Ecommerce site is so slow.

Built a Square ecommerce site for the first time and the finished site is so slow especially individual product pages. They continue to tell me nothing is wrong even when I provide them the data from Google's PageSpeed.

 

See what you guys get: anglerwoods.com

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Hi @anglerwoods.  I have a suspicion about what is going on.  First, I am currently using a 1GB bandwidth fiber internet connection.  Trust me when I say I rarely notice site load lag time anymore.  It is very apparent to me that the problem is not the page load, but each individual image load.  When I scroll between the images for your individual items, it can take 2-5 seconds for each image to load the first time.  So, check your image file info and see what your file size is.  I’m guessing it must be pretty large and could use some reduction, especially if the resolution is off the charts.  Also, I notice that there is a lot of blank space around things like your t-shirts.  Since you use color backgrounds, this “blank space” is only adding to the image file size.

 

Those are two small things, but with the number of photos you have they should have a cumulative effect of “speeding” things up.

Chip A.
Square Expert & Innovator and member of the Square Champions group. (But NOT a Square employee, just a seller like you)

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