Thebotanicalcandleco
thebotanicalcandleco.co.uk
The Botanical Candle Co. is a UK-based maker of hand-poured soy wax scented candles and home fragrance products. The store offers candles, reed diffusers, tealights, wax melts, and coordinating homeware items, with options for subscriptions, gifts, and wholesale trade orders.
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
391
Collections
22
Pages
20
Blog Posts
63
CommerceRank Score
Overall store health assessment based on 5 key factors
55/100
Top Recommendations
- Critical: PageSpeed below 50 is hurting conversions
- PageSpeed is 17 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
-17 below avg
Category Avg LCP
1.9s
Slower than avg
Performance
Accessibility
SEO
Core Web Vitals
2.8s
Largest Contentful Paint
0.000
Cumulative Layout Shift
162ms
Interaction to Next Paint
Additional Metrics
1.2s
First Contentful Paint
309ms
Time to First Byte
12.5s
Speed Index
Store Audit
Actionable insights compared to 256 Candle & Home Fragrance stores
#2 in Candle & Home Fragrance
Top 1% of stores
78% above average
391 products vs 220 avg
Faster than 99% of Candle & Home Fragrance stores
PageSpeed score: 40/100
Category Benchmarks
Compared to 256 stores in Candle & Home Fragrance
78% above average
avg
53% below average
avg
26% below average
avg
110% above average
avg
Theme & Design
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
high
Strong content (63 blogs, 20 pages)
Tech Stack Maturity
Developing stack
Business Sophistication
Developing
Store Timeline & History
Feb 2026
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About Thebotanicalcandleco
Thebotanicalcandleco is a candle & home fragrance ecommerce store built on shopify and operating in GB. The store currently offers 391 products organized across 22 collections, making it larger than average for the candle & home fragrance category.
Theme and Design
Thebotanicalcandleco uses the Capital theme from the Shopify Theme Store. This theme choice provides the foundation for their online presence.
Performance Analysis
Based on Google PageSpeed Insights, Thebotanicalcandleco 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 85/100 for accessibility and 92/100 for SEO optimization.
Tech Stack
Beyond the core Shopify platform, Thebotanicalcandleco has not implemented a third-party review platform and offers PayPal for payment flexibility.
Competitive Positioning
Within the Candle & Home Fragrance category, Thebotanicalcandleco 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 22, 2026
