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sunbum.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202643 issues · 85 checks
This review found 43 issues worth fixing on sunbum.com, 14 of them high impact, across 85 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking 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
73C- #69,848 of 94,094 reviewed websitesbeats 22%
- #41,346 of 50,426 online storesbeats 15%
- #38,487 of 45,562 Shopify storesbeats 13%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 120 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 127 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 162 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 170 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 179 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
Render-blocking requests
1.4 s5 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.4 s.
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: 7.6 s
A phone's processor spends 7.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3,723 HTML elements
The page has 3,723 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, rediem.io and Shopify and others), adding 3.1 MB and 1.9 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
650 ms · 1.4 MB17 images could be 1.4 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
350 ms · 1.1 MB32 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.1 MB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.2 MBAbout 1.2 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Google Tag Manager adds 720 ms
720 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 720 ms of main-thread work and 819 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
450 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 450 ms).
rediem.io adds 336 ms
336 msrediem.io costs a phone 336 ms of main-thread work and 608 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.
Shopify adds 219 ms
219 msShopify costs a phone 219 ms of main-thread work and 359 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.
rechargecdn.com adds 161 ms
161 msrechargecdn.com costs a phone 161 ms of main-thread work and 298 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.
Attentive adds 73 ms
73 msAttentive costs a phone 73 ms of main-thread work and 930 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 243 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 9 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 9 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Reduce unused CSS
50 ms · 10 KiBAbout 10 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 50 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
11 KiB11 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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 16 ms
16 msYour server sent the HTML in 16 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.
Time to Interactive: 31.1 s
31.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 31.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.0 s
9.0 sYour largest element takes 9.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Speed Index: 10.9 s
10.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 880 ms
880 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 880 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user LCP: 3.4 s
3.4 sReal visitors wait 3.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 246 ms
246 msReal visitors wait 246 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 45% slower for real visitors
+45%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 120 ms to 179 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 2.8 s
2.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors wait 1.2 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
+3%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.4 s to 2.5 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
3 checks passed
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 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: 7.7 MB in 409 requests
7.7 MBYour homepage downloads 7.7 MB in 409 requests on a phone: images 3.3 MB (32), scripts 2.7 MB (161) and other files 1,020 KiB (155). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 2.2 g of CO₂ per visit
2.19 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.19 g of CO₂e: 262.8 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
ARIA attributes must conform to valid values (1 element)
ARIA attributes must conform to valid values: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
6 text elements with low contrast
6 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
4 images without alt text
4 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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.
18 links without text
18 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
1 checks passed
50 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 50 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
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.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
132 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 132 pages on sunbum.com and 12 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 133 characters
Your meta description is 133 characters: “We’re just a group of friends that make trusted products for our small beach community, and we hope you like ‘em too. T…”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Official Sun Bum® Website - Shop Sun Bum® Products Online”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sunbum.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: BreadcrumbList and Organization.
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.sunbum.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: 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 (1,141 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sunbum.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://www.sunbum.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://www.sunbum.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
1 page without a meta description
https://www.sunbum.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://www.sunbum.com/customer_authentication/redirect has 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 72 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 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.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Best practices
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 2 deprecated browser APIs that will stop working in future browsers (“`<source src>` with a `<picture>` parent is invalid and therefore ignored. Please use `<source srcs…”).
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
3 distorted images
3 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
38 of 46 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 2 trust badges. 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 803 words of copy
The homepage carries about 803 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: “Login or register” and “Shop Now”.
19 calls to action
The homepage has 19 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Shop All Sun Care” and “Shop All Hair Care”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Privacy and tracking
7 trackers load before any consent
7Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads and 2 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.
28 cookies set on arrival
28Opening the homepage sets 28 cookies, 2 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.
49 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 49 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 sunbum.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 20 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Consentmo Gdpr · Geo Pro Geolocation · Sc Easy Redirects · Triplewhale · Yotpo Product Reviews · Attentive · Microsoft Clarity · Easylocation · Simple Bundle · Gdpr Backpack · Freegifts · Checkout Rules · Psd Viewer Real3d Flipbook · cloudfront.net · verifypass.com · rechargecdn.com · dyn-rev.app · bogos.io · postscript.io · 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
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Employees
- 310
- Headquarters
- Encinitas
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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