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Afrotouch

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afrotouch.design

Afrotouch Design is a Black-owned brand that creates hand-finished greeting cards, stationery, and gift items featuring West African-inspired designs. The store offers a curated selection of cards organized by occasion (birthday, wedding, sympathy, holiday) and thematic collections that celebrate afrocentric aesthetics and cultural diversity.

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Performance Needs Attention

This store scores 25/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.

Products

342

Collections

42

Pages

26

Blog Posts

65

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

C

55/100

performance5/25 (Poor)
catalog15/25 (Growing)
tech Stack10/20 (Partial)
theme10/15 (Established theme)
content15/15 (Rich)

Top Recommendations

  • Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
  • PageSpeed is 35 points below Books & Stationery category average (60)
  • Add a reviews platform to build customer trust

PageSpeed Performance Analysis

Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026

Overall Ranking

#15984 / 16375

Faster than 2% of stores

Books & Stationery Ranking

#271 / 273

Top 99% in category

Category Avg Performance

60

-35 below avg

Category Avg LCP

1.9s

25

Performance

85

Accessibility

92

SEO

Core Web Vitals

LCPunavailable

Largest Contentful Paint

CLSunavailable

Cumulative Layout Shift

INPunavailable

Interaction to Next Paint

Additional Metrics

FCPunavailable

First Contentful Paint

TTFBunavailable

Time to First Byte

SIpoor

13.9s

Speed Index

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 412 Books & Stationery stores

#120 in Books & Stationery

Above average (top 29%)

85% below average

342 products vs 2,250 avg

Slower than 99% of Books & Stationery stores

PageSpeed score: 25/100

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 412 stores in Books & Stationery

Products342 / avg 2,250

85% below average

avg

Collections42 / avg 93

55% below average

avg

Pages26 / avg 20

30% above average

avg

Blog Posts65 / avg 39

67% above average

avg

Theme & Design

Theme Name

Testament

Type

Theme Store

Theme Store ID

623

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

Payment / Finance

PayPal
Klarna
Affirm

Business Profile

Store maturity and operational indicators

Growth Trajectory

Stable

Tracking History

NaN+ year

Since Invalid Date

Market Position

Above average catalog size

Top 29% by catalog size

Content Investment

medium

Above-average content investment

Tech Stack Maturity

Mature stack

No review platform (21% of category uses one)

Business Sophistication

Emerging

InternationalModern Theme

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

342 products42 collections26 pages65 blogs

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About Afrotouch

Afrotouch is a books & stationery ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in PL. The store currently offers 342 products organized across 42 collections, making it comparable in size for the books & stationery category.

Theme and Design

Afrotouch uses the Testament theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.

Performance Analysis

Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Afrotouch achieves a performance score of 25/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 85/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, Afrotouch has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers PayPal, Klarna, Affirm for payment flexibility.

Competitive Positioning

Within the Books & Stationery category, Afrotouch ranks #120 out of 412 stores we track. This places them in the top 29% of books & stationery stores by product catalog size.

Last scanned

Feb 20, 2026

Afrotouch | Books & Stationery Store Analysis | CommerceRank