Struggling with Shopify Store Speed – Any Tips for a Faster Checkout?

Struggling with Shopify Store Speed – Any Tips for a Faster Checkout?

Wishforbes
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Hey all, I’ve been running my Shopify store for about 6 months now, but I’m noticing that my site is loading slower than usual, especially on the checkout page. I’ve optimized my images, removed unused apps, and even tried a different theme, but I’m still getting complaints about slow load times. Has anyone else dealt with this? What are some advanced techniques or third-party tools you’d recommend for improving speed on Shopify stores? Would switching to Shopify Plus make a difference? Thanks!

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PaulNewton
Shopify Partner
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Hi @Wishforbes 👋 The cart is not the checkout, and performance is a discipline not a quick fix.

 

Be aware you asking an incredibly broad and vague question that's been asked TONS of times before with tons of glossy answers and approaches.

https://community.shopify.com/c/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=speed 

With tons of off the shelf apps https://apps.shopify.com/search?q=speed 

cart != checkout

Cart pages are not the checkout, an online stores theme or the cart pages that use the themes templates is not the same as shopifys managed checkout process.

Do no confuse the discrete steps in the business process it can make finding and searching for answers next to impossible as it creates questions with a flawed premise.

How do I....

Ultimately unless your a web developer yourself or are going to spend the time to become one,  you need to hire someone as apps only go so far in instilling the process into a business.

 

💣Be aware of any cheap and fast services

https://performance.shopify.com/blogs/blog/don-t-get-scammed-by-fake-performance-experts-and-apps 

 

Shopify Plus - Web performance is a discipline, swapping plans doesn't fix not having a process in place.

 

To start with shopify specifics there's plenty of existing info available online, and in the forums

https://community.shopify.com/c/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=speed 

Be aware that labels like "Shop Performance" are next to worthless in research as every other post is just merchants abusing it with noise for anything that might move some sort of arbitrary business metric and not about fixing actual webspeed issues, and rarely do merchants come back around to discuss or share results or how to's. There was a dedicated forum but just like the "Shop Performance" got filled with nonsense.

 

Good Luck.

 

 

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