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truebrands.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 9 November 202635 issues · 82 checks
This review found 35 issues worth fixing on truebrands.com, 14 of them high impact, across 82 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
75C- #67,459 of 102,148 reviewed websitesbeats 30%
- #42,031 of 56,703 online storesbeats 22%
- #39,665 of 51,571 Shopify storesbeats 19%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.5 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.7 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 117 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 112 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 173 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 200 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 195 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 171 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 118 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 124 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
Use efficient cache lifetimes
2.4 s · 409 KiB23 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (409 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.8 s · 335 KiBAbout 335 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.8 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 33
33/100Your mobile performance score is 33. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 6.0 s
A phone's processor spends 6.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.2 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3,502 HTML elements
The page has 3,502 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, Hotjar and Facebook and others), adding 1.1 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.
Improve image delivery
700 ms · 214 KiB8 images could be 214 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 700 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 418 ms
418 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 418 ms of main-thread work and 357 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.
Render-blocking requests
450 ms8 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 450 ms.
17 long tasks on the main thread
17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 428 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Hotjar adds 411 ms
411 msHotjar costs a phone 411 ms of main-thread work and 65 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 · 73 KiBAbout 73 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 · 46 KiB46 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 13 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 13 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 8 KiB8 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
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: 15 ms
15 msYour server sent the HTML in 15 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: 20.8 s
20.8 sYour largest element takes 20.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “a group of bottles of liquid and a glass of liquid”.
Time to Interactive: 21.0 s
21.0 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 21.0 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 12.3 s
12.3 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.2 s
1.2 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.2 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 4.1 s
4.1 sThe first text or image appears after 4.1 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.18
0.18For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.18 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
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.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 117 ms to 124 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 131 ms
131 msReal visitors wait 131 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user TTFB: 600 ms
600 msReal visitors wait 600 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 36% faster for real visitors
-36%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.8 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.045
0.045The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.045, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 3.4 MB in 285 requests
3.4 MBYour homepage downloads 3.4 MB in 285 requests on a phone: scripts 1.2 MB (68), images 1.1 MB (45) and other files 861 KiB (145). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
set_of_2_1.png 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).
About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit
0.96 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.96 g of CO₂e: 114.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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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
9 text elements with low contrast
9 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
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.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 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 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (1 element).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 497 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
52 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 56 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No meta description
No meta description, so Google writes its own snippet from whatever text it finds.
Title is short (11 characters)
Your title is only 11 characters: “True Brands”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “Collins Chicago”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
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.
381 internal links, 5 external
The homepage links to 381 pages on truebrands.com and 5 external pages.
4 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://truebrands.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebSite.
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://truebrands.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 (1,494 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://truebrands.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 pages without a meta description
https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-viski, https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-true, https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-innovine, https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-collins, https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-host and https://truebrands.com/pages/brand-pinky-up and 9 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://truebrands.com/blogs/the-true-insider 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 197 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
5 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.
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
4 JavaScript errors while loading
4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “your_user_id is not defined”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
22 of 27 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: 8 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
About 814 words of copy
The homepage carries about 814 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Shop Now” and “Shop Collins”.
45 calls to action
The homepage has 45 calls to action, for example “Contact”, “Log in to Shop” and “Shop by Brand”.
1 short form
A short form (1 field at most) is right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics, Hotjar and HubSpot.
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
6 trackers load before any consent
6Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and HubSpot and 1 more (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
25 cookies set on arrival
25Opening the homepage sets 25 cookies, 6 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
34 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 34 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
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 truebrands.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 10 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Helium Customer Fields · Notifyme Warnings And Labels · Ecto Casper Cart Sync · Alertify Product Warning · Accessibly App · Sea Survey · Wishlist Guru · magefan.top · stamped.io · amazonaws.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 | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Shopify
Hiring
- Hiring
- 5 open roles
- Teams
- Indy Sales (1), Product Development (1), Warehouse (1)
- Job board
- breezy
Company
- Employees
- 150
- Headquarters
- Seattle
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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