Shopify Optimization

Browse our blog posts here to learn about performance and conversion rate optimization for Shopify and pick up some tips and recommendations.

If you’re looking for optimization services done for you, check out our Shopify Optimization Services.

Shopify Optimization FAQ – What to Expect When Optimizing a Site

2024-06-19T04:49:08-06:00December 25th, 2019|Optimization|

Updated August 23, 2020

Our team has collectively optimized hundreds of Shopify sites. We’ve seen a lot, we’ve learned a lot, we share a lot. We’ve had happy clients (woohoo! 😃) and sad clients 😞. In most cases, the negative experiences we’ve had with a client are either a difference in expectations or a lack of communication on […]
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How to Use Preloading Tactics for Faster Loading Shopify Pages

2021-05-05T15:40:17-06:00October 27th, 2019|Optimization|

When trying to improve the performance of your Shopify store, it’s really helpful to know about the range of optimization opportunities available to you in order to have your site running as optimally as possible.

An often overlooked, simple yet effective Shopify optimization opportunity is the use of what are known as ‘resource hints’ (aka Preloading […]

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How to Improve Conversion Rate on a Shopify Site

2024-08-13T11:38:19-06:00October 21st, 2019|How-To Guides, Marketing Strategy, Optimization|

Updated August 13th, 2020

CRO = Conversion Rate Optimization. 🔑 CRO is key.

The goal of this post:

  • share proven conversion rate optimization techniques + data
  • give you ideas + resources to boost your conversion rates

A/B testing is the foundation of a good CRO campaign. To set up data driven A/B tests, check out […]

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The Truth About Google PageSpeed Insights for Shopify

2024-06-20T05:15:11-06:00July 17th, 2019|Case Studies, Optimization|

Hi I’m Joe from Speed Boostr. We make Shopify sites load faster.

In this article I want to clear up some misconceptions with the Google PageSpeed Insights tool.

I’ll also share what my team and I have learned from our years long optimization journey, our recommendations, and data backed information to shed some light on what Google […]

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How to Optimize a Shopify Site: Complete Guide to Faster Load Speed

2022-02-17T07:13:53-07:00June 3rd, 2019|How-To Guides, Optimization|

Updated February 16, 2022

This guide is for performance optimization. If you’re looking for conversion optimization, check out our Shopify Conversion Rate Optimization Guide.

We’ve successfully optimized hundreds of Shopify sites, ran experiments, analyzed data, and dialed in the tactics to make sites faster.

These are the main points of optimization for Shopify […]

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Case Study: How We Removed 1,543 Wasted Server Requests on Collection Pages

2024-06-19T04:36:39-06:00April 20th, 2019|Case Studies, Optimization|

Sometimes our Shopify App Analysis service uncovers some dirty code. We recently found this site taking almost a minute to fully load on mobile… because there were 1,687 server requests 😱 For reference: under 100 requests is good for a Shopify site with apps loading. A lot of sites are in the 100 – 200 range. Anything […]
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