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shopbeergear.ca website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202636 issues · 79 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on shopbeergear.ca, 10 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. 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- #35,495 of 104,523 reviewed websitesbeats 60%
- #23,423 of 58,521 online storesbeats 53%
- #22,585 of 53,293 Shopify storesbeats 51%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 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 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.1 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 122 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 126 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 163 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 169 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 172 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 181 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 186 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 182 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
1.3 s
2.0 s
2.6 s
3.3 s
3.9 s
4.6 s
5.2 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.6 s · 547 KiB10 images could be 547 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.6 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 61
61/100Your mobile performance score is 61. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Klaviyo and others), adding 1.2 MB and 874 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
850 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 850 ms.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
150 ms · 341 KiB18 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (341 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
438 KiBAbout 438 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 68 KiBAbout 68 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 290 ms
290 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 290 ms of main-thread work and 337 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.
Main-thread work: 3.0 s
A phone's processor spends 3.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 195 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 13 KiB13 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Legacy JavaScript
70 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 70 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
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.
Minify JavaScript
2 KiB2 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
1 checks passed
Server response: 13 ms
13 msYour server sent the HTML in 13 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.2 s
7.2 sYour largest element takes 7.2 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 16.7 s
16.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.4 s
7.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Tap response (INP) got 50% slower for real visitors
+50%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 122 ms to 182 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 341 ms
341 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 341 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
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: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors wait 1.3 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
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.
Largest content (LCP) got 12% faster for real visitors
-12%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).
First Contentful Paint: 1.1 s
1.1 sThe first text or image appears after 1.1 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.016
0.016The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.016, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
7 images far larger than shown
490 KiB7 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example Bud_Hockey_Equity-Le_Buuuud_Shot15_02627_RGB_1_copy.png at 1,920 px wide, shown at 390 px. Resized copies would save about 490 KiB.
Page weight: 3.6 MB in 209 requests
3.6 MBYour homepage downloads 3.6 MB in 209 requests on a phone: scripts 1.5 MB (85), images 1.3 MB (37) and other files 677 KiB (75). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
HeroCarousel2BudLight.jpg 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 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
1.01 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.01 g of CO₂e: 121.4 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
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.
1 image without alt text
1 image has no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (4 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 4 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
6 links without text
6 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
5 form fields without a label
5 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
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.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (5 elements).
1 checks passed
43 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 43 passed and 4 failed. 2 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.
Title is short (14 characters)
Your title is only 14 characters: “Shop Beer Gear”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
Meta description is long (320 characters)
Your meta description is 320 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
93 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 93 pages on shopbeergear.ca and 5 external pages.
3 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.shopbeergear.ca/.
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.shopbeergear.ca/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 (600 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.shopbeergear.ca/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://www.shopbeergear.ca/collections/busch, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
3 pages without a meta description
https://www.shopbeergear.ca/collections/mens-outerwear, https://www.shopbeergear.ca/collections/hats-1 and https://www.shopbeergear.ca/collections/accessories have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page slow to respond
https://www.shopbeergear.ca/collections/t-shirts took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 47 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 checks passed
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 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://abdonate.secure.force.com/b2c/resource/1543860811000/B2C_Agent_Offline.
6 small tap targets
6 of 29 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 1 trust badge. 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 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 355 words of copy
The homepage carries about 355 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 Red Lights” and “Shop now”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Shop By Brand”, “Shop By Brand ›” and “Order History”.
8 short forms
8 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Hotjar.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and Klaviyo and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
22 cookies set on arrival
22Opening the homepage sets 22 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
33 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 33 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: OneTrust
A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.
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 shopbeergear.ca, 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 2 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
printful.com · kxcdn.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 | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 36 issues on shopbeergear.ca, including 15 speed issues, 5 SEO issues and 2 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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- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
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- Earned media and PR openings
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