Merchant Bright
Merchant Bright is a BigCommerce theme by BigCommerce ($195). Tested on 2026-11-10 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 56 for mobile speed and 74 for desktop speed, 61/61 for SEO and 76/67 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile48

Desktop57

Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 56 | 74 |
| SEO | 61 | 61 |
| Accessibility | 76 | 67 |
| Best practices | 80 | 80 |
Single preset · measured 30 times since 2026-11-07 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Merchant-Bright home page
Mobile
Speed 48 · 52 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −22.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −3 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −0.9 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 4.2 s Minify JavaScript low effort
- 900 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 61 · 39 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 77 · 23 points to gain
- −5.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.2 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.6 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.6 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 81 · 19 points to gain
- −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
Desktop
Speed 57 · 43 points to gain
- −19.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −14.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.4 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −0.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 720 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
- 200 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 61 · 39 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 73 · 27 points to gain
- −5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −5 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.5 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Best practices 81 · 19 points to gain
- −19.2 Uses deprecated APIs medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Merchant-Bright default demo ↗ | 56 | 61 | 76 | 74 | 61 | 67 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 71 | 61 | 74 | 92 | 61 | 64 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 48 | 61 | 77 | 57 | 61 | 73 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 50 | 61 | 77 | 73 | 61 | 63 | 2026-11-10 |