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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 19 October 202631 issues · 82 checks
This review found 31 issues worth fixing on zarwellness.com, 8 of them high impact, across 82 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
77C- #54,668 of 97,235 reviewed websitesbeats 39%
- #34,076 of 52,865 online storesbeats 30%
- #317 of 726 BigCommerce storesbeats 48%
Closest competitors among BigCommerce stores
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Improve image delivery
450 ms · 724 KiB9 images could be 724 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 450 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 70
70/100Your mobile performance score is 70 (desktop: 98). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Render-blocking requests
900 ms2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 900 ms.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 238 KiBAbout 238 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
4 third-party services on the page
4 third-party services load with your homepage (elfsightcdn.com, Bigcommerce and elfsight.com and others), adding 1.6 MB and 321 ms of main-thread time.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
284 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (284 KiB).
Bigcommerce adds 148 ms
148 msBigcommerce costs a phone 148 ms of main-thread work and 1.2 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.
elfsightcdn.com adds 173 ms
173 mselfsightcdn.com costs a phone 173 ms of main-thread work and 335 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 · 27 KiBAbout 27 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.
1 long task on the main thread
1 long task block the main thread while loading, the longest for 148 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
25 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 25 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 98 but mobile only 70. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
Minify JavaScript
5 KiB5 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 252 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 6 ms
6 msYour server sent the HTML in 6 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: 4.7 s
4.7 sYour largest element takes 4.7 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 8.6 s
8.6 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 8.6 s. Good is under 3.8 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.
Real-user CLS: 0.17
0.17For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.17 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.168
0.168The layout shifts by 0.168 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
2 images without width and height
2 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
5 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 717 ms
717 msReal visitors wait 717 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Speed Index: 3.2 s
3.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 3.2 s (Speed Index), inside the 3.4 s “good” threshold.
Total Blocking Time: 49 ms
49 msScripts block the page for only 49 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
1 image far larger than shown
39 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example big-commerce.png at 1,200 px wide, shown at 329 px. Resized copies would save about 39 KiB.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (75 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit
0.48 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.48 g of CO₂e: 57.0 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: 1.7 MB in 41 requests
1.7 MBYour homepage downloads 1.7 MB in 41 requests on a phone: images 996 KiB (20), scripts 587 KiB (12) and fonts 52 KiB (2). That is a lean page.
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
Images must have alternative text (1 element)
Images must have alternative text: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
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.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (32 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 32 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.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names.
Elements with visible text labels do not have matching accessible names. (2 elements).
1 checks passed
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 50 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 5 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.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image (also missing: og:title, og:description), so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://zarwellness.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
One H1 headline
Your <h1> is empty.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is incomplete here.
60 internal links, 9 external
The homepage links to 60 pages on zarwellness.com and 9 external pages.
4 checks passed
Meta description: 149 characters
Your meta description is 149 characters: “Shop ZAR Wellness for premium, lab-tested hemp-derived Delta-9 THC beverages, seltzers, and edibles. Crafted in Texas. …”.
Title: 54 characters
Your title is a healthy 54 characters: “ZAR Wellness | Premium Delta-9 THC Beverages & Edibles”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://zarwellness.com/.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
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://zarwellness.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 (428 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
7 pages without a meta description
https://zarwellness.com/edibles, https://zarwellness.com/edibles/thc-free, https://zarwellness.com/tinctures/full-spectrum-live-resin, https://zarwellness.com/tinctures/thc-free, https://zarwellness.com/thc-free and https://zarwellness.com/store-locations and 1 other have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 page with very little text
https://zarwellness.com/compare has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 23 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.
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 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
36 of 41 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.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
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 analytics detected
No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.
Phone number is not tap-to-call
Your phone number appears as text but isn't a tel: link, so phone visitors can't tap to call.
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.
About 258 words of copy
The homepage carries about 258 words of visible text.
4 checks passed
3 calls to action
The homepage has 3 calls to action, for example “Register” and “Subscribe”.
3 short forms
3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage.
Privacy and tracking
9 cookies set on arrival
9Opening the homepage sets 9 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.
10 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 10 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
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 zarwellness.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
- BigCommerce
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