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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 11 October 202625 issues · 77 checks

This review found 25 issues worth fixing on printful.com, 8 of them high impact, across 77 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
4.5 s3.3 sApr 18Oct 33.5 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
Apr 18, 20264.4 s
Apr 25, 20264.3 s
May 2, 20264.3 s
May 9, 20264.3 s
May 16, 20264.2 s
May 23, 20264.2 s
May 30, 20264.1 s
Jun 6, 20264.0 s
Jun 13, 20264.0 s
Jun 20, 20264.0 s
Jun 27, 20263.9 s
Jul 4, 20263.8 s
Jul 11, 20263.6 s
Jul 18, 20263.5 s
Jul 25, 20263.5 s
Aug 1, 20263.4 s
Aug 8, 20263.4 s
Aug 15, 20263.4 s
Aug 22, 20263.4 s
Aug 29, 20263.4 s
Sep 5, 20263.4 s
Sep 12, 20263.5 s
Sep 19, 20263.5 s
Sep 26, 20263.5 s
Oct 3, 20263.5 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
257 ms207 msApr 18Oct 3213 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
Apr 18, 2026251 ms
Apr 25, 2026250 ms
May 2, 2026250 ms
May 9, 2026246 ms
May 16, 2026243 ms
May 23, 2026238 ms
May 30, 2026235 ms
Jun 6, 2026235 ms
Jun 13, 2026236 ms
Jun 20, 2026237 ms
Jun 27, 2026238 ms
Jul 4, 2026237 ms
Jul 11, 2026234 ms
Jul 18, 2026230 ms
Jul 25, 2026228 ms
Aug 1, 2026227 ms
Aug 8, 2026226 ms
Aug 15, 2026224 ms
Aug 22, 2026221 ms
Aug 29, 2026222 ms
Sep 5, 2026220 ms
Sep 12, 2026219 ms
Sep 19, 2026218 ms
Sep 26, 2026216 ms
Oct 3, 2026213 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

Full-page screenshot of printful.com (desktop) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. printful.com at 0.4 s0.4 s
  2. printful.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  3. printful.com at 1.1 s1.1 s
  4. printful.com at 1.5 s1.5 s
  5. printful.com at 1.9 s1.9 s
  6. printful.com at 2.3 s2.3 s
  7. printful.com at 2.6 s2.6 s
  8. printful.com at 3.0 s3.0 s

Speed

4 to fix56
  • Render-blocking requests

    4.7 s

    15 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 4.7 s.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    1.2 s · 243 KiB

    About 243 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 56

    56/100

    Your mobile performance score is 56 (desktop: 46). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    770 ms · 173 KiB

    About 173 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 770 ms faster on a phone.

  • Improve image delivery

    100 ms · 55 KiB

    5 images could be 55 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.

  • 5 long tasks on the main thread

    5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 153 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • 4 third-party services on the page

    4 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Riskified and sift.com and others), adding 328 KiB and 94 ms of main-thread time.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    100 ms · 14 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 14 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    50 ms · 40 KiB

    9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (40 KiB).

  • Font display

    50 ms

    Web fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 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.

2 checks passed
  • Main-thread work: 1.8 s

    A phone's processor spends 1.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 893 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.

  • Server response: 65 ms

    65 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 65 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

7 to fix100
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 15.4 s

    15.4 s

    Your largest element takes 15.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance t…”.

  • First Contentful Paint: 6.2 s

    6.2 s

    The first text or image appears after 6.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Time to Interactive: 15.5 s

    15.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 15.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 7.4 s

    7.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 7.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.0 s

    1.0 s

    Real visitors wait 1.0 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • 2 images without width and height

    2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Real visitors wait 2.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user INP: 189 ms

    189 ms

    Real visitors wait 189 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.10

    0.10

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.10 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.7 s

    1.7 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 14% faster for real visitors

    -14%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 251 ms to 213 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest content (LCP) got 20% faster for real visitors

    -20%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-03, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 4.4 s to 3.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Total Blocking Time: 171 ms

    171 ms

    Scripts block the page for only 171 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.002

    0.002

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.002, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix81
  • Page weight: 2.5 MB in 158 requests

    2.5 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.5 MB in 158 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (64), fonts 543 KiB (4) and images 473 KiB (51). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded

    849d01fbc58cedd9aad8c48f326f8354 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 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.69 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.69 g of CO₂e: 83.3 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

1 to fixGoogle 9598
  • 1 button without a name

    1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.

  • 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 34 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 41 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 42 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 1 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

Google 100100
  • 37 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 37 pages on printful.com and 9 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 135 characters

    Your meta description is 135 characters: “Design and sell custom products online with print-on-demand dropshipping. Sign up for free and start an online store wi…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Unleash your inner brand”.

  • Title: 47 characters

    Your title is a healthy 47 characters: “Printful: Custom Print On Demand & Dropshipping”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.printful.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: Organization.

  • 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.printful.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

100
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: 5 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (231 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (195 KiB, 1,155 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix88
  • 1 linked page hidden from search

    /fiverr is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.

  • 3 pages without an H1

    /custom-products, /policies/returns and /policies 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 32 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.

  • 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 a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

2 to fixGoogle 10087
  • 4 small tap targets

    4 of 17 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 6 JavaScript errors while loading

    6 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://static.cdn.printful.com/dist-pf/app/css/cookie-first.8eed94a0457352560760.css' fro…”.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Content and conversion

6 to fix67
  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 2 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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.

  • Only about 193 words

    The homepage has only about 193 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • No form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

3 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Sign up” and “Start selling”.

  • 3 calls to action

    The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Get started”, “How to Start a Clothing Brand in 2025” and “How to Start a POD Business in 9 Steps”.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Privacy and tracking

1 to fix
  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (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

    12

    Opening 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.

  • 7 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 7 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

Security, domain, email and software versions

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Upkeep, stack and company

Stack

Framework
jQuery

Company

Employees
2,000
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Riga

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