Website review, no card needed
rollerderby.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202632 issues · 79 checks
This review found 32 issues worth fixing on rollerderby.com, 5 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: 15 text elements with low contrast. 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- #25,189 of 90,129 reviewed websitesbeats 67%
- #15,725 of 47,278 online storesbeats 60%
- #15,131 of 42,501 Shopify storesbeats 57%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
Show as table
| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 108 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 105 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 121 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
0.9 s
1.9 s
2.8 s
3.7 s
4.7 s
5.6 s
6.6 s
7.5 s
Speed
Mobile performance score: 63
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Accessibe Accessibility Overlay and Klaviyo and others), adding 1.3 MB and 570 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 330 KiBAbout 330 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 269 KiB13 images could be 269 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Shopify adds 238 ms
238 msShopify costs a phone 238 ms of main-thread work and 690 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.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 306 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
2,406 HTML elements
The page has 2,406 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Klaviyo adds 121 ms
121 msKlaviyo costs a phone 121 ms of main-thread work and 309 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
150 ms · 21 KiBAbout 21 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
33 KiB11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (33 KiB).
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: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 8.7 s
8.7 sYour largest element takes 8.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 17.0 s
17.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 17.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 10.9 s
10.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
14 images without width and height
14 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
First Contentful Paint: 1.8 s
1.8 sThe first text or image appears after 1.8 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 108 ms to 121 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 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.4 s to 1.3 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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 150 ms
150 msReal visitors wait 150 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.
Total Blocking Time: 151 ms
151 msScripts block the page for only 151 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: 3.3 MB in 315 requests
3.3 MBYour homepage downloads 3.3 MB in 315 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (155), images 1.0 MB (31) and other files 717 KiB (85). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Yellow_and_Green_Modern_Welcome_Spring_Banner_1.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).
17 images below the first screen load straight away
17 images further down the page (423 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.9 g of CO₂ per visit
0.94 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.94 g of CO₂e: 112.5 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
15 text elements with low contrast
15 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 (2 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (4 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 66 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
54 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No meta description
No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.
Title is short (12 characters)
Your title is only 12 characters: “Roller Derby”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No favicon declared
No favicon is declared in the HTML, so browser tabs and Google's mobile results may show a generic icon.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
117 internal links, 2 external
The homepage links to 117 pages on rollerderby.com and 2 external pages.
5 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://rollerderby.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://rollerderby.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 (3,060 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
14 pages without a meta description
/collections/2025-new-arrivals, /collections/shop-all, /collections/adult-quad-skates, /collections/adult-inline-skates, /collections/youth-quad-skates and /collections/youth-inline-skates and 8 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages without an H1
/pages/tour-hockey-home-page and /pages/lp-home-page 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 54 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 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught TypeError: HUB.embedScript is not a function”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
23 of 24 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 143 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.
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 2,730 words of copy
The homepage carries about 2,730 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Shop All”, “Shop Now” and “Contact Us”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Klaviyo (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.
4 cookies set on arrival
4Opening the homepage sets 4 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.
18 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 18 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 rollerderby.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 10 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Variant Image Wizard Swatch · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Inbox · Layouthub Pagebuilder · Uppromote Affiliate · Instafeed · Judge Me Reviews · Affliate By Secomapp · pwztag.com · nofraud.com
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
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Founded
- 1936
- Headquarters
- Litchfield
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 32 issues on rollerderby.com, including 15 speed issues, 4 SEO issues and 3 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.