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Expanse

Expanse is a Shopify theme by Archetype Themes ($420). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 80 for mobile speed and 90 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 89/90 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 59 to 94. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 338 reviews.

Mobile78
Expanse home page on mobile
Desktop92
Expanse home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed8090
SEO9292
Accessibility8990
Best practices10099

Median of 5 presets · measured 270 times since 2026-11-06 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Expanse home page

Mobile

Speed 78 · 22 points to gain

  • −20.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −1.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
  • 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 76 · 24 points to gain

  • −5.1 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
  • −5.1 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium 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 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort

Desktop

Speed 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort

Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain

  • −5.1 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
  • −5.1 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
  • −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort

Presets and pages

Preset / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Expanse default demo ↗ 758787909590 2026-11-06
category ↗ 708595829295 2026-11-07
home ↗ 788576929279 2026-11-06
product ↗ 7792919510095 2026-11-07
Fetch demo ↗ 729289979291 2026-11-06
category ↗ 598595978595 2026-11-07
home ↗ 799285999285 2026-11-06
product ↗ 77100889610092 2026-11-07
Gem demo ↗ 808789909290 2026-11-06
category ↗ 758595889292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 948580888583 2026-11-06
product ↗ 7192919310095 2026-11-08
Revive demo ↗ 829283989285 2026-11-06
category ↗ 819291989292 2026-11-07
home ↗ 829276979280 2026-11-06
product ↗ 82–83100–83 2026-11-07
Spritz demo ↗ 809290799291 2026-11-06
category ↗ 799295819295 2026-11-07
home ↗ 758587678587 2026-11-06
product ↗ 87100879010090 2026-11-07

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