Hello community,
I have a product selling website on Shopify through which I mostly sell the customized products. In the start, it were very good but now I’m facing issues related to the speed of my website. I have heard that the speed is optimized through optimizing the code of website. Is it true or not because I’m worried about my store which is as https://vograce.com working from many years. If I get down, I’ll lost majority of my users. Can anyone from the community help me out how can I optimize the speed of my store? Waiting for the response from your side.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello @hammadaslam79 ,
I am Gina from the flareAI app helping Shopify merchants get $6Million+ in sales from Google Search, on autopilot. Hope you are having a good day.
I have analyzed your site. Below are a few suggestions to optimize the speed of your website.
- Optimize favicon
The favicon.ico file, which contains the website’s icon, resides in the server’s root directory. Requests for this file can carry unnecessary cookies. Make sure the favicon is small in size, reducing the overall cookie size for the server’s root and improving performance. Additionally, make the favicon cacheable to avoid frequent requests.
- Minimize DNS lookups
DNS is like a phonebook that maps hostnames to IP addresses. When you enter a URL in your browser, it contacts a DNS resolver to get the IP address. DNS lookups take time, typically ranging from 20 to 120 milliseconds. To reduce the impact, limit the number of DNS lookups your page requires.
- Reduce HTTP requests
Having fewer components on a page reduces the number of HTTP requests needed to load the page, resulting in faster loading times. Combine files, scripts, CSS, and use techniques like CSS Sprites and image maps to reduce the number of components.
- Compress components with gzip
Compression reduces response times by shrinking the size of the HTTP response. Gzip is a widely supported and effective compression method, typically reducing response sizes by about 70%. Most modern browsers can handle gzip compression.
- Add Expires headers
As web pages become more complex with various scripts, stylesheets, images, and Flash content, initial page visits may require multiple HTTP requests to load all components. By using Expires headers, these components become cacheable, reducing the need for subsequent HTTP requests.
- Use cookie-free domains
When the browser requests a static image along with cookies, the server ignores the unnecessary cookies. However, this still generates unnecessary network traffic. To avoid this, create a subdomain dedicated to hosting static components and ensure they are requested without cookies.
- Avoid HTTP 404 (Not Found) errors
Receiving a 404 error after making an HTTP request is costly and negatively impacts user experience. While helpful 404 messages can assist users, they still waste server resources. Ensure that all requested resources are available to prevent 404 errors.
Refer to this guide to improve your online store speed.
Hope this is helpful.
Gina
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Hey @hammadaslam79
As I have checked your website on page speed insights and found that your website has a slow speed on mobile and as well on desktop.
As it is clearly visible that your website has core web vitals issues and you have to optimized them to get a fast loading website. Having a slow website cost you a big drop in sales. so, for optimizing them there are tons of things you have to do manually and if you don’t have that much technical knowledge than it is better to rely on a tool. I personally recommend you Website Speedy Tool. It is easy and one time setup tool that can fix your core web vitals issues and help to increase your website loading time significantly.
Here’s how you can do it:
- Visit the Website Speedy website at https://websitespeedy.com/ and sign up for an account.
- Connect your Shopify store to the Website Speedy tool.
- Website Speedy provides automated tools and integrations to simplify the optimization process.
- Monitor your store’s speed performance and receive real-time insights on the improvements made.
I hope this information helpful for you. If you need any further suggestions than you can ping me.