# We make slow Shopify stores fast.

**Your store is losing shoppers while the page is still loading.**

Shoppers in Uganda browsing on a phone won’t wait for a hero video, six app scripts and a five-megabyte banner. We find what is slowing your store down, fix it in order of impact, and show you the before and after.

- Real-device speed testing
- Images and video right-sized
- App and script clean-up
- Core Web Vitals fixed

## How we speed it up

1. **Measure on real phones** — We test your key pages with PageSpeed Insights, Lighthouse and real mid-range phones on mobile data, and record where the time goes.
2. **Cut and defer app scripts** — We remove scripts left behind by uninstalled apps, defer the ones that don’t need to load first, and replace heavy apps with lighter options where possible.
3. **Compress and lazy-load media** — We resize and convert images, lazy-load anything below the fold, and swap autoplay videos and huge banners for lighter versions.
4. **Re-test and report** — We measure the same pages again in the same conditions and show you the before and after, page by page.

## What the results look like

**Under 2s** page load time we build every site to.

- **Pages that open quickly** Your key pages are tuned to load in under 2 seconds, so shoppers see products instead of a blank screen.
- **Lighter on mobile data** Smaller images and fewer scripts mean pages load on a phone without eating through a shopper’s data.
- **Fewer, cleaner apps** Leftover code from old apps is gone, and the apps you keep load only where they are needed.
- **Proof, not promises** You get the before and after measurements for each page, taken the same way, so you can see exactly what changed.

## How do you speed up a Shopify store in Uganda?

Shopify speed optimization finds and removes what slows your pages down: oversized images, auto-playing video, leftover app code, render-blocking scripts and heavy theme features. EliteTeQ tests on real phones and mobile connections in Uganda, fixes the biggest problems first and shows you the before-and-after results.

- Measured on phones, not just a fast laptop
- Images and video compressed and resized
- Unused app code and scripts removed
- Largest Contentful Paint and layout shift fixed

## Where Shopify stores lose their speed

- **Apps you uninstalled are still loading** Many apps leave code in your theme after you remove them. That code keeps running on every page view for years unless someone cleans it out.
- **The banner weighs more than the page** A full-resolution photo or auto-playing video at the top of the home page can take longer to load than everything else combined.
- **Fast on Wi-Fi, slow on mobile data** Store owners test on office internet. Customers shop on mobile data. We test the way your customers actually load the store.
- **The page jumps while it loads** Buttons that move as images and banners appear cause wrong taps and frustration, and they count against you in Google’s Core Web Vitals.

## How we make the store faster

### Find the heaviest things first

We profile your key pages and rank every script, image and app by how much it costs, so the fixes start where they make the biggest difference.

- Home, collection and product pages profiled
- Every app script measured
- Fixes ranked by impact

### Before and after, page by page

You see the measured change on each page we work on, tested the same way before and after, so you know what the work achieved.

- Same device and connection each time
- Core Web Vitals tracked
- Report you can share with your team

## What you get

- **Speed audit** — Your key pages measured on real phones, with every problem listed and ranked.
- **Image and video clean-up** — Media resized, compressed and loaded only when it’s needed.
- **App and script clean-up** — Leftover app code removed and remaining scripts loaded later where safe.
- **Theme fixes** — Heavy sections slimmed down and layout shift removed.
- **Before-and-after report** — Measured results for each page, tested the same way both times.
- **Speed rules for your team** — Simple guidance on image sizes and apps so the store stays fast.

## A slow store vs a tuned one

| Without it | With EliteTeQ |
|---|---|
| Tested on office Wi-Fi | Tested on phones and mobile data |
| Old app code running on every page | Dead code removed |
| Full-size photos in every banner | Images sized for the screen |
| Buttons jump as the page loads | Stable layout from the first second |
| “It feels faster” | Measured before-and-after results |

## For stores where the slowness is starting to cost sales

- Stores with lots of apps installed
- Image-heavy fashion and beauty stores
- Stores with video on the home page
- Stores failing Core Web Vitals
- Stores before a big sale or launch
- Stores after a theme change

## Working with you in Uganda

We set your store up for Uganda: prices in UGX, delivery zones and rates for the places you actually deliver to, and the payment providers Shopify supports in Uganda.

Shoppers in Uganda use English and Swahili, so the store can run in more than one language.

We work with you over WhatsApp and video calls, and share progress on a preview link you can open on your own phone.

- **Store currency:** UGX (USh)
- **Customer languages:** English and Swahili
- **How we meet:** WhatsApp, video calls and email
- **Team:** Remote, from our Nairobi team

## A fixed price for the audit and the fixes

A fixed price, in writing, before work starts.

- Free first speed check
- Full speed audit
- Fixes on a duplicate theme
- Before-and-after report
- Speed rules for your team

## Questions clients ask us

**Why is my Shopify store slow?**

The usual causes are large images and video, too many apps, code left behind by removed apps, and theme features loading on pages that don’t use them. The audit shows which of these apply to your store.

**Will speeding up the store change how it looks?**

Usually not. Most fixes happen behind the scenes. Where a design element is the main problem, such as a heavy video, we show you lighter options before changing anything.

**Do I have to remove my apps?**

Not necessarily. We measure each app’s cost and keep the ones that earn their place. Some can be loaded later in the page, and some can be replaced with a few lines in your theme.

**Does store speed affect Google rankings?**

Page experience, including Core Web Vitals, is one of the signals Google uses. More importantly, faster pages keep more shoppers from leaving before the page appears.

**Will the store stay fast after you finish?**

It will if new images and apps follow the same rules. We give your team simple guidance, and we can run a check after big changes or before a sale.

## Find out what’s slowing your store down.

Send us your store link on WhatsApp. We’ll run a phone test and tell you the three biggest problems for free.

- Phone: +254 791 313 683
- Email: info@eliteteqpos.com
- Web: https://eliteteqpos.com/ug/services/shopify-speed-optimization/