Shopify Speed Optimization — PageSpeed 90+ in Weeks, Not Months
Shopify speed optimization that fixes the real bottleneck — the app stack, not your hero image. PageSpeed 90+ in weeks, not months. Looking for conversion testing instead? See Shopify CRO & A/B Testing under Services.
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Your mobile PageSpeed score is 30 and dropping
Every Lighthouse run is worse than the last. You're adding apps faster than performance budget allows. Bounce rate on mobile is climbing.
Your developer 'optimised images' and nothing happened
Image optimisation is 10% of Shopify speed. The other 90% is third-party app scripts, render-blocking CSS, and uncached liquid loops. Most consultants miss this.
Core Web Vitals failures are hurting your SEO
Google's INP, LCP, and CLS metrics affect rankings now. If your Core Web Vitals report shows mostly red, you're being downranked — even if your content is great.
Everything included
No hidden extras. No scope creep. Clear deliverables agreed upfront.
Full Speed Audit
Lighthouse, WebPageTest, GTmetrix runs across PDPs, PLPs, cart, and checkout. Documented blocker list ranked by performance cost.
App Stack Cleanup
Audit every installed app. Uninstall what's unused. Lazy-load what's needed only on specific pages. Replace high-impact apps with custom theme code where it's worth it.
Mobile-First Optimization
Mobile-specific render-blocking fixes, font loading strategy, image responsive srcset, lazy loading. Mobile is where the revenue is — mobile speed is non-negotiable.
Core Web Vitals — LCP, CLS, INP
Each of Google's three CWV metrics tuned to 'Good' threshold. Real-user monitoring set up so you see ongoing health, not just one-time scores.
Critical CSS & JS Splitting
Above-the-fold CSS inlined, below-the-fold deferred. JavaScript code-split by route. Eliminates render-blocking that kills LCP.
SEO Foundations
JSON-LD schema, semantic HTML, internal linking, meta tag hygiene. The technical SEO foundation that compounds with speed work.
From brief to launch
Audit
I run a full technical audit of your store — speed, SEO, and conversion. You get a detailed report ranked by revenue impact.
Quick Wins
High-impact, low-effort fixes deployed first so you see results within the first week.
Deep Optimisation
Systematic fixes for speed, structured data, and CRO — with before/after metrics documented.
Ongoing Monitoring
Monthly check-in on Core Web Vitals, ranking changes, and conversion metrics. Adjust as needed.
Real results, real clients
Vorhangschweiz.ch — Custom Shopify Configurator & Mega Menu
Rebuilt a broken made-to-measure curtain configurator, added 3 new product configurators from scratch, and built a fully custom mega navigation system for a Swiss retailer.
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Built a Shopify store from scratch for a Lahore meal delivery brand, integrated Zoho Books for automated invoicing, and wired Google Sheets as a no-code menu management system.
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"Great as always! Our go-to guy for all our SEO improvements. Highly recommended!"
Questions before you commit
Google research shows a 1-second delay in page load reduces conversions by 7%. On a store doing $50K/month, that is $3,500 per second per month. For stores on paid ads, every second of delay also increases your cost per acquisition.
Both. A one-off audit and implementation project gets the technical foundation right. For sustained organic growth — new content, internal linking, schema expansion — I offer a monthly SEO retainer.
I measure LCP (Largest Contentful Paint), CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift), and INP (Interaction to Next Paint) for your specific pages — homepage, PDP, collection. I then produce a fix list ranked by impact, with before/after metrics documented for each change.
No — I make targeted changes in a development environment and test thoroughly before applying to production. SEO fixes are typically additive (structured data, meta tags, internal links) and do not touch core theme layout.
Structured data (Schema.org) tells Google exactly what your page contains — product name, price, availability, reviews. It can unlock rich results (star ratings, price snippets) in search which significantly improve click-through rates.
The highest-impact changes are usually: above-the-fold trust signals, sticky add-to-cart on mobile, reducing checkout steps, improving product photography context, and fixing confusing navigation. I base recommendations on heatmap data and session recordings — not guesswork.
I design and implement A/B tests using Shopify's built-in features or third-party tools. For stores with enough traffic (5,000+ monthly sessions), A/B testing is the most reliable way to validate CRO changes before rolling out site-wide.
Mobile PageSpeed below 50? Let's fix that.
Book a 30-min audit. I'll run live PageSpeed, find your top 5 speed culprits, and tell you what each one is costing in lost revenue — then you decide whether to engage.
No commitment. No sales pitch. Just a real conversation about your project.
Need ongoing support after launch? See maintenance & retainer plans →