Hobby Island
hobby-island.co.uk
Hobby Island UK is a specialized retailer of mosaic tiles and craft supplies, offering a wide range of glass tiles, ceramic tiles, stained glass, adhesives, grout, and mosaic tools for hobby projects, home decoration, and DIY applications including bathrooms and swimming pools.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 46/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
4,954
Collections
232
Pages
22
Blog Posts
51
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
75/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 14 points below Arts & Crafts category average (60)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#12690 / 16375
Faster than 23% of stores
Arts & Crafts Ranking
#599 / 708
Top 85% in category
Category Avg Performance
60
-14 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.8s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
2.0s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
130ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.1s
First Contentful Paint
212ms
Time to First Byte
5.2s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1004 Arts & Crafts stores
#36 in Arts & Crafts
Top 4% of stores
423% above average
4,954 products vs 948 avg
Slower than 85% of Arts & Crafts stores
PageSpeed score: 46/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1004 stores in Arts & Crafts
423% above average
avg
364% above average
avg
47% above average
avg
59% above average
avg
Theme & Design
Theme Name
BespokeType
Custom / Bespoke
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
judge.me
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 4% by catalog size
medium
Above-average content investment
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Established
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Hobby Island
Hobby Island is a arts & crafts ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 4,954 products organized across 232 collections, making it larger than average for the arts & crafts category.
Theme and Design
Hobby Island uses the Bespoke theme, a custom-built solution tailored specifically for this store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Hobby Island achieves a performance score of 46/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 78/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Hobby Island uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers Settle, PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Arts & Crafts category, Hobby Island ranks #36 out of 1004 stores we track. This places them in the top 4% of arts & crafts stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 20, 2026
