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soulku.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202630 issues · 83 checks
This review found 30 issues worth fixing on soulku.com, 10 of them high impact, across 83 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
85B- #13,055 of 94,991 reviewed websitesbeats 82%
- #7,927 of 51,117 online storesbeats 79%
- #7,696 of 46,236 Shopify storesbeats 78%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.4 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 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.2 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 93 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 92 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 106 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
Speed
Improve image delivery
1.4 s · 1.2 MB12 images could be 1.2 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 72
72/100Your mobile performance score is 72. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
950 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 950 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Klaviyo and Shopify and others), adding 729 KiB and 563 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 104 KiBAbout 104 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.
Main-thread work: 3.8 s
A phone's processor spends 3.8 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused JavaScript
314 KiBAbout 314 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 268 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
1,998 HTML elements
The page has 1,998 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
76 KiB11 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (76 KiB).
Legacy JavaScript
19 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 19 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.
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: 10 ms
10 msYour server sent the HTML in 10 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 12.7 s
12.7 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 12.7 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 5.0 s
5.0 sYour largest element takes 5.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “Banner Image”.
Speed Index: 4.4 s
4.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 334 ms
334 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 334 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 15% slower for real visitors
+15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 93 ms to 106 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
9 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 INP: 137 ms
137 msReal visitors wait 137 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (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: 567 ms
567 msReal visitors wait 567 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 14% faster for real visitors
-14%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, 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).
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
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 5.3 MB in 198 requests
5.3 MBYour homepage downloads 5.3 MB in 198 requests on a phone: media 1.7 MB (1), images 1.6 MB (19) and scripts 910 KiB (75). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.5 g of CO₂ per visit
1.49 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.49 g of CO₂e: 178.9 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
18 text elements with low contrast
18 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
3 tap targets too small
3 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
ARIA commands must have an accessible name (1 element)
ARIA commands must have an accessible name: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
4 images without alt text
4 images have 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.
58 form fields without a label
58 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (12 elements).
1 checks passed
44 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 44 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
6 H1 headlines
There are 6 <h1> headlines (“Stones That Restore”, “Strength in Every Stone” and “Grounded Energy Awaits”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (308 characters)
Your meta description is 308 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
190 internal links, 6 external
The homepage links to 190 pages on soulku.com and 6 external pages.
6 checks passed
Title: 37 characters
Your title is a healthy 37 characters: “SoulKu | Handcrafted in Asheville, NC”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://soulku.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
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://soulku.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://soulku.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
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.
Organization data: 4 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and sameAs (social profiles); description and contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (971 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
3 pages without a meta description
https://soulku.com/pages/necklace-collections, https://soulku.com/collections/necklace-extenders and https://soulku.com/collections/earrings-1 have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://soulku.com/pages/necklace-collections has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
7 pages slow to respond
https://soulku.com/collections/best-sellers, https://soulku.com/collections/taylor-swift-collection, https://soulku.com/collections/limited-edition, https://soulku.com/pages/necklace-collections, https://soulku.com/collections/little-wishes and https://soulku.com/collections/necklace-extenders and 1 other took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 85 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 checks passed
Linked pages load
11 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 11 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
1 low-resolution image
1 image is served at too low a resolution for sharp phone screens.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
34 of 39 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
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.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 614 words of copy
The homepage carries about 614 words of visible text.
3 checks passed
29 calls to action
The homepage has 29 calls to action, for example “SHOP”, “Shop By Collection” and “Shop All”.
18 short forms
18 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google 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, 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.
15 cookies set on arrival
15Opening the homepage sets 15 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.
28 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 28 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 soulku.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 6 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Tapcart Mobile App · Judge Me Reviews · Instafeed · Selleasy · snapchat.com · afterpay.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 Analytics
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Asheville
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 30 issues on soulku.com, including 13 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 3 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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