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patriotickicks.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 November 202625 issues · 85 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on patriotickicks.com, 6 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 4.6 s. 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
88B- #5,208 of 108,197 reviewed websitesbeats 93%
- #2,895 of 61,351 online storesbeats 93%
- #2,811 of 55,951 Shopify storesbeats 92%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 2.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 137 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
Main-thread work: 4.6 s
A phone's processor spends 4.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3,732 HTML elements
The page has 3,732 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Shopify and loox.io and others), adding 1.7 MB and 1.1 s of main-thread time.
Mobile performance score: 75
75/100Your mobile performance score is 75. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
577 KiBAbout 577 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Google Tag Manager adds 459 ms
459 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 459 ms of main-thread work and 770 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.
Shopify adds 301 ms
301 msShopify costs a phone 301 ms of main-thread work and 644 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
250 ms11 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 250 ms.
Improve image delivery
196 KiB12 images could be 196 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
12 long tasks on the main thread
12 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 195 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Use efficient cache lifetimes
39 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (39 KiB).
Minify JavaScript
30 KiB30 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Reduce unused CSS
24 KiBAbout 24 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 16 ms
16 msYour server sent the HTML in 16 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 14.7 s
14.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.5 s
5.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.6 s
3.6 sYour largest element takes 3.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Custom Branded Shoes for Teams, Companies & Events”.
Total Blocking Time: 357 ms
357 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 357 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 2.1 s
2.1 sThe first text or image appears after 2.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 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
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 2.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 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: 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: 0.06
0.06For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.06 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 607 ms
607 msReal visitors wait 607 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.06
0.06The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.06, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.7 MB in 321 requests
3.7 MBYour homepage downloads 3.7 MB in 321 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (121), images 1.1 MB (62) and other files 744 KiB (99). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
11 images in older formats
11 images (640 KiB) are 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.
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
1.04 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.04 g of CO₂e: 124.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
72 text elements with low contrast
72 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (11 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 11 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.
37 form fields without a label
37 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 159 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Meta description is long (163 characters)
Your meta description is 163 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
420 internal links, 7 external
The homepage links to 420 pages on patriotickicks.com and 7 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Custom Branded Shoes for Teams, Companies & Events”.
Title: 63 characters
Your title is a healthy 63 characters: “Custom Branded Shoes & Corporate Logo Sneakers | PatrioticKicks”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://patriotickicks.com/.
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://patriotickicks.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, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (8,269 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://patriotickicks.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://patriotickicks.com/collections/world-cup-2026 and https://patriotickicks.com/collections/all have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
https://patriotickicks.com/collections/world-cup-2026 and https://patriotickicks.com/collections/aj4-c05100-15 have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
3 pages slow to respond
https://patriotickicks.com/collections/all, https://patriotickicks.com/collections/wh-shoes and https://patriotickicks.com/collections/slides-shoes took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 142 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://patriotickicks.com/.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
25 of 27 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
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.
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.
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
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 675 words of copy
The homepage carries about 675 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
2 calls to action
The homepage has 2 calls to action, for example “Register” and “Contact Us”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1,128 testimonial or review blocks, 80 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Ads and Microsoft Clarity and 1 more (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.
16 cookies set on arrival
16Opening the homepage sets 16 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.
29 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 29 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 patriotickicks.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 6 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Teeinblue Product Personalizer · Hulk Form Builder · Ymq Product Options · Inbox · Estimated Delivery Days · loox.io
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 | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Huntington Beach
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 25 issues on patriotickicks.com, including 12 speed issues, 1 SEO issue 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
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- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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