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sweatband.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202635 issues · 92 checks
This review found 35 issues worth fixing on sweatband.com, 15 of them high impact, across 92 checks. The most urgent: main-thread work: 30.7 s. 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- #36,963 of 108,936 reviewed websitesbeats 60%
- #24,675 of 61,775 online storesbeats 54%
- #23,820 of 56,370 Shopify storesbeats 51%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 129 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 168 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 178 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 187 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 183 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 183 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
How it loaded on a phone
2.4 s
4.9 s
7.3 s
9.8 s
12.2 s
14.6 s
17.1 s
19.5 s
Speed
Main-thread work: 30.7 s
A phone's processor spends 30.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 6.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Render-blocking requests
1.9 s17 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.
Mobile performance score: 35
35/100Your mobile performance score is 35. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
7,755 HTML elements
The page has 7,755 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 (Shopify, Google Tag Manager and Facebook and others), adding 3.0 MB and 2.3 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
600 ms · 1.1 MB42 images could be 1.1 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 600 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
800 ms · 449 KiB33 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (449 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 982 KiBAbout 982 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Shopify adds 662 ms
662 msShopify costs a phone 662 ms of main-thread work and 1.4 MB 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 459 ms
459 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 459 ms of main-thread work and 521 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 377 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Facebook adds 262 ms
262 msFacebook costs a phone 262 ms of main-thread work and 283 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.
okendo.io adds 164 ms
164 msokendo.io costs a phone 164 ms of main-thread work and 300 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
150 ms · 71 KiBAbout 71 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify JavaScript
150 ms · 25 KiB25 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Duplicated JavaScript
66 KiB66 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
Legacy JavaScript
58 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 58 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
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: 20 ms
20 msYour server sent the HTML in 20 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.
Largest Contentful Paint: 9.7 s
9.7 sYour largest element takes 9.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 31.2 s
31.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 31.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.7 s
1.7 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.7 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 8.0 s
8.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.1 s
3.1 sThe first text or image appears after 3.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Tap response (INP) got 40% slower for real visitors
+40%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 129 ms to 179 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Real-user FCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.4 s
2.4 sReal visitors wait 2.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 168 ms
168 msReal visitors wait 168 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 TTFB: 542 ms
542 msReal visitors wait 542 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 34% faster for real visitors
-34%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.0 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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: 9.7 MB in 723 requests
9.7 MBYour homepage downloads 9.7 MB in 723 requests on a phone: images 4.7 MB (151), scripts 2.8 MB (186) and other files 1.6 MB (338). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
Arrange_four_product_machines_5a6fa879_2K.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).
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (42 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 2.7 g of CO₂ per visit
2.74 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.74 g of CO₂e: 328.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
14 text elements with low contrast
14 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Hidden but focusable
5 elements hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
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.
21 links without text
21 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
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.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4 and h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 209 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
54 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 59 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 passed and 5 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
558 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 558 pages on sweatband.com and 11 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 155 characters
Your meta description is 155 characters: “Shop fitness equipment, home gym essentials and gym accessories at Sweatband. From folding treadmills to barbells, find…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “10% OFF CARDIO”.
Title: 46 characters
Your title is a healthy 46 characters: “Premium Sports & Fitness Equipment | Sweatband”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sweatband.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: OnlineStore 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://www.sweatband.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: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,680 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.sweatband.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 188 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
3 broken images
3 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://smvotx.sweatband.com/g/uids?pld=bDUBs_Bd4sGXAqCgPuTjlX9Y43sRnCRjcDvtuMmF9iNnbVAWeIAj1eFJ7GUzNJmKJN6YS9-wd6V9nN9dy8jsKBgDmICe0xjkRwfMd2XlZDrRe8ffUY8_LHlzlKGsWagJ5ACkBnDNrogfpEro89l9-Z4rNrgkG2Vb.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
69 of 71 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.
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.
About 1,505 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,505 words of visible text.
8 checks passed
30 calls to action
The homepage has 30 calls to action, for example “Shop with Us”, “Shop Now” and “Shop all”.
25 short forms
25 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 16 testimonial or review blocks and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
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
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Criteo, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo and 4 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.
38 cookies set on arrival
38Opening the homepage sets 38 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.
55 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 55 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 sweatband.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- AVADA Commerce;Consentmo GDPR Compliance;Shopify;Shopify Plus
Company
- Headquarters
- Milton Keynes
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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