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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202636 issues · 104 checks

This review found 36 issues worth fixing on flextail.com, 14 of them high impact, across 104 checks. The most urgent: font display. 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
2.2 s1.8 sMay 16Oct 311.9 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.2 s
May 23, 20262.2 s
May 30, 20262.1 s
Jun 6, 20262.0 s
Jun 13, 20262.0 s
Jun 20, 20262.0 s
Jun 27, 20262.0 s
Jul 4, 20262.0 s
Jul 11, 20262.0 s
Jul 18, 20262.0 s
Jul 25, 20262.0 s
Aug 1, 20262.0 s
Aug 8, 20262.0 s
Aug 15, 20262.0 s
Aug 22, 20262.1 s
Aug 29, 20262.1 s
Sep 5, 20262.1 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20262.0 s
Oct 3, 20262.0 s
Oct 10, 20262.0 s
Oct 17, 20261.9 s
Oct 24, 20261.9 s
Oct 31, 20261.9 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
241 ms197 msMay 16Oct 31206 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026222 ms
May 23, 2026221 ms
May 30, 2026215 ms
Jun 6, 2026213 ms
Jun 13, 2026212 ms
Jun 20, 2026212 ms
Jun 27, 2026216 ms
Jul 4, 2026223 ms
Jul 11, 2026229 ms
Jul 18, 2026228 ms
Jul 25, 2026227 ms
Aug 1, 2026224 ms
Aug 8, 2026227 ms
Aug 15, 2026235 ms
Aug 22, 2026236 ms
Aug 29, 2026229 ms
Sep 5, 2026220 ms
Sep 12, 2026205 ms
Sep 19, 2026202 ms
Sep 26, 2026203 ms
Oct 3, 2026204 ms
Oct 10, 2026205 ms
Oct 17, 2026208 ms
Oct 24, 2026209 ms
Oct 31, 2026206 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 flextail.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. flextail.com at 1.7 s1.7 s
  2. flextail.com at 3.4 s3.4 s
  3. flextail.com at 5.1 s5.1 s
  4. flextail.com at 6.8 s6.8 s
  5. flextail.com at 8.5 s8.5 s
  6. flextail.com at 10.1 s10.1 s
  7. flextail.com at 11.8 s11.8 s
  8. flextail.com at 13.5 s13.5 s

flextail.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

12 to fix49
  • Font display

    2.0 s

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 2.0 s).

  • Mobile performance score: 49

    49/100

    Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 9.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 9.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 3,978 HTML elements

    The page has 3,978 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, Clarity and quickcep.com and others), adding 2.5 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 1.1 MB

    About 1.1 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Render-blocking requests

    950 ms

    5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.

  • Improve image delivery

    300 ms · 615 KiB

    15 images could be 615 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    683 KiB

    24 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (683 KiB).

  • Shopify adds 562 ms

    562 ms

    Shopify costs a phone 562 ms of main-thread work and 1.2 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.

  • quickcep.com adds 191 ms

    191 ms

    quickcep.com costs a phone 191 ms of main-thread work and 561 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.

  • xcottons.com adds 86 ms

    86 ms

    xcottons.com costs a phone 86 ms of main-thread work and 346 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 · 175 KiB

    About 175 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.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 205 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    13 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 13 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify CSS

    12 KiB

    12 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

  • 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: 16 ms

    16 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 16 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 28.0 s

    28.0 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 28.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 15.2 s

    15.2 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 15.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 7.3 s

    7.3 s

    Your largest element takes 7.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.

  • Total Blocking Time: 673 ms

    673 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 673 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • 22 images without width and height

    22 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors

    -6%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 222 ms to 206 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

9 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 140 ms

    140 ms

    Real visitors wait 140 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • 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.

  • Real-user TTFB: 698 ms

    698 ms

    Real visitors wait 698 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors

    -13%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s

    1.4 s

    The first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix69
  • Page weight: 9.8 MB in 492 requests

    9.8 MB

    Your homepage downloads 9.8 MB in 492 requests on a phone: other files 5.1 MB (279), scripts 2.4 MB (139) and images 1.9 MB (48). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    02-max-blast-300-mobile-1200x2150_dcb4e64a-22a0-4fc6-a87d-0d 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).

  • 4 images in older formats

    4 images (241 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.

  • 3 images below the first screen load straight away

    3 images further down the page (282 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • About 2.8 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.79 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.79 g of CO₂e: 334.7 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

10 to fixGoogle 7688
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 8 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 17 images without alt text

    17 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 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.

  • Zoom is disabled

    The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.

  • 3 links without text

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

  • Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (4 elements)

    Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

  • Headings should not be empty (2 elements)

    Headings should not be empty: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.

1 checks passed
  • 50 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: 50 passed and 10 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 8598
  • 7 links with vague text

    7 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 395 internal links, 11 external

    The homepage links to 395 pages on flextail.com and 11 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 157 characters

    Your meta description is 157 characters: “FLEXTAIL Creates Ultralight Electric Gear for hiking, camping, backpacking, and outdoor living. Shop reliable portable …”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “FLEXTAIL: Ultralight Outdoor Gear for Hiking & Camping & Backpacking”.

  • Title: 47 characters

    Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “FLEXTAIL | Ultralight Electric Gear for Outdoor”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.flextail.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, 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://www.flextail.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description; contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,168 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

100
  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 99 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

1 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 9278
  • 1 broken image

    1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://lantern.roeye.com/track.php?fingerprint=0f193252-9c2d-4d19-9305-5ca8ef7f8146&referrer=&landingpage=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flextail.com%2F&useragent=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(iPhone%3B%20CPU%20iPhone%20OS%20.

  • 3 JavaScript errors while loading

    3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Refused to apply style from 'https://www.flextail.com/cdn/shop/t/144/assets/pb_custom.css?v=21302' because its MIME typ…”.

  • Requests the notification permission on page load

    Requests the notification permission on page load.

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  • Tap targets are thumb-sized

    24 of 28 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

100
  • Short HSTS lifetime

    HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.

  • 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 (flextail.com).

  • Valid certificate (59 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WR1 verifies for flextail.com and is valid for another 59 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://flextail.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 47 links work

    All 47 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 7 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    flextail.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 18 years old

    18 years

    flextail.com was registered in Nov 2007 through Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn). An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only pki.goog, ssl.com, digicert.com and globalsign.com to issue certificates for flextail.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • Registered until Nov 2029

    flextail.com is registered until Nov 2029.

Content and conversion

1 to fix92
  • 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 1,028 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,028 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: “Subscribe to win 8%~12% OFF” and “Learn More”.

  • 41 calls to action

    The homepage has 41 calls to action, for example “Subscribe to win 8%~12% OFF”, “Shop our products” and “Learn More”.

  • 33 short forms

    33 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 52 testimonial or review blocks and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity.

Email authentication

2 to fix60
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be flextail.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.

  • No DKIM key on the usual selectors

    We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.

  • Email authentication score: 60/100

    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 include:spf.qiye.aliyun.com include:mailgun.org ~all”.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 6 trackers load before any consent

    6

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Clarity and 1 more (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.

  • 32 cookies set on arrival

    32

    Opening the homepage sets 32 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.

  • 52 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 52 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.

  • Selleasy · problem reported Oct 2026attackers planted code in its settings that sent shoppers who pressed Checkout to a fake checkout page taking card details. What to do: update the app, check its settings for code or HTML you didn't add, and test checkout in a private window.

Your store uses an app that was used in an attack. That is not a sign you were hit: check the app as described.

Apps your storefront loads

Consentmo Gdpr · Awin Affiliate Marketing · Judge Me Reviews · Gempages Builder · Xcotton Guard · Omnisend · Selleasy · Countdown Timer · Gdpr Backpack · Discount In Cart · Facebook Pixel · Slide Cart · Upcharge Fees · jsdelivr.net · amazonaws.com · deliverr.com · retention.com · cloudfront.net · quickcep.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
Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Shopify

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

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