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sandandsky.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202640 issues · 85 checks
This review found 40 issues worth fixing on sandandsky.com, 12 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 50.4 MB in 555 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
72C- #84,843 of 108,838 reviewed websitesbeats 19%
- #52,556 of 61,763 online storesbeats 12%
- #49,081 of 56,363 Shopify storesbeats 11%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideShow as table
| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.2 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 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 145 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 149 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 164 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 194 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 196 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 162 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
0.8 s
1.7 s
2.5 s
3.3 s
4.2 s
5.0 s
5.8 s
6.7 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.6 s · 1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.6 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 33
33/100Your mobile performance score is 33. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 9.8 s
A phone's processor spends 9.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
4,011 HTML elements
The page has 4,011 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, TikTok and Attentive and others), adding 2.2 MB and 2.3 s of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
400 ms · 833 KiB31 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (833 KiB).
Google Tag Manager adds 490 ms
490 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 490 ms of main-thread work and 479 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.
TikTok adds 468 ms
468 msTikTok costs a phone 468 ms of main-thread work and 297 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.
Improve image delivery
200 ms · 296 KiB6 images could be 296 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 200 ms faster on a phone.
Legacy JavaScript
400 ms · 91 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 91 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 400 ms faster on a phone.
Attentive adds 333 ms
333 msAttentive costs a phone 333 ms of main-thread work and 495 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 340 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Facebook adds 252 ms
252 msFacebook costs a phone 252 ms of main-thread work and 227 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.
Klaviyo adds 190 ms
190 msKlaviyo costs a phone 190 ms of main-thread work and 405 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.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Reduce unused CSS
33 KiBAbout 33 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Minify JavaScript
7 KiB7 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: 14 ms
14 msYour server sent the HTML in 14 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: 16.8 s
16.8 sYour largest element takes 16.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “SS Web Bundles Desktop 2d94cf0d-8aa9-4729-b83b-a0321ee4bd4e”.
Time to Interactive: 28.8 s
28.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 28.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 13.2 s
13.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 13.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.2 s
1.2 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sThe first text or image appears after 3.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.16
0.16For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.16 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
10 images without width and height
10 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) got 12% slower for real visitors
+12%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 145 ms to 162 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 171 ms
171 msReal visitors wait 171 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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: 770 ms
770 msReal visitors wait 770 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.018
0.018The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.018, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 50.4 MB in 555 requests
50.4 MBYour homepage downloads 50.4 MB in 555 requests on a phone: media 44.8 MB (4), scripts 2.7 MB (132) and other files 1.7 MB (359). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 14.3 g of CO₂ per visit
14.27 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 14.27 g of CO₂e: 1712.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
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
Zoom is disabled
The viewport tag blocks pinch-zoom, which low-vision visitors rely on.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 58 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
16 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 17 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 16 passed and 1 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No H1 headline
There is no <h1>, so neither visitors nor Google get a clear main headline.
Structured data has 1 problem
Structured data found (Organization) but with 1 problem, for example “Organization: url points at a different host (https://us.sandandsky.com)”.
3 links crawlers can't follow
3 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
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.
316 internal links, 24 external
The homepage links to 316 pages on sandandsky.com and 24 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “Explore all Sand & Sky Australian skin products made with natural Aussie botanicals to give your skin an instant boost …”.
Title: 52 characters
Your title is a healthy 52 characters: “Australian Skincare & Beauty Products | Sand and Sky”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sandandsky.com/.
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://us.sandandsky.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
Organization data is thin (3 of 6 facts)
Your Organization JSON-LD is missing logo, sameAs (social profiles) and description. These are the facts AI assistants use to describe a business and to tell it apart from others with a similar name.
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 (1,869 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sandandsky.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 95 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
1 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Best practices
28 small tap targets
28 of 93 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Fenced Frame API is deprecated and scheduled for removal.”).
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
5 JavaScript errors while loading
5 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'loadFeatures')”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 62 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
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 536 words of copy
The homepage carries about 536 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now” and “Shop All”.
18 calls to action
The homepage has 18 calls to action, for example “Track My Order”, “Shop Now” and “Shop All”.
66 short forms
66 short forms (6 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
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.
48 cookies set on arrival
48Opening the homepage sets 48 cookies, 1 of them by other companies (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.
52 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 52 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 sandandsky.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
Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Yotpo Loyalty Rewards · Attentive · Impact Com · Judge Me Reviews · Onepixel · schemaapp.com · rechargecdn.com · attn.tv
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
- The footer still says © 2024.
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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