Gearbarrel
gearbarrel.com
GearBarrel.com specializes in high-end tactical and outdoor knives, offering a curated selection of premium brands including Microtech, Hinderer, Benchmade, Spyderco, Medford, and Strider. The store features both fixed blade and folding knife collections, catering to knife enthusiasts and outdoor professionals.
Products
1,671
Collections
44
Pages
7
Blog Posts
3
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
56/100
Top Recommendations
- Improve PageSpeed performance to 70+ for better conversions
- Fix CLS: Layout shift issues detected - add image dimensions and avoid dynamic content
- Accessibility score is 63/100 - improve for better UX and legal compliance
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
- Consider BNPL options to increase average order value
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 26 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#10871 / 16375
Faster than 34% of stores
Sports & Outdoors Ranking
#456 / 716
Top 64% in category
Category Avg Performance
56
-4 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.5s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.550
Cumulative Layout Shift
—
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1076 Sports & Outdoors stores
#116 in Sports & Outdoors
Top 11% of stores
71% above average
1,671 products vs 976 avg
Slower than 64% of Sports & Outdoors stores
PageSpeed score: 52/100
No BNPL options
63% of Sports & Outdoors stores offer PayPal
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1076 stores in Sports & Outdoors
71% above average
avg
71% below average
avg
76% below average
avg
95% below average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Gearbarrel compares to other sports & outdoors stores
0%
of Sports & Outdoors stores use this theme
Insights
- 63% of Sports & Outdoors stores offer PayPal
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
Shopify
No additional integrations detected
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
Unknown
Larger than 75% of category
Top 11% by catalog size
low
Basic content (7 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Basic stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Gearbarrel
Gearbarrel is a sports & outdoors ecommerce store built on Shopify and operating in US. The store currently offers 1,671 products organized across 44 collections, making it larger than average for the sports & outdoors category.
Theme and Design
Gearbarrel uses the React theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Gearbarrel achieves a performance score of 52/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 63/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Gearbarrel has not implemented a third-party review platform. Compared to other sports & outdoors stores, 63% of sports & outdoors stores offer paypal
Competitive Positioning
Within the Sports & Outdoors category, Gearbarrel ranks #116 out of 1076 stores we track. This places them in the top 11% of sports & outdoors stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 25, 2026
