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zingplants.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 13 November 202643 issues · 90 checks
This review found 43 issues worth fixing on zingplants.com, 11 of them high impact, across 90 checks. The most urgent: avoid multiple page redirects. 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
80B- #43,133 of 108,859 reviewed websitesbeats 55%
- #28,689 of 61,765 online storesbeats 47%
- #27,617 of 56,365 Shopify storesbeats 44%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
Compare side by sideOne score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Avoid multiple page redirects
3.9 sThe page goes through 3 redirects before it starts loading, costing about 3.9 s. Link and advertise the final URL directly.
Mobile performance score: 74
74/100Your mobile performance score is 74. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, arenaflowers.com and Bing Ads and others), adding 1.4 MB and 778 ms of main-thread time.
Render-blocking requests
750 ms4 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 750 ms.
Google Tag Manager adds 511 ms
511 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 511 ms of main-thread work and 389 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
442 KiB1 image could be 442 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
5 long tasks on the main thread
5 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 316 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
273 KiB8 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (273 KiB).
arenaflowers.com adds 133 ms
133 msarenaflowers.com costs a phone 133 ms of main-thread work and 900 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.
Document request latency
250 msThe HTML itself could arrive about 250 ms sooner: redirects, a slow server response or missing compression delay everything after it.
Reduce unused JavaScript
154 KiBAbout 154 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Reduce unused CSS
16 KiBAbout 16 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 1.5 s
A phone's processor spends 1.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 721 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 316 ms
316 msYour server sent the HTML in 316 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Time to Interactive: 14.3 s
14.3 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 14.3 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 8.1 s
8.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 8.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.3 s
3.3 sThe first text or image appears after 3.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 3.3 s
3.3 sYour largest element takes 3.3 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Zing Flowers has moved to our long term friends and partner…”. Most of its time is element render delay (2.7 s).
Total Blocking Time: 222 ms
222 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 222 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
7 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: 0.8 s
0.8 sReal visitors wait 0.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 129 ms
129 msReal visitors wait 129 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 0.6 s
0.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 0.6 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 330 ms
330 msReal visitors wait 330 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
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 120 requests
2.4 MBYour homepage downloads 2.4 MB in 120 requests on a phone: images 1.1 MB (23), scripts 947 KiB (62) and other files 237 KiB (23). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
429 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example YOURWORLDOURMISSION_BANNERIMAGE_ce72881182_074971ee75.jpg at 3,360 px wide, shown at 326 px. Resized copies would save about 429 KiB.
3 images in older formats
3 images (581 KiB) are 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 0.7 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: 81.8 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
Invalid ARIA attributes
4 elements use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.
1 button without a name
1 button has no accessible name, so screen readers announce just “button”.
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.
Malformed lists
Some lists contain elements other than list items, which screen readers announce wrongly.
1 tap target too small
1 tap target is too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (6 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 6 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable (1 element)
The skip-link target should exist and be focusable: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
3 form fields without a label
3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (2 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
Headings skip levels
Headings skip levels (h1 → h5 and h2 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 8 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
42 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: 42 passed and 8 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Canonical points to another host
Your canonical URL points to zingflowers.com, not zingplants.com, so Google may credit that host instead.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“” and “Zing Flowers has moved”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (312 characters)
Your meta description is 312 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
3 links crawlers can't follow
3 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
35 internal links, 15 external
The homepage links to 35 pages on zingplants.com and 15 external pages.
4 checks passed
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Zing Flowers | Online Flower Delivery | Add A Little Zing”.
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://zingplants.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 (581 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://zingplants.com/llms.txt (6 KiB, 8 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
1 linked page is broken
Your homepage links to https://zingplants.com/collections/fairtrade, which answers with an error. Visitors hit a dead end and search engines drop it.
1 linked page hidden from search
https://zingplants.com/pages/about-us is marked noindex but linked from your homepage. If it is meant to be found, remove the noindex.
7 pages share a title
https://zingplants.com/collections/bouquets, https://zingplants.com/collections/letterbox, https://zingplants.com/collections/gifts, https://zingplants.com/collections/plants, https://zingplants.com/pages/subscriptions and https://zingplants.com/pages/contact-us and 1 other all use the title “Zing Flowers has moved to Arena Flowers”. Search engines can't tell which page to show for a search, so each competes with the others.
9 pages share a meta description
https://zingplants.com/collections/bouquets, https://zingplants.com/collections/letterbox, https://zingplants.com/collections/gifts, https://zingplants.com/collections/plants, https://zingplants.com/pages/subscriptions and https://zingplants.com/pages/contact-us and 1 other use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
1 page without an H1
https://zingplants.com/pages/flower-delivery 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 23 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
3 checks passed
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 14 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Every page has a title
All 14 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
2 broken images
2 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.net/action/0?ti=5140988&tm=gtm002&Ver=2&mid=a9b426fe-6200-4d6d-b9dc-cf0754426674&bo=3&pi=918639831&lg=en-US&sw=390&sh=844&sc=24&nwd=1&tl=Zing%20Flowers%20has%20moved%20to%20Arena%20Fl.
50 small tap targets
50 of 72 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Content security policy”).
2 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
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 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.
About 393 words of copy
The homepage carries about 393 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: “Get in touch”.
9 calls to action
The homepage has 9 calls to action, for example “Contact Us”, “Register” and “Sign up to our newsletter”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (4 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 1 customer or partner logo, 1 trust badge and “1000+ reviews”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
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 Microsoft Ads (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.
12 cookies set on arrival
12Opening the homepage sets 12 cookies, 10 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.
22 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 22 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 zingplants.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 4 apps. Each one is code from another company running for your shoppers.
Apps your storefront loads
Pagefly Ai Page Builder · elfsight.com · chimpstatic.com · trustpilot.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 Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Shopify
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 43 issues on zingplants.com, including 14 speed issues, 5 SEO issues and 3 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
- 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
- Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
- Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
- Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
- Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
- Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
- Earned media and PR openings
- At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
- PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
- Refresh the playbook later to see what changed
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