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sharmusic.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202645 issues · 100 checks
This review found 45 issues worth fixing on sharmusic.com, 16 of them high impact, across 100 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. 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
81B- #33,752 of 99,427 reviewed websitesbeats 60%
- #21,858 of 54,493 online storesbeats 53%
- #21,051 of 49,454 Shopify storesbeats 51%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.8 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 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 144 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 144 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 161 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 175 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 188 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 222 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 234 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 233 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 234 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 228 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 221 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 214 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 205 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 207 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 209 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 211 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 204 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
1.3 s
2.5 s
3.8 s
5.1 s
6.3 s
7.6 s
8.9 s
10.2 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
2.4 s · 975 KiBAbout 975 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.4 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.3 s · 725 KiB21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (725 KiB).
Mobile performance score: 45
45/100Your mobile performance score is 45. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 8.2 s
A phone's processor spends 8.2 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
5,561 HTML elements
The page has 5,561 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, Shopify and Clarity and others), adding 2.2 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
450 ms7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 292 KiB8 images could be 292 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.
Shopify adds 322 ms
322 msShopify costs a phone 322 ms of main-thread work and 939 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 329 ms
329 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 329 ms of main-thread work and 354 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
300 ms · 55 KiBAbout 55 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.
Font display
350 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 350 ms).
16 long tasks on the main thread
16 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 314 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
nice-incontact.com adds 164 ms
164 msnice-incontact.com costs a phone 164 ms of main-thread work and 324 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 155 ms
155 msKlaviyo costs a phone 155 ms of main-thread work and 316 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.
Legacy JavaScript
25 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Duplicated JavaScript
15 KiB15 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Minify JavaScript
13 KiB13 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: 25 ms
25 msYour server sent the HTML in 25 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 16.9 s
16.9 sYour largest element takes 16.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “mobile slider banner”.
Time to Interactive: 26.1 s
26.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 26.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 9.9 s
9.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 9.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 896 ms
896 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 896 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 44% slower for real visitors
+44%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 144 ms to 204 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.8 s 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: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors wait 1.9 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 192 ms
192 msReal visitors wait 192 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: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 559 ms
559 msReal visitors wait 559 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sThe first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.6 MB in 425 requests
5.6 MBYour homepage downloads 5.6 MB in 425 requests on a phone: scripts 2.4 MB (159), images 1.5 MB (40) and other files 1.2 MB (194). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
6 images in older formats
6 images (399 KiB) 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.
About 1.6 g of CO₂ per visit
1.60 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.60 g of CO₂e: 192.1 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
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
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children (2 elements)
Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated critical by axe-core.
Interactive controls must not be nested (40 elements)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 40 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text (20 elements)
[role="img"] and [role="image"] elements must have alternative text: 20 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
7 tap targets too small
7 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (3 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 3 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)
Contentinfo landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark (1 element)
Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Page should contain a level-one heading (1 element)
Page should contain a level-one heading: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (11 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 11 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Headings should not be empty (1 element)
Headings should not be empty: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500% (1 element)
Users should be able to zoom and scale the text up to 500%: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
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 129 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
47 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 61 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 14 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
559 internal links, 1 external
The homepage links to 559 pages on sharmusic.com and 1 external page.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 157 characters
Your meta description is 157 characters: “Shop Shar Music for premium violins, violas, cellos, bows, strings & accessories. Trusted by musicians since 1962. Free…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Shar Music”.
Title: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “The Premier String Instruments Shop Online | Shar Music”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sharmusic.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList, MusicStore and WebSite.
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.sharmusic.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 (2,575 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sharmusic.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 197 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 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 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
11 small tap targets
11 of 51 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 third-party cookies
2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Unexpected token ':'”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
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
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
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.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 121 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 map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 1,238 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,238 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
71 calls to action
The homepage has 71 calls to action, for example “Shop By Deal”, “Shop By Category” and “Start shopping”.
34 short forms
34 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
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
8 trackers load before any consent
8Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Meta Pixel 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.
34 cookies set on arrival
34Opening the homepage sets 34 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.
42 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 42 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 sharmusic.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 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Judge Me Reviews · Smart Seo · Ecomposer Builder · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Microsoft Clarity · Tek Labs Gifts Upsell · Bestpush · Swym Wishlist Plus · b-cdn.net · digital-downloads.com · sharmusic.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
Company
- Employees
- 48
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 45 issues on sharmusic.com, including 20 speed issues, 1 SEO issue and 4 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.
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- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
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- Earned media and PR openings
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