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foldabox.co.uk website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 12 November 202645 issues · 96 checks
This review found 45 issues worth fixing on foldabox.co.uk, 12 of them high impact, across 96 checks. The most urgent: 11,271 HTML elements. 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
84B- #19,850 of 109,350 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #12,897 of 61,859 online storesbeats 73%
- #12,521 of 56,401 Shopify storesbeats 71%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 2.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 128 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 203 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 220 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 224 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 231 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 235 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 235 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 229 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
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
11,271 HTML elements
The page has 11,271 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 (actionbase.ai, Google Tag Manager and Clarity and others), adding 1.4 MB and 997 ms of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 65
65/100Your mobile performance score is 65. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
300 ms · 697 KiB28 images could be 697 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 661 KiBAbout 661 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 520 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (520 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
600 ms7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 600 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
450 ms · 81 KiBAbout 81 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
actionbase.ai adds 471 ms
471 msactionbase.ai costs a phone 471 ms of main-thread work and 218 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.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 413 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google Tag Manager adds 167 ms
167 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 167 ms of main-thread work and 329 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.
Cookiebot adds 77 ms
77 msCookiebot costs a phone 77 ms of main-thread work and 364 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.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
30 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 30 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Duplicated JavaScript
7 KiB7 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Minify JavaScript
7 KiB7 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 73 ms
73 msYour server sent the HTML in 73 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: 21.9 s
21.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 6.4 s
6.4 sYour largest element takes 6.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Luxury Folding Gift Box Specialists”.
Speed Index: 6.7 s
6.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 87% slower for real visitors
+87%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 128 ms to 229 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.
Total Blocking Time: 287 ms
287 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 287 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.3 s
2.3 sReal visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 137 ms
137 msReal visitors wait 137 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user TTFB: 304 ms
304 msReal visitors wait 304 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.4 MB in 285 requests
4.4 MBYour homepage downloads 4.4 MB in 285 requests on a phone: scripts 2.0 MB (93), images 1.2 MB (54) and other files 822 KiB (122). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
fab-banner-home.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).
4 images far larger than shown
194 KiB4 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Aston-Martin.webp at 522 px wide, shown at 120 px. Resized copies would save about 194 KiB.
7 images below the first screen load straight away
7 images further down the page (317 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
3 images in older formats
3 images (134 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 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit
1.24 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.24 g of CO₂e: 148.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (9 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (36 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 36 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails 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.
3 form fields without a label
3 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 (2 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
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.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h4, h2 → h4 and h3 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
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
44 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: 44 passed and 10 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 (179 characters)
Your meta description is 179 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (MerchantReturnPolicy, OnlineStore, WebPage and WebSite) but with 1 problem, for example “OnlineStore: sameAs is not an absolute URL (" mailto:[email protected]")”.
2 links crawlers can't follow
2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
662 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 662 pages on foldabox.co.uk and 12 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Luxury Folding Gift Box Specialists”.
Title: 39 characters
Your title is a healthy 39 characters: “Wholesale Folding Gift Boxes | Foldabox”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.foldabox.co.uk/.
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.foldabox.co.uk/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 (6,385 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.foldabox.co.uk/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages without a meta description
https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-sizes and https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-accessories have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 pages without an H1
https://www.foldabox.co.uk/blogs/news, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/helphq, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-sizes, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-accessories, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/collections/cupcake-dividers-to-fit-medium-and-large-folding-magnetic-gift-boxes and https://www.foldabox.co.uk/collections/decorative-gift-box-closures-from-foldabox and 9 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
4 pages slow to respond
https://www.foldabox.co.uk/blogs/news, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/helphq, https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-sizes and https://www.foldabox.co.uk/pages/giftbox-accessories took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 195 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 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=97205021&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=a311ec3f-6968-4ac9-a990-ceb59138aa54&bo=1&sid=bc5a7e30de3c11f19b4b11bb617373ad&vid=bc5aa8f0de3c11f18bbfab9456f8da11&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=91.
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED”.
1 distorted image
1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
18 of 19 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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 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 1,341 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,341 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop All Boxes” and “Shop All Samples”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 141 testimonial or review blocks, 88 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and LinkedIn Insight.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 2 email links.
Privacy and tracking
10 trackers load before any consent
10Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Klaviyo and 5 mores (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.
22 cookies set on arrival
22Opening the homepage sets 22 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
51 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 51 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: Cookiebot
A consent management tool (Cookiebot) loads with the page.
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 foldabox.co.uk, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
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- E-commerce
- Shopify;Shopify Plus
- Hosting
- Shopify
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