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hairmax.com.au website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202641 issues · 92 checks
This review found 41 issues worth fixing on hairmax.com.au, 16 of them high impact, across 92 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
69D- #94,153 of 109,350 reviewed websitesbeats 12%
- #56,787 of 61,859 online storesbeats 7%
- #52,499 of 56,401 Shopify storesbeats 6%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.4 s |
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
1.3 s
2.6 s
3.9 s
5.1 s
6.4 s
7.7 s
9.0 s
10.3 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
7.0 s · 1.5 MBAbout 1.5 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 7.0 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.8 s · 497 KiB26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (497 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.3 s15 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.3 s.
Mobile performance score: 45
45/100Your mobile performance score is 45. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 8.0 s
A phone's processor spends 8.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Clarity, Google Tag Manager and getshogun.com and others), adding 1.8 MB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
663 KiB27 images could be 663 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Google Tag Manager adds 261 ms
261 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 261 ms of main-thread work and 494 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 275 ms
275 msClarity costs a phone 275 ms of main-thread work and 30 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.
2,272 HTML elements
The page has 2,272 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Klaviyo adds 102 ms
102 msKlaviyo costs a phone 102 ms of main-thread work and 313 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
170 ms · 72 KiBAbout 72 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 170 ms faster on a phone.
18 long tasks on the main thread
18 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 205 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 45 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 45 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
19 KiB19 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.
Minify CSS
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 8 ms
8 msYour server sent the HTML in 8 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 27.6 s
27.6 sYour largest element takes 27.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 33.9 s
33.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 33.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 13.7 s
13.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 13.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 5.9 s
5.9 sThe first text or image appears after 5.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 427 ms
427 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 427 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
11 images without width and height
11 images 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 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Not enough real-visitor data yet
Chrome's UX Report (opens in a new tab) has too little real-visitor traffic for this site, so the figures here are lab measurements from Google's test phone on a throttled 4G connection.
1 checks passed
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 42.7 MB in 467 requests
42.7 MBYour homepage downloads 42.7 MB in 467 requests on a phone: media 36.1 MB (10), scripts 3.2 MB (103) and images 1.2 MB (64). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image in older formats
1 image (35 KiB) is 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 (86 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 12.1 g of CO₂ per visit
12.10 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 12.10 g of CO₂e: 1451.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
8 tap targets too small
8 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Summary elements must have discernible text (1 element)
Summary elements must have discernible text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
9 images without alt text
9 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 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 (2 elements)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
23 links without text
23 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.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3, h2 → h4 and h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 10 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “Retailers”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (238 characters)
Your meta description is 238 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
72 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 72 pages on hairmax.com.au and 9 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 34 characters
Your title is a healthy 34 characters: “hairmax.com.au – Hairmax Australia”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://hairmax.com.au/.
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://hairmax.com.au/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (2 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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 (1,438 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://hairmax.com.au/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
4 pages without a meta description
https://hairmax.com.au/collections/laser-hair-growth-devices, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/written-testimonials, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/about-us and https://hairmax.com.au/pages/hairmax-technology have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
9 pages without an H1
https://hairmax.com.au/pages/hairmax-success-stories, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/before-after, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/written-testimonials, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/about-us, https://hairmax.com.au/pages/understanding-hair-loss and https://hairmax.com.au/pages/hairmax-technology and 3 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 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
2 broken images
2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=20208235&Ver=2&mid=e70ee20b-c479-4619-844f-653af52b9609&bo=1&sid=6f7f3d80dc9911f1a902930aebdfe599&vid=6f7f7010dc9911f19602dd8a69ff66c0&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&lg.
8 small tap targets
8 of 24 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 third-party cookies
2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 distorted images
2 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
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.
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 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 1,134 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,134 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Learn More”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Shop Now”, “Contact Us” and “ORDER HISTORY”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
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
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
32 cookies set on arrival
32Opening the homepage sets 32 cookies, 4 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
55 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 55 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) 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 hairmax.com.au, 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 3 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Quizify · rechargecdn.com · jsdelivr.net
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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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