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 9693
  • 5 JavaScript errors while loading

    5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Maximum call stack size exceeded”.

2 checks passed
  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    162 of 166 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

3 to fix83
  • 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.

  • About 2,141 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 2,141 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 All” and “Buy 1 Get 1 Free 2 Pack 1 Left”.

  • 40 calls to action

    The homepage has 40 calls to action, for example “Shop All Tattoos”, “LOG IN | SIGN UP” and “Shop All”.

  • 25 short forms

    25 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 11 testimonial or review blocks, a star rating, 4 trust badges and “Join 200,000+ Happy Customers”.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.

  • 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

1 to fix
  • 2 trackers load before any consent

    2

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads 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.

  • 10 cookies set on arrival

    10

    Opening the homepage sets 10 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.

  • 12 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 12 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 ezink.co.za, 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 8 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.

Apps your storefront loads

Gempages Builder · Parkour Tiktok Pixel · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Judge Me Reviews · Triplewhale · Gorgias Live Chat Helpdesk · Orbe Geolocation · File Uploads By Uploadkit

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
Tailwind CSS
E-commerce
Shopify
Analytics
Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
Hosting
Shopify

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

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