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Bouslife

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bouslife.co.uk

Bous is a small-batch candle and home fragrance brand producing handmade, environmentally-friendly products in the Lake District. They offer a range of natural soy candles, wax melts, reed diffusers, room sprays, and related aromatherapy items, all crafted using essential oils and organized by fragrance profiles such as woody, citrus, floral, and herbal scents.

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Products

59

Collections

44

Pages

9

Blog Posts

17

CommerceRank Score

Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors

C

61/100

performance12/25 (Needs work)
catalog10/25 (Small)
tech Stack10/20 (Partial)
theme15/15 (Top 5 theme)
content14/15 (Rich)

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PageSpeed Performance Analysis

Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026

Overall Ranking

#2 / 16375

Faster than 100% of stores

Candle & Home Fragrance Ranking

#2 / 186

Top 1% in category

Category Avg Performance

57

+6 above avg

Category Avg LCP

1.9s

63

Performance

97

Accessibility

100

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

SIneeds work

4.0s

Speed Index

Store Audit

Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores

#2 in Candle & Home Fragrance

Top 1% of stores

73% below average

59 products vs 220 avg

Faster than 99% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores

PageSpeed score: 63/100

Category Benchmarks

Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance

Products59 / avg 220

73% below average

avg

Collections44 / avg 47

6% below average

avg

Pages9 / avg 27

67% below average

avg

Blog Posts17 / avg 30

43% below average

avg

Category Intelligence

How Bouslife compares to other candle & home fragrance stores

Theme Adoption

13%

of Candle & Home Fragrance stores use this theme

Finance Adoption

6%

of Candle & Home Fragrance stores use Pipe

Insights

  • 67% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores offer PayPal

Theme & Design

Theme Name

Dawn

Type

Theme Store

Theme Store ID

887

Tech Stack

Platform

shopify

Payment / Finance

Pipe

Business Profile

Store maturity and operational indicators

Growth Trajectory

Stable

Tracking History

NaN+ year

Since Invalid Date

Market Position

Top 10% largest catalog

Top 1% by catalog size

Content Investment

low

Basic content (9 pages)

Tech Stack Maturity

Developing stack

No review platform (34% of category uses one)

Business Sophistication

Emerging

InternationalModern Theme

Store Timeline & History

Feb 2026

59 products44 collections9 pages17 blogs

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About Bouslife

Bouslife is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in CH. The store currently offers 59 products organized across 44 collections, making it comparable in size for the candle & home fragrance category.

Theme and Design

Bouslife uses the Dawn theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice is used by 13% of candle & home fragrance stores.

Performance Analysis

Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Bouslife achieves a performance score of 63/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 97/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.

Tech Stack

Beyond the core Shopify platform, Bouslife has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers Pipe for payment flexibility. Compared to other candle & home fragrance stores, 67% of candle & home fragrance stores offer paypal

Competitive Positioning

Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Bouslife ranks #2 out of 256 stores we track. This places them in the top 1% of candle & home fragrance stores by product catalog size.

Last scanned

Feb 22, 2026

Bouslife | Candle & Home Fragrance Store Analysis | CommerceRank