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openbox.ca website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202632 issues · 97 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on openbox.ca, 10 of them high impact, across 97 checks. The most urgent: mobile performance score: 43. 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
82B- #24,571 of 88,393 reviewed websitesbeats 67%
- #15,221 of 45,891 online storesbeats 60%
- #14,631 of 41,167 Shopify storesbeats 58%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 984 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 968 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 961 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 970 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 977 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 974 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 979 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 982 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 997 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 993 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 988 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 987 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 984 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 988 ms |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 131 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 135 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 145 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
1.1 s
2.2 s
3.3 s
4.4 s
5.6 s
6.7 s
7.8 s
8.9 s
openbox.ca does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Mobile performance score: 43
43/100Your mobile performance score is 43. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 9.3 s
A phone's processor spends 9.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.2 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 (Shopify, Facebook and Google Tag Manager and others), adding 1.4 MB and 1.8 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
780 ms · 403 KiBAbout 403 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 780 ms faster on a phone.
Shopify adds 833 ms
833 msShopify costs a phone 833 ms of main-thread work and 564 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.
Render-blocking requests
700 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.
Facebook adds 461 ms
461 msFacebook costs a phone 461 ms of main-thread work and 315 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
300 ms · 50 KiBAbout 50 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 290 ms
290 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 290 ms of main-thread work and 302 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 308 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
287 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (287 KiB).
2,259 HTML elements
The page has 2,259 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
31 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 31 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Improve image delivery
17 KiB3 images could be 17 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Minify CSS
12 KiB12 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
6 KiB6 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.
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
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.9 s
9.9 sYour largest element takes 9.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 13.9 s
13.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.2 s
1.2 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 7.4 s
7.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 21% slower for real visitors
+21%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 120 ms to 145 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 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.1 s to 1.0 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: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors wait 1.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 129 ms
129 msReal visitors wait 129 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: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 339 ms
339 msReal visitors wait 339 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.07
0.07The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.07, good is under 0.1).
First Contentful Paint: 1.3 s
1.3 sThe first text or image appears after 1.3 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.5 MB in 216 requests
3.5 MBYour homepage downloads 3.5 MB in 216 requests on a phone: other files 1.4 MB (82), scripts 1.4 MB (93) and images 441 KiB (25). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (22 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.99 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.99 g of CO₂e: 118.8 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
Invalid ARIA attributes
1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
10 text elements with low contrast
10 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
5 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 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.
15 links without text
15 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 95 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
251 internal links, 2 external
The homepage links to 251 pages on openbox.ca and 2 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 108 characters
Your meta description is 108 characters: “Supplying discounted open box electronics from locations in British Columbia, Alberta and throughout Canada.”.
Title: 64 characters
Your title is a healthy 64 characters: “Open Box Computers & Electronics: Laptops, Desktops, Tablets ...”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://openbox.ca/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList.
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://openbox.ca/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 (1,408 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /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 88 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
14 small tap targets
14 of 60 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
Short HSTS lifetime
HSTS is set, but max-age is 91 days; one year is the recommended minimum.
1 link through redirect chains
1 link go through two or more redirects, for example https://openbox.ca/account/login.
No Referrer-Policy
No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
Deprecated X-XSS-Protection
X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (openbox.ca).
Valid certificate (48 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for openbox.ca and is valid for another 48 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
http:// redirects to https
http://openbox.ca redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 41 links work
All 41 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 1 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
No CAA record
openbox.ca has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.
DNSSEC is off
openbox.ca's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
2 checks passed
Domain is 21 years old
21 yearsopenbox.ca was registered in Jan 2005 through Go Daddy Domains Canada, Inc. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Registered until Jan 2032
openbox.ca is registered until Jan 2032.
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.
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.
About 1,064 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,064 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Subscribe” and “Shop Now”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Subscribe”, “Shop Products” and “Shop our products”.
7 short forms
7 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be openbox.ca is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 70/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:shops.shopify.com ~all”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
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.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening the homepage sets 12 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.
Apps on your store
Your storefront loads 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
None of the apps your storefront loads is on the list of apps with a known security problem.
Apps your storefront loads
Ta Banner Pop Up · Ta Labels Badges · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Auction Today
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
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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