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firstday.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202645 issues · 111 checks
This review found 45 issues worth fixing on firstday.com, 15 of them high impact, across 111 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 10.1 s. 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
76C- #48,925 of 81,610 reviewed websitesbeats 35%
- #27,802 of 40,438 online storesbeats 27%
- #25,904 of 35,821 Shopify storesbeats 23%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 172 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 172 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 177 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 179 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 185 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 216 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 237 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 250 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 254 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 257 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 264 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 287 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 298 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 297 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 290 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 278 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 266 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 261 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 261 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 262 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 262 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 263 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 270 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 273 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
1.1 s
2.2 s
3.3 s
4.4 s
5.5 s
6.7 s
7.8 s
8.9 s
firstday.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Main-thread work: 10.1 s
A phone's processor spends 10.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 5.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Mobile performance score: 37
37/100Your mobile performance score is 37. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
4,681 HTML elements
The page has 4,681 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, alia-prod.com and weglot.com and others), adding 6.1 MB and 2.6 s of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 750 ms
750 msShopify costs a phone 750 ms of main-thread work and 4.7 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.
alia-prod.com adds 657 ms
657 msalia-prod.com costs a phone 657 ms of main-thread work and 731 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.
Improve image delivery
250 ms · 410 KiB30 images could be 410 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 250 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
555 KiBAbout 555 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
516 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (516 KiB).
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 472 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Render-blocking requests
450 ms17 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.
weglot.com adds 430 ms
430 msweglot.com costs a phone 430 ms of main-thread work and 113 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.
Clarity adds 257 ms
257 msClarity costs a phone 257 ms of main-thread work and 28 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 10 KiBAbout 10 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.
Legacy JavaScript
38 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 38 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
Minify CSS
3 KiB3 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Duplicated JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
1 checks passed
Server response: 40 ms
40 msYour server sent the HTML in 40 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.
Time to Interactive: 23.5 s
23.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 23.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.6 s
12.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
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 text “Around 50% of children worldwide experience nutrient gaps. …”.
Total Blocking Time: 1.4 s
1.4 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.4 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user INP: 221 ms
221 msReal visitors wait 221 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 58% slower for real visitors
+58%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 172 ms to 273 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.0 s
3.0 sThe first text or image appears after 3.0 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
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) got 13% slower for real visitors
+13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
4 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 595 ms
595 msReal visitors wait 595 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.009
0.009The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.009, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 9.5 MB in 416 requests
9.5 MBYour homepage downloads 9.5 MB in 416 requests on a phone: media 4.1 MB (1), scripts 1.8 MB (151) and images 1.7 MB (82). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images in older formats
2 images (104 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 2.7 g of CO₂ per visit
2.69 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.69 g of CO₂e: 322.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
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
9 text elements with low contrast
9 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.
Interactive controls must not be nested (4 elements)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (3 elements)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
23 images without alt text
23 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Heading levels should only increase by one (1 element)
Heading levels should only increase by one: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
10 form fields without a label
10 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
Table header text should not be empty (1 element)
Table header text should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (8 elements).
1 checks passed
53 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 61 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 8 failed. 5 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (190 characters)
Your meta description is 190 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
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.
172 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 172 pages on firstday.com and 4 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Today's diet doesn't cover your Today's diet doesn't cover your Kid's Needs Teen's Needs Family's Needs”.
Title: 49 characters
Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Organic Multivitamin Gummies | First Day Vitamins”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://firstday.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://firstday.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: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,251 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
3 linked pages hidden from search
/customer_authentication/redirect, /pages/bundle-quiz and /pages/shop-by-age are marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If they are meant to be found, remove the noindex.
6 pages without a meta description
/pages/sale, /blogs/news, /customer_authentication/redirect, /pages/bundle-quiz, /pages/our-ingredients and /pages/heavy-metals-and-pesticides have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 pages without an H1
/pages/sale, /blogs/news, /customer_authentication/redirect, /pages/bundle-quiz, /pages/shop-by-age and /pages/about-us and 9 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
12 pages with very little text
/pages/sale, /blogs/news, /pages/about-us, /pages/our-ingredients, /pages/our-science and /pages/heavy-metals-and-pesticides and 6 others have under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 40 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 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.
Best practices
10 small tap targets
10 of 45 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.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
3 links through redirect chains
3 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://firstday.com/customer_authentication/redirect?locale=en®ion_country=US.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
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.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (firstday.com).
Valid certificate (62 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for firstday.com and is valid for another 62 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.
http:// redirects to https
http://firstday.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 42 links work
All 42 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 2 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
firstday.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.
3 checks passed
Domain is 30 years old
30 yearsfirstday.com was registered in Jun 1996 through Squarespace Domains II LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
DNSSEC is on
firstday.com's DNS answers are signed (DNSSEC), so they can't be forged on the way to visitors.
Registered until Jun 2031
firstday.com is registered until Jun 2031.
Content and conversion
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 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 897 words of copy
The homepage carries about 897 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 All” and “Shop For Daily Vitamins”.
12 calls to action
The homepage has 12 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Subscribe & Save” and “Shop All”.
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: 2 testimonial or review blocks, 5 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be firstday.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.
Email authentication score: 70/100
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.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mail.stay.ai include:mailgun.org ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google” and “k1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
11 trackers load before any consent
11Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 6 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.
66 cookies set on arrival
66Opening the homepage sets 66 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.
66 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 66 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 19 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.
Apps your storefront loads
Blotout Edgetag · Pandectes Gdpr · Judge Me Reviews · Regios Discounts · Savedby Package Protection · P42p4cdbp Opensend · Attentive · Impact Com · Microsoft Clarity · Weglot Translate Your Store · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Gdpr Cookie Consent · Applovin Shop Integration · Rivo Loyalty Rewards Referrals · cloudfront.net · goaffpro.com · attn.tv · octaneai.com · superfiliate-cdn.com
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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 1 open role
- Teams
- Marketing (1)
- Job board
- greenhouse
- Careers page
- firstday.com/pages/careers (opens in a new tab)
Company
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 45 issues on firstday.com, including 23 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 1 conversion gap. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
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- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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