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samvilla.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 7 November 202631 issues · 88 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on samvilla.com, 8 of them high impact, across 88 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 27.8 MB in 288 requests. 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
84B- #17,601 of 96,495 reviewed websitesbeats 77%
- #11,001 of 52,295 online storesbeats 73%
- #10,662 of 47,375 Shopify storesbeats 71%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 147 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 146 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 152 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 146 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
0.7 s
1.4 s
2.1 s
2.8 s
3.5 s
4.2 s
4.9 s
5.6 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.6 s · 427 KiBAbout 427 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 4.3 s
A phone's processor spends 4.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.2 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, Klaviyo and Clarity and others), adding 25.9 MB and 979 ms of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 249 ms
249 msShopify costs a phone 249 ms of main-thread work and 24.9 MB 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.
Mobile performance score: 54
54/100Your mobile performance score is 54. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 258 KiB6 images could be 258 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.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 93 KiBAbout 93 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.
Klaviyo adds 210 ms
210 msKlaviyo costs a phone 210 ms of main-thread work and 429 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.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 75 KiB15 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (75 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 30 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 30 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 148 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Render-blocking requests
100 ms5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 100 ms.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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: 20 ms
20 msYour server sent the HTML in 20 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 13.5 s
13.5 sYour largest element takes 13.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 16.1 s
16.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.2 s
7.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 432 ms
432 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 432 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
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) held steady for real visitors
-1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 147 ms to 145 ms 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: 1.4 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: 133 ms
133 msReal visitors wait 133 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: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 495 ms
495 msReal visitors wait 495 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors
-15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.2 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 27.8 MB in 288 requests
27.8 MBYour homepage downloads 27.8 MB in 288 requests on a phone: media 24.4 MB (5), scripts 1.5 MB (113) and other files 858 KiB (123). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Vault-2-mb-v2.avif 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 7.9 g of CO₂ per visit
7.88 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 7.88 g of CO₂e: 945.9 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
5 buttons without a name
5 buttons have no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
13 tap targets too small
13 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (5 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one banner landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one banner landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
11 links without text
11 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 24 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
44 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: 44 passed and 8 failed. 3 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 (161 characters)
Your meta description is 161 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
1 link with vague text
1 link use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind it.
146 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 146 pages on samvilla.com and 11 external pages.
7 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Sam Villa”.
Title: 54 characters
Your title is a healthy 54 characters: “Sam Villa | Online Education & Professional Hair Tools”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.samvilla.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Brand, BreadcrumbList, OnlineStore, Organization and WebPage.
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.samvilla.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: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (796 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.samvilla.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages without an H1
https://www.samvilla.com/collections/bfcm, https://www.samvilla.com/collections/hair-stylers and https://www.samvilla.com/collections/shop-all 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 66 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.
Every page has a meta description
All 13 pages that loaded have a meta description.
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 13 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
12 small tap targets
12 of 36 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
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 opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
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 279 words of copy
The homepage carries about 279 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: “SHOP NOW”.
17 calls to action
The homepage has 17 calls to action, for example “SHOP NOW”, “Shop All” and “Register Your Shear”.
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: 26 testimonial or review blocks and 1 trust badge.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Microsoft Clarity (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.
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening the homepage sets 9 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 samvilla.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 9 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Helium Customer Fields · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Judge Me Reviews · Microsoft Clarity · Pagefly Ai Page Builder · Iwish · gorgias.chat · revenuehunt.com · 9gtb.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
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Employees
- 11
- Headquarters
- Las Vegas
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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