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sunbum.com.au website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202628 issues · 79 checks
This review found 28 issues worth fixing on sunbum.com.au, 6 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 4.4 MB in 211 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
82B- #26,665 of 94,355 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #16,918 of 50,625 online storesbeats 60%
- #16,311 of 45,758 Shopify storesbeats 57%
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 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.2 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.3 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 | 1.4 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.5 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 92 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 102 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 100 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 98 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 115 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
300 ms · 764 KiB12 images could be 764 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70. 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 Accessibe Accessibility Overlay and others), adding 1.1 MB and 854 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
550 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 550 ms.
Google Tag Manager adds 416 ms
416 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 416 ms of main-thread work and 494 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 JavaScript
424 KiBAbout 424 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
266 KiB5 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (266 KiB).
Main-thread work: 2.5 s
A phone's processor spends 2.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
1,624 HTML elements
The page has 1,624 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
10 long tasks on the main thread
10 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 169 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
13 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 13 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: 7 ms
7 msYour server sent the HTML in 7 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 14.8 s
14.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.7 s
4.7 sYour largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Total Blocking Time: 518 ms
518 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 518 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 18% slower for real visitors
+18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 92 ms to 115 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.5 s to 1.5 s 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: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 120 ms
120 msReal visitors wait 120 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: 733 ms
733 msReal visitors wait 733 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 2.4 s
2.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.4 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
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: 0.001
0.001The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.001, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.4 MB in 211 requests
4.4 MBYour homepage downloads 4.4 MB in 211 requests on a phone: images 2.3 MB (24), scripts 1.3 MB (68) and other files 680 KiB (96). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 1.3 g of CO₂ per visit
1.26 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.26 g of CO₂e: 150.7 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
4 text elements with low contrast
4 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
5 images without alt text
5 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
8 links without text
8 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h3 → h5 and h1 → h5), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Smells Like Summer” and “Regulated Shipping”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
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.
Open Graph partly set
Open Graph is missing og:title and og:description, so shared links fall back to guesses.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
71 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 71 pages on sunbum.com.au and 11 external pages.
5 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: 55 characters
Your title is a healthy 55 characters: “Official Sun Bum® Australia Website – Sun Bum Australia”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sunbum.com.au/.
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.au/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 (432 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sunbum.com.au/llms.txt (5 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 43 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
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=27023774&Ver=2&mid=beb7a84b-4072-4fd3-b351-0a6a8a458881&bo=4&sid=f1b1f190db1911f1a6b8c7a37c8ebd4f&vid=f1b22a10db1911f18975478233ccef6a&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&lg.
8 small tap targets
8 of 24 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 (“`<source src>` with a `<picture>` parent is invalid and therefore ignored. Please use `<source srcs…”).
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ()”.
4 distorted images
4 images are displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so they look stretched or squashed.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 3 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 448 words of copy
The homepage carries about 448 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 Sunscreen”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop”, “Shop All Sun Care” and “Shop All Hair Care”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Privacy and tracking
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Microsoft Ads and 1 more (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.
20 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 20 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.au, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Apps on your store
No apps were seen in the code your storefront loads.
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 Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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