Belfastbooks
belfastbooks.co.uk
Belfast Books is Belfast's #1 independent bookshop offering new, used, second-hand and out-of-print books. The store specializes in Northern Ireland 'Troubles' books, politics, war, sci-fi, horror, classics, cookery, biographies, graphic novels, manga and books on trains, with worldwide delivery and business/education credit accounts available.
Products
13,563
Collections
95
Pages
17
Blog Posts
13
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
84/100
Top Recommendations
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better conversions
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Books & Stationery Ranking
#4 / 273
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
60
+2 above avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
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Largest Contentful Paint
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Cumulative Layout Shift
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Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
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First Contentful Paint
—
Time to First Byte
5.1s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 412 Books & Stationery stores
#7 in Books & Stationery
Top 2% of stores
503% above average
13,563 products vs 2,250 avg
Faster than 99% of Books & Stationery stores
PageSpeed score: 62/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 412 stores in Books & Stationery
503% above average
avg
2% above average
avg
15% below average
avg
67% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
judge.me
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 2% by catalog size
low
Basic content (17 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Belfastbooks
Belfastbooks is a books & stationery ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in SE. The store currently offers 13,563 products organized across 95 collections, making it larger than average for the books & stationery category.
Theme and Design
Belfastbooks uses the Symmetry theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Belfastbooks achieves a performance score of 62/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 92/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Belfastbooks uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Books & Stationery category, Belfastbooks ranks #7 out of 412 stores we track. This places them in the top 2% of books & stationery stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 22, 2026
