Candywick
candywick.co.uk
Candywick Candles is a UK-based ecommerce store offering premium handcrafted scented candles, wax melts, and wax snap bars positioned as affordable luxury home fragrance products. The store features curated collections, sampler boxes, and bundles alongside personalization options and candle care guidance.
Products
75
Collections
14
Pages
12
Blog Posts
19
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
68/100
Top Recommendations
- Migrate from legacy OS 1.0 theme to OS 2.0 for better performance and features
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
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
+14 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
—
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
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First Contentful Paint
—
Time to First Byte
3.3s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores
#2 in Candle & Home Fragrance
Top 1% of stores
66% below average
75 products vs 220 avg
Faster than 99% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores
PageSpeed score: 71/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance
66% below average
avg
70% below average
avg
56% below average
avg
37% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 1% by catalog size
low
Basic content (12 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Developing stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Candywick
Candywick is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 75 products organized across 14 collections, making it comparable in size for the candle & home fragrance category.
Theme and Design
Candywick uses the Debut 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, Candywick achieves a performance score of 71/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 89/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Candywick has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Candywick 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
