Brightstemshop
brightstemshop.com
Bright Stem is an ethical art and crafts shop offering sustainably produced greeting cards, art prints, wrapping paper, sculptures, and stationery items with vintage-style designs. Products are created directly by the artist and designer and include handmade pieces in various mediums such as wood, resin, cardboard, and metal.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 47/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
66
Collections
52
Pages
12
Blog Posts
0
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
59/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 13 points below Arts & Crafts category average (60)
- Add blog content to improve SEO and engagement
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 24 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Arts & Crafts Ranking
#7 / 708
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
60
-13 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.8s
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
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1004 Arts & Crafts stores
#4 in Arts & Crafts
Top 0% of stores
93% below average
66 products vs 948 avg
Faster than 99% of Arts & Crafts stores
PageSpeed score: 47/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1004 stores in Arts & Crafts
93% below average
avg
4% above average
avg
20% below average
avg
100% 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 0% by catalog size
low
Basic content (12 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Developing
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Brightstemshop
Brightstemshop is a arts & crafts ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in ZA. The store currently offers 66 products organized across 52 collections, making it comparable in size for the arts & crafts category.
Theme and Design
Brightstemshop uses the Impulse theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Brightstemshop achieves a performance score of 47/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 88/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Brightstemshop uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Arts & Crafts category, Brightstemshop ranks #4 out of 1004 stores we track. This places them in the top 0% of arts & crafts stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 23, 2026
