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jamesgin.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202624 issues · 84 checks
This review found 24 issues worth fixing on jamesgin.com, 5 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 5.4 MB in 208 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
92A- #803 of 103,961 reviewed websitesbeats 99%
- #316 of 58,083 online storesbeats 99%
- #297 of 52,884 Shopify storesbeats 99%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 125 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 130 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 131 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
Mobile performance score: 89
89/100Your mobile performance score is 89. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
396 KiBAbout 396 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
350 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 350 ms.
Main-thread work: 2.2 s
A phone's processor spends 2.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 740 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
2,139 HTML elements
The page has 2,139 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Shopify adds 61 ms
61 msShopify costs a phone 61 ms of main-thread work and 406 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.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Klaviyo, Google Tag Manager and Shopify and others), adding 806 KiB and 340 ms of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
132 KiB2 images could be 132 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
2 long tasks on the main thread
2 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 83 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
50 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (50 KiB).
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
35 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 35 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Reduce unused CSS
23 KiBAbout 23 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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 JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 46 ms
46 msYour server sent the HTML in 46 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Speed Index: 6.2 s
6.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Time to Interactive: 7.9 s
7.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sThe first text or image appears after 2.5 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.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 125 ms to 131 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-4%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.3 s 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: 2.2 s
2.2 sReal visitors wait 2.2 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 FCP: 0.9 s
0.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 620 ms
620 msReal visitors wait 620 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 2.5 s
2.5 sYour largest element renders in 2.5 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Remember me on this device (unless shared) This info is all…”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 46 ms
46 msScripts block the page for only 46 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.4 MB in 208 requests
5.4 MBYour homepage downloads 5.4 MB in 208 requests on a phone: media 2.8 MB (1), scripts 1.0 MB (71) and other files 803 KiB (107). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
background-homepage_03f09f21-8b57-419c-ba05-1ae51e1d7319.jpg 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).
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.53 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.53 g of CO₂e: 183.3 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
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (2 elements)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
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 (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
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.
1 checks passed
48 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 51 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 48 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
3 H1 headlines
There are 3 <h1> headlines (“James Gin”, “MULTI-AWARD WINNING” and “Find Us”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
3 links with vague text
3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
2 links crawlers can't follow
2 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
75 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 75 pages on jamesgin.com and 11 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 149 characters
Your meta description is 149 characters: “Award Winning Gin from the UK, James Gin is a Craft Gin with a range of flavours and local gin styles that make great g…”.
Title: 47 characters
Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “James Gin – Shop for Craft Gin Online in the UK”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.jamesgin.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.jamesgin.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, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; logo and description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,189 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.jamesgin.com/llms.txt (6 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 26 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
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
31 small tap targets
31 of 49 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 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.
Content and conversion
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 864 words of copy
The homepage carries about 864 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop now”.
7 calls to action
The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “JOIN”, “SHOP” and “Shop Now”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks and 5 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email link.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel (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.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 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.
22 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 22 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
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 jamesgin.com, 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 7 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Pandectes Gdpr · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Gdpr Cookie Consent · Forms · Orbe Geolocation · herokuapp.com · cloudfront.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 Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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