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weldingmart.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202635 issues · 86 checks
This review found 35 issues worth fixing on weldingmart.com, 7 of them high impact, across 86 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. 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
83B- #22,843 of 98,536 reviewed websitesbeats 72%
- #14,582 of 53,812 online storesbeats 66%
- #14,124 of 48,808 Shopify storesbeats 64%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.5 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 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 95 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 96 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 106 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 120 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 114 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 115 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 119 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 113 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 116 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 120 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
0.6 s
1.2 s
1.8 s
2.5 s
3.1 s
3.7 s
4.3 s
4.9 s
Speed
Reduce unused JavaScript
610 ms · 576 KiBAbout 576 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 610 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 60
60/100Your mobile performance score is 60. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
800 ms6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 800 ms.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Shopify and bogos.io and others), adding 1.0 MB and 659 ms of main-thread time.
Main-thread work: 3.9 s
A phone's processor spends 3.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 78 KiBAbout 78 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.
9 long tasks on the main thread
9 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 356 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Shopify adds 262 ms
262 msShopify costs a phone 262 ms of main-thread work and 618 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 301 ms
301 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 301 ms of main-thread work and 201 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.
2,622 HTML elements
The page has 2,622 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Improve image delivery
100 ms · 158 KiB12 images could be 158 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 100 ms faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
15 KiB6 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (15 KiB).
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: 9 ms
9 msYour server sent the HTML in 9 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: 10.1 s
10.1 sYour largest element takes 10.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image “A welder wearing protective gloves and a dark face shield u…”.
Time to Interactive: 10.2 s
10.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 10.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Real-user LCP: 2.7 s
2.7 sReal visitors wait 2.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Tap response (INP) got 26% slower for real visitors
+26%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 95 ms to 120 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 28% slower for real visitors
+28%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.6 s to 3.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Total Blocking Time: 478 ms
478 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 478 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Speed Index: 4.6 s
4.6 sVisually, the page fills in at 4.6 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
6 checks passed
Real-user INP: 122 ms
122 msReal visitors wait 122 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.04
0.04For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.04 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.0 s
1.0 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.0 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 444 ms
444 msReal visitors wait 444 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.5 s
1.5 sThe first text or image appears after 1.5 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
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
MIG-WELDING_3d01bd3a-2e55-464a-854d-b469cdbbf787.webp 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 in older formats
1 image (37 KiB) is JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit
0.57 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.57 g of CO₂e: 67.9 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
2 checks passed
Page weight: 2.0 MB in 188 requests
2.0 MBYour homepage downloads 2.0 MB in 188 requests on a phone: scripts 994 KiB (94), images 477 KiB (21) and other files 165 KiB (29). That is a lean page.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Hidden but focusable
1 element hidden from screen readers can still receive keyboard focus.
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Interactive controls must not be nested (1 element)
Interactive controls must not be nested: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
356 links without text
356 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (5 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 5 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
Frames without titles
1 frame has no title, so screen-reader users cannot tell what it contains.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h2 → h4), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
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 21 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 58 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 52 passed and 6 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
423 internal links, 3 external
The homepage links to 423 pages on weldingmart.com and 3 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 152 characters
Your meta description is 152 characters: “Shop welding supplies and equipment at WeldingMart, including welders, plasma cutters, consumables, accessories and saf…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Get the Best Welding Supplies Online Today”.
Title: 42 characters
Your title is a healthy 42 characters: “Welding Supplies & Equipment | WeldingMart”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://weldingmart.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: HardwareStore, MerchantReturnPolicy, WebPage 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://weldingmart.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.
No llms.txt
There is no https://weldingmart.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
2 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 (4,221 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without a title
https://weldingmart.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <title>, so Google invents the link text in results.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://weldingmart.com/customer_authentication/redirect is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
1 page without a meta description
https://weldingmart.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page without an H1
https://weldingmart.com/customer_authentication/redirect has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page slow to respond
https://weldingmart.com/customer_authentication/redirect took over 3 s to send its HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 198 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Linked pages load
4 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
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.
Best practices
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
389 of 390 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
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.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 613 words of copy
The homepage carries about 613 words of visible text.
7 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “MIG Welding Shop Now” and “TIG Welding Learn More”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Shop All Welders”, “Go to Shop All Welders” and “Demo Plasma Cutters”.
5 short forms
5 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo and 3 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
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
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Klaviyo (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.
11 cookies set on arrival
11Opening the homepage sets 11 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.
27 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 27 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 weldingmart.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 11 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Image Sitemap · Ta Labels Badges · Klaviyo Email Marketing Sms · Avada Faqs · Selleasy · Affirm · Shopper Approved Reviews · Bs Better Shipping · Freegifts · bogos.io · kxcdn.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
- Framework
- jQuery
- E-commerce
- Shopify
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
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