Happyplacethings
happyplacethings.com
The Happy Place Things is a UK-based ecommerce store specializing in handcrafted gifts, homeware, and home decor items. The store focuses on ethically and sustainably sourced products including candles, unique home furnishings, and gift sets targeted primarily at gift-givers, with an emphasis on thoughtful, artisanal items for occasions like housewarmings.
Products
241
Collections
27
Pages
5
Blog Posts
4
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
66/100
Top Recommendations
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#382 / 16375
Faster than 98% of stores
Gifts & Hampers Ranking
#17 / 868
Top 2% in category
Category Avg Performance
59
+27 above avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
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Largest Contentful Paint
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Cumulative Layout Shift
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Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
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First Contentful Paint
—
Time to First Byte
3.4s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1277 Gifts & Hampers stores
#514 in Gifts & Hampers
Above average (top 40%)
77% below average
241 products vs 1,035 avg
Faster than 98% of Gifts & Hampers stores
PageSpeed score: 86/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1277 stores in Gifts & Hampers
77% below average
avg
66% below average
avg
87% below average
avg
92% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Above average catalog size
Top 40% by catalog size
low
Basic content (5 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Happyplacethings
Happyplacethings is a gifts & hampers ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 241 products organized across 27 collections, making it comparable in size for the gifts & hampers category.
Theme and Design
Happyplacethings uses the Sense theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Happyplacethings achieves a performance score of 86/100 on mobile devices. This moderate score suggests there may be opportunities to improve load times and user experience through optimization. The store also scores 92/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Happyplacethings has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers PayPal, Klarna for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Gifts & Hampers category, Happyplacethings ranks #514 out of 1277 stores we track. This places them in the top 40% of gifts & hampers stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 20, 2026
