Improve the speed of my Shopify store for a better user experience

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Hello Shopify Community!

I’m looking to improve the speed of my Shopify store for a better user experience. Are there any tips, best practices, or recommended apps that you’ve found effective in speeding up Shopify websites?

Previously was working on another platform. I’d love to hear your insights and experiences.

Thank you!

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Hello Sarahemily,

Here are some tips for you:

  1. Compress the images: You can use SEO tools, like SEOKart, to reduce the file size of the images to help the image load quickly.
  2. Remove unused JavaScript and CSS
  3. Reduce the number of redirections on the links to reduce waiting time for the users
  4. Implement AMP(Accelerated Mobile Pages): It is an open-source HTML framework that helps Google to store the cached version of the pages on the mobile server, which reduces the loading time of the website on mobile devices
  5. Implement lazy loading for advertisements: Lazy loading is a technique, in which certain resources on the website are identified, whose waiting time to load is increased. This helps other critical resources on the website to load quickly.
  6. Compress large fonts: Use the GZIP file format for textual compressions on the website and remove unnecessary glyphs from the fonts.
  7. Utilize CDN: Content Delivery Network is associated with developing proxy servers across the globe, which reduces the overall distance between the server and the user browser, and reduces the waiting time for the users.
  8. Use PageSpeed Insights: This tool can significantly help the users to identify various opportunities of enhancing the page speed of the website.

Hope it helps!

Leesha

SEOKart