Explorescientific
explorescientific.ca
Explore Scientific is a Canadian retailer offering high-quality telescopes, microscopes, eyepieces, binoculars, and STEM educational kits. The store caters to astronomy enthusiasts and science learners at all skill levels, from children to serious amateur astronomers, with products backed by warranty and customer service.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 36/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
488
Collections
408
Pages
1,002
Blog Posts
269
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
65/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 23 points below Education category average (59)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 26 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#14820 / 16375
Faster than 9% of stores
Education Ranking
#140 / 152
Top 92% in category
Category Avg Performance
59
-23 below avg
Category Avg LCP
2.1s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.4s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
108ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 223 Education stores
#22 in Education
Top 10% of stores
158% above average
488 products vs 189 avg
Slower than 92% of Education stores
PageSpeed score: 36/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 223 stores in Education
158% above average
avg
1003% above average
avg
2032% above average
avg
206% above 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 10% by catalog size
high
Strong content (269 blogs, 1002 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Explorescientific
Explorescientific is a education ecommerce store built on Shopify and operating in US. The store currently offers 488 products organized across 408 collections, making it larger than average for the education category.
Theme and Design
Explorescientific uses the Impact theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Explorescientific achieves a performance score of 36/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 88/100 for accessibility and 85/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Explorescientific uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers PayPal, Affirm, Zip (Quadpay) for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Education category, Explorescientific ranks #22 out of 223 stores we track. This places them in the top 10% of education stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 25, 2026
