Rguitars
rguitars.co.uk
Richards Guitars is a UK-based guitar specialist retailer located in Stratford Upon Avon, offering new and used guitars across multiple categories including acoustic, electric, nylon string, 12-string, and bass guitars. The store stocks premium brands such as Furch, Eastman, Gordon Smith, Valenti, and Cort, and provides custom professional setup services with guitar purchases.
Performance Needs Attention
This store scores 45/100 on PageSpeed, which is below the recommended threshold of 50. Consider optimizing images, reducing JavaScript, and enabling better caching.
Products
3,743
Collections
741
Pages
223
Blog Posts
539
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
80/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 16 points below Music & Merch category average (61)
PageSpeed Performance Analysis
Mobile performance from Google PageSpeed • 22 Feb 2026
Overall Ranking
#12919 / 16375
Faster than 21% of stores
Music & Merch Ranking
#262 / 305
Top 86% in category
Category Avg Performance
61
-16 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.7s
Faster than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
1.4s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
130ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.4s
First Contentful Paint
305ms
Time to First Byte
6.3s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 436 Music & Merch stores
#26 in Music & Merch
Top 6% of stores
239% above average
3,743 products vs 1,103 avg
Slower than 86% of Music & Merch stores
PageSpeed score: 45/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 436 stores in Music & Merch
239% above average
avg
1023% above average
avg
1493% above average
avg
917% above average
avg
Category Intelligence
How Rguitars compares to other music & merch stores
5%
of Music & Merch stores use judge.me
0%
of Music & Merch stores use this theme
8%
of Music & Merch stores use Klarna
Insights
- 63% of Music & Merch stores offer PayPal
Theme & Design
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 6% by catalog size
high
Strong content (539 blogs, 223 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Advanced stack
Business Sophistication
Mature
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Rguitars
Rguitars is a music & merch ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in ES. The store currently offers 3,743 products organized across 741 collections, making it larger than average for the music & merch category.
Theme and Design
Rguitars uses the Prestige theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Rguitars achieves a performance score of 45/100 on mobile devices. This score indicates significant opportunities for performance optimization, which could improve conversions and search rankings. The store also scores 99/100 for accessibility and 100/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Rguitars uses judge.me for customer reviews and offers Pipe, Klarna for payment flexibility. Compared to other music & merch stores, 63% of music & merch stores offer paypal
Competitive Positioning
Within the Music & Merch category, Rguitars ranks #26 out of 436 stores we track. This places them in the top 6% of music & merch stores by product catalog size.
Last scanned
Feb 19, 2026
