Drifttradingco
drifttradingco.com.au
Drift Trading Co is a boutique candle manufacturer based on Australia's Gold Coast that produces hand-poured, small-batch scented soy candles and home fragrance products using premium 100% natural, sustainable soy wax. The store offers candles in various vessel sizes, diffusers, room sprays, soy melts, and curated gift sets alongside complementary products like perfumes and body oils.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 47/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
816
Collections
88
Pages
9
Blog Posts
3
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
72/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 10 points below Candle & Home Fragrance category average (57)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 26 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#12493 / 16375
Faster than 24% of stores
Candle & Home Fragrance Ranking
#149 / 186
Top 80% in category
Category Avg Performance
57
-10 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.6s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.040
Cumulative Layout Shift
127ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores
#7 in Candle & Home Fragrance
Top 3% of stores
271% above average
816 products vs 220 avg
Slower than 80% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores
PageSpeed score: 47/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance
271% above average
avg
87% above average
avg
67% below average
avg
90% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
Shopify
Reviews Platform
judge.me
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
Unknown
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 3% by catalog size
low
Basic content (9 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Drifttradingco
Drifttradingco is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on Shopify and operating in AU. The store currently offers 816 products organized across 88 collections, making it larger than average for the candle & home fragrance category.
Theme and Design
Drifttradingco uses the Prestige theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice is used by 7% of candle & home fragrance stores.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Drifttradingco achieves a performance score of 47/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 92/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Drifttradingco uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Drifttradingco ranks #7 out of 256 stores we track. This places them in the top 3% of candle & home fragrance stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 25, 2026
