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the-foldie.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202627 issues · 82 checks
This review found 27 issues worth fixing on the-foldie.com, 7 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: 31 text elements with low contrast. 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
89B- #3,402 of 108,857 reviewed websitesbeats 95%
- #1,784 of 61,765 online storesbeats 95%
- #1,735 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 95%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 97 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 99 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 102 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 97 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 101 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 121 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
Mobile performance score: 86
86/100Your mobile performance score is 86. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
650 ms3 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 650 ms.
Main-thread work: 2.1 s
A phone's processor spends 2.1 s on main-thread work while loading, 761 ms of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Google CDN adds 163 ms
163 msGoogle CDN costs a phone 163 ms of main-thread work and 330 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.
1,670 HTML elements
The page has 1,670 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 CDN, Klaviyo and richpanel.com and others), adding 743 KiB and 345 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
150 ms · 208 KiBAbout 208 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.
Reduce unused CSS
150 ms · 29 KiBAbout 29 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.
Improve image delivery
152 KiB7 images could be 152 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
3 long tasks on the main thread
3 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 146 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
50 ms · 58 KiB9 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (58 KiB).
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Legacy JavaScript
29 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 29 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.
Minify CSS
4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
1 checks passed
Server response: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Tap response (INP) got 22% slower for real visitors
+22%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 97 ms to 121 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Time to Interactive: 7.1 s
7.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sYour largest element takes 3.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “The Foldie Travel Bag”.
11 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: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors wait 1.5 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 105 ms
105 msReal visitors wait 105 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: 1.3 s
1.3 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.3 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 687 ms
687 msReal visitors wait 687 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 15% faster for real visitors
-15%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.7 s to 1.4 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 153 ms
153 msScripts block the page for only 153 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 2.7 s
2.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 2.7 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
First Contentful Paint: 1.2 s
1.2 sThe first text or image appears after 1.2 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: 2.4 MB in 174 requests
2.4 MBYour homepage downloads 2.4 MB in 174 requests on a phone: scripts 949 KiB (92), images 632 KiB (28) and other files 550 KiB (35). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 0.7 g of CO₂ per visit
0.68 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.68 g of CO₂e: 81.0 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
31 text elements with low contrast
31 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes (6 elements)
Elements must only use permitted ARIA attributes: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated serious by axe-core.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
3 images without alt text
3 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
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. (4 elements).
1 checks passed
54 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 60 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 54 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
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 (204 characters)
Your meta description is 204 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
106 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 106 pages on the-foldie.com and 5 external pages.
6 checks passed
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “The Foldie®”.
Title: 46 characters
Your title is a healthy 46 characters: “The original foldable travel bag – The Foldie®”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://the-foldie.com/.
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://the-foldie.com/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 (644 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://the-foldie.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page hidden from search
https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-passport-cover is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
4 pages without a meta description
https://the-foldie.com/collections/bags, https://the-foldie.com/collections/everyday-bags, https://the-foldie.com/collections/accessories and https://the-foldie.com/pages/contact have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
2 pages share a meta description
https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-on-the-go-bundle and https://the-foldie.com/products/the-original-foldie-bag use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
11 pages without an H1
https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-on-the-go-bundle, https://the-foldie.com/products/the-original-foldie-bag, https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-backpack, https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-slingbag, https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-crossbody-bag and https://the-foldie.com/products/the-foldie-packing-cube-set and 5 others have 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 32 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 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.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
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_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
21 of 25 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
About 424 words of copy
The homepage carries about 424 words of visible text.
5 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Travel Bags” and “Shop Bundles”.
10 calls to action
The homepage has 10 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Shop” and “Shop Travel Bags”.
12 short forms
12 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 0 phone links and 1 email 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
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.
38 cookies set on arrival
38Opening the homepage sets 38 cookies, 1 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.
38 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 38 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 the-foldie.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
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