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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202634 issues · 73 checks
This review found 34 issues worth fixing on handpick.co, 17 of them high impact, across 73 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 47.6 MB in 214 requests. 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
66D- #100,099 of 109,330 reviewed websitesbeats 7%
- #59,128 of 61,851 online storesbeats 4%
- #54,340 of 56,399 Shopify storesbeats 3%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 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
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
4.3 s · 454 KiBAbout 454 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.3 s faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
2.3 s · 742 KiB12 images could be 742 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.3 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.0 s10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.0 s.
Mobile performance score: 41
41/100Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.6 s
A phone's processor spends 4.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.8 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 (Google CDN, Google reCAPTCHA and nector.io and others), adding 1.0 MB and 968 ms of main-thread time.
Google CDN adds 745 ms
745 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 745 ms of main-thread work and 829 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
200 ms · 51 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (51 KiB).
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 58 KiBAbout 58 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.
16 long tasks on the main thread
16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 204 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 12 KiB12 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.8 s
15.8 sYour largest element takes 15.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
First Contentful Paint: 6.8 s
6.8 sThe first text or image appears after 6.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 16.2 s
16.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.6 s
8.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 646 ms
646 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 646 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
38 images without width and height
38 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-9%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.5 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
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 47.6 MB in 214 requests
47.6 MBYour homepage downloads 47.6 MB in 214 requests on a phone: media 43.4 MB (4), images 1.4 MB (41) and other files 1.1 MB (108). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Hamburger_banner_8100882b-e953-477f-9d36-7b860b4ac49f_1000x. 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).
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (500 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 13.5 g of CO₂ per visit
13.50 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 13.50 g of CO₂e: 1620.2 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
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
28 text elements with low contrast
28 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text (1 element)
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
29 images without alt text
29 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
23 form fields without a label
23 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
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 (1 element)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h5, h2 → h6 and h2 → h4), 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 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 8 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No meta description
No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.
Title is short (8 characters)
Your title is only 8 characters: “Handpick”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No favicon declared
No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.
65 internal links, 4 external
The homepage links to 65 pages on handpick.co and 4 external pages.
5 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Handpick”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://handpick.co/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, Organization and WebSite.
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://handpick.co/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 (933 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://handpick.co/llms.txt (5 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 25 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
6 small tap targets
6 of 26 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
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 low-resolution images
2 images are served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
1 checks passed
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.
No analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
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 904 words of copy
The homepage carries about 904 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
3 checks passed
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Track Your Order”, “SIGN UP” and “SHOP SPICES”.
11 short forms
11 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 14 testimonial or review blocks, 4 customer or partner logos, 17 trust badges and “Trusted by 2,20,936+ Customers”.
Privacy and tracking
7 cookies set on arrival
7Opening the homepage sets 7 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.
13 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 13 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
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 handpick.co, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
No apps were seen in the code your storefront loads.
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
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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