Blackandwhitepublishing
blackandwhitepublishing.com
Black & White Publishing is an independent Scottish publisher founded in 1999 that sells books across diverse categories including fiction, non-fiction, children's literature, and specialty imprints. The store offers over 300 titles spanning genres such as crime thrillers, romance, biography, humor, local interest, and young adult fiction.
Products
477
Collections
310
Pages
26
Blog Posts
37
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
54/100
Top Recommendations
- Migrate from legacy OS 1.0 theme to OS 2.0 for better performance and features
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better conversions
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
- Consider BNPL options to increase average order value
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
-3 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.9s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
69ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 412 Books & Stationery stores
#7 in Books & Stationery
Top 2% of stores
79% below average
477 products vs 2,250 avg
Faster than 99% of Books & Stationery stores
PageSpeed score: 57/100
No BNPL options
60% of Books & Stationery stores offer PayPal
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 412 stores in Books & Stationery
79% below average
avg
233% above average
avg
30% above average
avg
5% below average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Blackandwhitepublishing compares to other books & stationery stores
3%
of Books & Stationery stores use this theme
Insights
- 60% of Books & Stationery stores offer PayPal
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
No additional integrations detected
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 2% by catalog size
medium
Above-average content investment
Tech Stack Maturity
Basic stack
Business Sophistication
Early stage
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Blackandwhitepublishing
Blackandwhitepublishing is a books & stationery ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 477 products organized across 310 collections, making it comparable in size for the books & stationery category.
Theme and Design
Blackandwhitepublishing uses the Supply theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice is used by 3% of books & stationery stores.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Blackandwhitepublishing achieves a performance score of 57/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 79/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Blackandwhitepublishing has not implemented a third-party review platform. Compared to other books & stationery stores, 60% of books & stationery stores offer paypal
Competitive Positioning
Within the Books & Stationery category, Blackandwhitepublishing 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 23, 2026
