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upstateelevator.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 10 November 202637 issues · 91 checks
This review found 37 issues worth fixing on upstateelevator.com, 11 of them high impact, across 91 checks. The most urgent: page weight: 11.0 MB in 446 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- #27,861 of 98,119 reviewed websitesbeats 66%
- #17,937 of 53,524 online storesbeats 60%
- #17,315 of 48,541 Shopify storesbeats 57%
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 1.8 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 | 1.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 1.8 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 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 1.4 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 138 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 147 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 156 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 155 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 154 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 128 ms |
| Nov 7, 2026 | 129 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
1.1 s
2.2 s
3.2 s
4.3 s
5.4 s
6.5 s
7.5 s
8.6 s
Speed
Mobile performance score: 49
49/100Your mobile performance score is 49. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 8.7 s
A phone's processor spends 8.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 3.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
3,342 HTML elements
The page has 3,342 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, Klaviyo and Clarity and others), adding 7.7 MB and 1.5 s of main-thread time.
Shopify adds 967 ms
967 msShopify costs a phone 967 ms of main-thread work and 6.6 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.
Reduce unused JavaScript
450 ms · 938 KiBAbout 938 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
700 ms9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 700 ms.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
617 KiB24 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (617 KiB).
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 128 KiBAbout 128 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Klaviyo adds 222 ms
222 msKlaviyo costs a phone 222 ms of main-thread work and 641 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.
Improve image delivery
150 ms · 107 KiB4 images could be 107 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
17 long tasks on the main thread
17 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 189 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
51 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 51 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).
Minify JavaScript
7 KiB7 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Minify CSS
6 KiB6 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
Time to Interactive: 26.6 s
26.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 26.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.8 s
7.8 sYour largest element takes 7.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “GreenFridayEarlyAccessMobile.jpg”.
Speed Index: 12.4 s
12.4 sVisually, the page fills in at 12.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.9 s
2.9 sThe first text or image appears after 2.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 477 ms
477 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 477 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
7 images without width and height
7 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-7%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 138 ms to 129 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
8 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: 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: 151 ms
151 msReal visitors wait 151 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: 1.7 s
1.7 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.7 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 519 ms
519 msReal visitors wait 519 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 18% faster for real visitors
-18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-11-07, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.8 s to 1.4 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: 11.0 MB in 446 requests
11.0 MBYour homepage downloads 11.0 MB in 446 requests on a phone: media 5.9 MB (4), scripts 2.5 MB (121) and other files 1.3 MB (236). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 3.1 g of CO₂ per visit
3.13 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.13 g of CO₂e: 375.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
Accessibility
7 tap targets too small
7 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (10 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 10 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
2 text elements with low contrast
2 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
1 form field without a label
1 form field has no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (8 elements)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 114 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
40 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 45 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 40 passed and 5 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 3 problems
Structured data found (Organization, WebPage and WebSite) but with 3 problems, for example “Organization: logo is not an absolute URL ("//www.upstateelevator.com/cdn/shop/files/UpstateElevato…”.
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.
334 internal links, 10 external
The homepage links to 334 pages on upstateelevator.com and 10 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 154 characters
Your meta description is 154 characters: “Upstate Elevator offers clean crafted Vermont CBD + THC products including full-spectrum CBD tinctures, capsules, award…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Upstate Elevator: Clean-Crafted Vermont CBD and THC Products”.
Title: 49 characters
Your title is a healthy 49 characters: “Organic CBD + THC From Vermont – Upstate Elevator”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.upstateelevator.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://www.upstateelevator.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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.
Organization data: 5 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, description and contact details; sameAs (social profiles) would complete it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.upstateelevator.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
3 pages share a meta description
https://www.upstateelevator.com/pages/sale, https://www.upstateelevator.com/collections/all and https://www.upstateelevator.com/pages/whats-staying use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
2 pages without an H1
https://www.upstateelevator.com/pages/sale and https://www.upstateelevator.com/pages/whats-staying 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 86 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 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.
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
Deprecated browser APIs
The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Fenced Frame API is deprecated and scheduled for removal.”).
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 403 ()”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
24 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 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.
No phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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.
Only about 49 words
The homepage has only about 49 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
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.
Urgency cues
The page uses urgency cues (a countdown or limited-time wording).
4 checks passed
64 calls to action
The homepage has 64 calls to action, for example “SHOP ALL”, “SHOP BEVERAGES” and “SHOP GUMMIES”.
6 short forms
6 short forms (2 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 66 testimonial or review blocks, 14 trust badges and “Over 100,000 Satisfied Customers”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Microsoft Clarity and HubSpot.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads HubSpot, Klaviyo and Microsoft Clarity (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.
13 cookies set on arrival
13Opening the homepage sets 13 cookies, 9 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.
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.
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 upstateelevator.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
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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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Microsoft Clarity
- Hosting
- Shopify
Company
- Headquarters
- Burlington
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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