Designworkscollective
designworkscollective.co.uk
Designworks Collective UK is a candle retailer and workshop space specializing in Paddywax candles. The store offers candle pouring workshops, refillable candle options, candle accessories, and gift cards, operating both online and through their physical location in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Products
1,298
Collections
80
Pages
19
Blog Posts
7
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
66/100
Top Recommendations
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better conversions
- 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
Candle & Home Fragrance Ranking
#2 / 186
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
57
-1 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.1s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
121ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
0.7s
First Contentful Paint
261ms
Time to First Byte
7.3s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores
#2 in Candle & Home Fragrance
Top 1% of stores
490% above average
1,298 products vs 220 avg
Faster than 99% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores
PageSpeed score: 56/100
No BNPL options
67% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores offer PayPal
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance
490% above average
avg
70% above average
avg
30% below average
avg
77% below average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Designworkscollective compares to other candle & home fragrance stores
13%
of Candle & Home Fragrance stores use this theme
Insights
- 67% of Candle & Home Fragrance 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 1% by catalog size
low
Basic content (19 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Basic stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Designworkscollective
Designworkscollective is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 1,298 products organized across 80 collections, making it larger than average for the candle & home fragrance category.
Theme and Design
Designworkscollective uses the Dawn 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, Designworkscollective achieves a performance score of 56/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 97/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Designworkscollective has not implemented a third-party review platform. Compared to other candle & home fragrance stores, 67% of candle & home fragrance stores offer paypal
Competitive Positioning
Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Designworkscollective 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
