Katysuedesigns
katysuedesigns.com
Katy Sue Designs is a UK-based craft supplies retailer established in 1993, offering an extensive range of products for cake decorating, card making, and general crafting. Their product line includes silicone moulds, die-cut decoupage, stickers, quilling supplies, paper cutting materials, and decorative cake moulds in various designs such as floral, animal, and character themes.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 40/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
2,032
Collections
677
Pages
86
Blog Posts
443
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
77/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 20 points below Arts & Crafts category average (60)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 23 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#2 / 16375
Faster than 100% of stores
Arts & Crafts Ranking
#7 / 708
Top 1% in category
Category Avg Performance
60
-20 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.8s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
2.7s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
130ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 1004 Arts & Crafts stores
#4 in Arts & Crafts
Top 0% of stores
114% above average
2,032 products vs 948 avg
Faster than 99% of Arts & Crafts stores
PageSpeed score: 40/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 1004 stores in Arts & Crafts
114% above average
avg
1254% above average
avg
473% above average
avg
1284% above average
avg
Theme & Design
Tech Stack
Platform
shopify
Reviews Platform
TrustPilot
Payment / Finance
Business Profile
Store maturity and operational indicators
Stable
NaN+ year
Since Invalid Date
Top 10% largest catalog
Top 0% by catalog size
high
Strong content (443 blogs, 86 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Mature
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Katysuedesigns
Katysuedesigns is a arts & crafts ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in NL. The store currently offers 2,032 products organized across 677 collections, making it larger than average for the arts & crafts category.
Theme and Design
Katysuedesigns uses the Empire theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Katysuedesigns achieves a performance score of 40/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 97/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Katysuedesigns uses TrustPilot for customer reviews and offers PayPal, Zip (Quadpay) for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Arts & Crafts category, Katysuedesigns ranks #4 out of 1004 stores we track. This places them in the top 0% of arts & crafts stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 23, 2026
