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rotopax.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202637 issues · 82 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on rotopax.com, 16 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: shopify adds 1.5 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
78C- #49,578 of 97,519 reviewed websitesbeats 44%
- #31,252 of 53,085 online storesbeats 36%
- #29,779 of 48,129 Shopify storesbeats 33%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.2 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 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 94 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 95 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 99 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 106 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
0.6 s
1.3 s
1.9 s
2.5 s
3.1 s
3.8 s
4.4 s
5.0 s
Speed
Shopify adds 1.5 s
1.5 sShopify costs a phone 1.5 s of main-thread work and 151 KiB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Main-thread work: 14.5 s
A phone's processor spends 14.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 9.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Render-blocking requests
1.4 s15 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.
Mobile performance score: 22
22/100Your mobile performance score is 22. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8,863 HTML elements
The page has 8,863 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
350 ms · 2.4 MB74 images could be 2.4 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 350 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and Clarity and others), adding 927 KiB and 2.4 s of main-thread time.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 1.0 s. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google Tag Manager adds 440 ms
440 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 440 ms of main-thread work and 363 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 JavaScript
364 KiBAbout 364 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
200 ms · 64 KiB12 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (64 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
50 ms · 45 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 45 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
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: 11 ms
11 msYour server sent the HTML in 11 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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: 31.6 s
31.6 sYour largest element takes 31.6 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 42.3 s
42.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 42.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 14.3 s
14.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 14.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 2.9 s
2.9 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 2.9 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user TTFB: 851 ms
851 msReal visitors wait 851 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.214
0.214The layout shifts by 0.214 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s
2.6 sThe first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 13% slower for real visitors
+13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 94 ms to 106 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 120 ms
120 msReal visitors wait 120 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.02
0.02For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.02 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 21% faster for real visitors
-21%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.3 s to 1.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 12.1 MB in 740 requests
12.1 MBYour homepage downloads 12.1 MB in 740 requests on a phone: images 10.1 MB (214), scripts 1.0 MB (77) and other files 811 KiB (430). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
2 images over 500 KB
2 images weigh 3.5 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
5 images in older formats
5 images (3.6 MB) 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.
6 images below the first screen load straight away
6 images further down the page (592 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
2 images far larger than shown
232 KiB2 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example DSC03777_1400x.jpg at 1,400 px wide, shown at 330 px. Resized copies would save about 232 KiB.
About 3.4 g of CO₂ per visit
3.43 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.43 g of CO₂e: 411.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
2 buttons without a name
2 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
Hidden but focusable
5 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
5 text elements with low contrast
5 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
6 images without alt text
6 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4, h2 → h5 and h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
46 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 52 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 46 passed and 6 failed. 3 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.
3 H1 headlines
There are 3 <h1> headlines (“FuelpaX”, “are Back” and “Direct From the Manufacturer”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (250 characters)
Your meta description is 250 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
327 internal links, 16 external
The homepage links to 327 pages on rotopax.com and 16 external pages.
4 checks passed
Title: 56 characters
Your title is a healthy 56 characters: “RotopaX | The Worlds Toughest Mountable Container System”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.rotopax.com/.
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.rotopax.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 (1,535 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.rotopax.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages without a meta description
https://www.rotopax.com/collections/spigots, https://www.rotopax.com/collections/limited-edition-1 and https://www.rotopax.com/collections/plates have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 132 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
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
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
195 of 200 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 2,345 words of copy
The homepage carries about 2,345 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “SHOP CONTAINERS →” and “SHOP NOW”.
30 calls to action
The homepage has 30 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “SHOP ALL” and “Bulk/dealer order form”.
4 short forms
4 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 89 testimonial or review blocks and 6 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Privacy and tracking
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Klaviyo and 3 mores (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.
23 cookies set on arrival
23Opening the homepage sets 23 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.
38 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 38 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 rotopax.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 8 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Yotpo Product Reviews · Powerful Form Builder · Boost Ai Search Filter · Webrex Ai Seo Optimer · Selleasy · Tata Image Text Overlay · govx.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
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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