Why is my website loading so slowly and how can I fix it?

Over the last few weeks, we have experienced major issues with page loading (ashandstone.online). We have checked the following and know it is not any of these:

  • not a hosting issue

  • not ISP specific / not a network issue

  • not browser specific

  • not device specific - all tested on multiple devices to check this. The devices checked all only have problems with this website

  • not cookies or caching specific

This is what happens - and it’s happening to us as website owners and also customers who have complained about the website:

  • It’s intermittent

  • What we see is 2-3 minutes of a blank white screen, while the website tries to load.

  • Sometimes on bottom left of screen we might see messages such as: “connecting” or “waiting for [xx]” (sometimes google related, sometimes shopify related). Attached is an example - though this is not always the message shown.

  • we may get a page to load after 2-3 minutes, then it will work for a few minutes longer where we can navigate around the site

  • other times, it will take 2-3 minutes to load every page

  • other times, it works for a while.

We have contact Shopify Help, which hasn’t been helpful at all! They suggested contacting developers on here.

We really need your help!