Website review, no card needed
kimberbell.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 24 October 202628 issues · 77 checks
This review found 28 issues worth fixing on kimberbell.com, 8 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
86B- #10,177 of 102,069 reviewed websitesbeats 86%
- #6,135 of 56,611 online storesbeats 85%
- #5,948 of 51,485 Shopify storesbeats 83%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 9, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
Show as table
| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 9, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 113 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 133 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 138 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
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
5.5 s · 1.0 MB25 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.0 MB).
Improve image delivery
2.8 s · 792 KiB9 images could be 792 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.8 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 361 KiBAbout 361 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 54
54/100Your mobile performance score is 54 (desktop: 74). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Facebook, Shopify and Hubspot and others), adding 1.8 MB and 701 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
600 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 600 ms.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 43 KiBAbout 43 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 3.3 s
A phone's processor spends 3.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.5 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Facebook adds 303 ms
303 msFacebook costs a phone 303 ms of main-thread work and 288 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.
1,752 HTML elements
The page has 1,752 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Shopify adds 129 ms
129 msShopify costs a phone 129 ms of main-thread work and 440 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.
Attentive adds 64 ms
64 msAttentive costs a phone 64 ms of main-thread work and 789 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.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 9 KiB9 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 98 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
First Contentful Paint: 8.4 s
8.4 sThe first text or image appears after 8.4 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 23.2 s
23.2 sYour largest element takes 23.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 23.5 s
23.5 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 23.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.5 s
9.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 23% slower for real visitors
+23%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 112 ms to 138 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-17, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.1 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 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: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 154 ms
154 msReal visitors wait 154 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: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 586 ms
586 msReal visitors wait 586 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 164 ms
164 msScripts block the page for only 164 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.6 MB in 343 requests
4.6 MBYour homepage downloads 4.6 MB in 343 requests on a phone: images 2.0 MB (35), scripts 1.4 MB (128) and other files 876 KiB (157). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
stitching-edited.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).
1 image far larger than shown
132 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example stitching-edited.png at 2,000 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 132 KiB.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.29 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.29 g of CO₂e: 155.3 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 48 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
17 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 17 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 17 passed and 0 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (188 characters)
Your meta description is 188 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
4 links with vague text
4 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
199 internal links, 17 external
The homepage links to 199 pages on kimberbell.com and 17 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Kimberbell”.
Title: 61 characters
Your title is a healthy 61 characters: “Easy to Make Machine Embroidery Projects | Kimberbell Designs”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://kimberbell.com/.
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://kimberbell.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
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 (1,260 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://kimberbell.com/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://kimberbell.com/pages/coming-soon-for-shops and https://kimberbell.com/pages/tiny-hugs-initiative have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
https://kimberbell.com/pages/coming-soon-for-shops and https://kimberbell.com/pages/kimberbell-me-collections 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 95 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
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
23 of 26 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 727 words of copy
The homepage carries about 727 words of visible text.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP NOW” and “SUBSCRIBE TO BELLA BOX”.
29 calls to action
The homepage has 29 calls to action, for example “Create & Shop”, “Shop by Show” and “Shop Longarm”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 15 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Meta Pixel and 2 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
24 cookies set on arrival
24Opening the homepage sets 24 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
40 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 40 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) 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 kimberbell.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Hosting
- Kinsta;Shopify Hosted
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 28 issues on kimberbell.com, including 17 speed issues, 3 SEO issues and 2 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
14-day money-back guarantee: not happy for any reason, email us within 14 days and we refund in full.