Imperialcandles
imperialcandles.co.uk
Imperial Candles is a UK-based gift company that hand makes soy scented candles, bath bombs, and home fragrance products, each featuring a hidden jewel surprise inside. The store offers a range of products including jewel candles, tin candles, pin candles, wax melts, room sprays, and complementary items like body mist and whipped soap, positioning itself as a premium gift experience brand.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 39/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
129
Collections
104
Pages
35
Blog Posts
2
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
53/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 18 points below Candle & Home Fragrance category average (57)
- Add a reviews platform to build customer trust
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Candle & Home Fragrance Ranking
#2 / 186
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
57
-18 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
2.5s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.040
Cumulative Layout Shift
178ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores
#2 in Candle & Home Fragrance
Top 1% of stores
41% below average
129 products vs 220 avg
Faster than 99% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores
PageSpeed score: 39/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance
41% below average
avg
121% above average
avg
30% above average
avg
93% below average
avg
Theme & Design
Theme Name
BespokeType
Custom / Bespoke
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 1% by catalog size
medium
Above-average content investment
Tech Stack Maturity
Mature stack
Business Sophistication
Emerging
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Imperialcandles
Imperialcandles is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 129 products organized across 104 collections, making it comparable in size for the candle & home fragrance category.
Theme and Design
Imperialcandles 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, Imperialcandles achieves a performance score of 39/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 89/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Imperialcandles has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers Settle, PayPal, Clearpay, Afterpay for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Imperialcandles ranks #2 out of 256 stores we track. This places them in the top 1% of candle & home fragrance stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 23, 2026
