Buyplants
buyplants.co.uk
Newlands Nursery is an online plant retailer offering a wide selection of quality plants including perennials, herbs, bedding plants, flowering annuals, and dahlia tubers. The store positions itself as a destination for gardeners seeking diverse plant varieties with seasonal offerings and delivery services across the UK.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 38/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
1,339
Collections
236
Pages
73
Blog Posts
216
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
55/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 19 points below Home & Garden category average (57)
- 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
Home & Garden Ranking
#7 / 260
Top 3% in category
Category Avg Performance
57
-19 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.2s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
157ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.0s
First Contentful Paint
497ms
Time to First Byte
9.5s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 366 Home & Garden stores
#8 in Home & Garden
Top 2% of stores
140% above average
1,339 products vs 558 avg
Faster than 97% of Home & Garden stores
PageSpeed score: 38/100
No BNPL options
56% of Home & Garden stores offer PayPal
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 366 stores in Home & Garden
140% above average
avg
275% above average
avg
306% above average
avg
468% above average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Buyplants compares to other home & garden stores
0%
of Home & Garden stores use this theme
Insights
- 56% of Home & Garden 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
high
Strong content (216 blogs, 73 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Basic stack
Business Sophistication
Developing
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Buyplants
Buyplants is a home & garden ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 1,339 products organized across 236 collections, making it larger than average for the home & garden category.
Theme and Design
Buyplants uses the Be Yours theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Buyplants achieves a performance score of 38/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 91/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Buyplants has not implemented a third-party review platform. Compared to other home & garden stores, 56% of home & garden stores offer paypal
Competitive Positioning
Within the Home & Garden category, Buyplants ranks #8 out of 366 stores we track. This places them in the top 2% of home & garden stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 22, 2026
