Cheltenhamrarebooks
cheltenhamrarebooks.co.uk
Cheltenham Rare Books is a specialist dealer in rare, antique, and first edition books with emphasis on superior condition. The store offers curated collections including limited editions, signed books, fine bindings, private press publications, and thematic collections spanning literature, poetry, science fiction, and special interest categories.
Products
9,048
Collections
152
Pages
19
Blog Posts
9
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
86/100
Top Recommendations
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better conversions
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Books & Stationery Ranking
#4 / 273
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
60
+0 above avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.8s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
108ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.2s
First Contentful Paint
675ms
Time to First Byte
5.8s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 412 Books & Stationery stores
#7 in Books & Stationery
Top 2% of stores
302% above average
9,048 products vs 2,250 avg
Faster than 99% of Books & Stationery stores
PageSpeed score: 60/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 412 stores in Books & Stationery
302% above average
avg
63% above average
avg
5% below average
avg
77% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
Reputon
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 2% by catalog size
low
Basic content (19 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Cheltenhamrarebooks
Cheltenhamrarebooks is a books & stationery ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 9,048 products organized across 152 collections, making it larger than average for the books & stationery category.
Theme and Design
Cheltenhamrarebooks 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, Cheltenhamrarebooks achieves a performance score of 60/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 91/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Cheltenhamrarebooks uses Reputon for customer reviews and offers Pipe, PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Books & Stationery category, Cheltenhamrarebooks ranks #7 out of 412 stores we track. This places them in the top 2% of books & stationery stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 22, 2026
