Castellapothecary
castellapothecary.co.uk
Castell Apothecary is a Welsh beauty and personal care brand offering handmade natural body care products including soaps, shampoos, bath treatments, body oils, and home fragrance items. The range features carefully selected botanicals and essential oils as key active ingredients, with products designed to harness natural plant properties for skincare and home wellness.
Products
100
Collections
19
Pages
8
Blog Posts
3
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
81/100
Top Recommendations
- Migrate from legacy OS 1.0 theme to OS 2.0 for better performance and features
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Beauty & Skincare Ranking
#6 / 859
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
54
+17 above avg
Category Avg LCP
2.1s
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
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First Contentful Paint
—
Time to First Byte
3.5s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1155 Beauty & Skincare stores
#16 in Beauty & Skincare
Top 1% of stores
78% below average
100 products vs 445 avg
Faster than 99% of Beauty & Skincare stores
PageSpeed score: 71/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1155 stores in Beauty & Skincare
78% below average
avg
69% below average
avg
76% below average
avg
94% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
Stamped
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 (8 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Developing
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Castellapothecary
Castellapothecary is a beauty & skincare ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in DK. The store currently offers 100 products organized across 19 collections, making it comparable in size for the beauty & skincare category.
Theme and Design
Castellapothecary uses the Debut theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice is used by 9% of beauty & skincare stores.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Castellapothecary 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 82/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Castellapothecary uses Stamped for customer reviews and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Beauty & Skincare category, Castellapothecary ranks #16 out of 1155 stores we track. This places them in the top 1% of beauty & skincare stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 22, 2026
