{"id":16595,"date":"2023-06-01T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T04:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/?p=16595"},"modified":"2023-06-01T03:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:11:16","slug":"boost-store-speed-with-swifts-free-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/2023\/06\/01\/boost-store-speed-with-swifts-free-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Store Speed and Achieve High Conversion Rates with Swift&#8217;s Free Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you searching for an easy way to boost your store speed and achieve high conversion rates? Look no further! The<\/span><b> Swift Free plan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers exactly what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With powerful features like Preload and ALT-image, you&#8217;ll quickly see the value of using the Swift Free plan to optimize your store speed. In this article, we&#8217;ll dive deep into the benefits of these two key features and show you why Swift&#8217;s Free plan is worth sticking around for.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How does store speed affect conversion rates?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The store speed is a critical aspect of its performance, as it significantly affects conversion rates and revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walmart found that improving page load time by one second increased conversions by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpostats.com\/2015\/11\/04\/walmart-revenue.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while BBC lost <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpostats.com\/2017\/03\/03\/bbc-load-abandonment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their total users for every additional second it took for their pages to load.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16606\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16606\" class=\"wp-image-16606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download.png\" alt=\"Achieve High Conversion Rates with Swift&#039;s Free Plan\" width=\"920\" height=\"600\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walmart&#8217;s website<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO is a significant component in Google search rankings because the average mobile web page takes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkwithgoogle.com\/consumer-insights\/consumer-trends\/mobile-shopping-ecosystem-page-load-speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15.3 seconds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to load.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By optimizing your store for speed, you&#8217;re not only making your users happy but also improving your chances of ranking higher in those search results. Isn&#8217;t that awesome?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Introduction to Swift&#8217;s Free Plan<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Swift Free plan is designed to help business owners optimize their store&#8217;s performance and SEO without breaking the bank. It offers a range of powerful features, allowing merchants to experience the benefits of Swift&#8217;s optimization tools without any financial commitment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The power of Preload: Boost your store&#8217;s performance\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The preload capabilities of Boost Speed and Smart Booster are among Swift&#8217;s most impressive. They are included in the Free plan. They make your Shopify store more effective by minimizing wait times for customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>1. How they work\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Boost Speed (Simple Preloading method), Swift instantly improves your store speed by predicting resources based on mouse movement, ensuring your store&#8217;s pages appear fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16607\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16607\" class=\"wp-image-16607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-9.png\" alt=\"Improving your online store speed with Smart Booster\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improving your online store speed with Smart Booster<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that&#8217;s not all. Swift&#8217;s Smart Booster (Advanced Preloading) takes performance to a whole new level. The key differentiator lies in its connectivity to Google Analytics. By connecting Smart Booster to your Google Analytics account, it gains access to valuable data about customers&#8217; paths. This allows Smart Booster to accurately forecast customer behavior and deliver materials before they&#8217;re even requested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing so ensures that your visitors get a faster experience, as the pages they request are already pre-loaded and ready to be served.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A single button click is all it takes to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/r\/rs63638347da045bc72b0094ee\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activate these features<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and then you can sit back and enjoy the smooth advancement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>2. Benefits of Boost Speed and Smart Booster<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Boost Speed and Smart Booster features in the Swift Free plan offer several benefits for your Shopify store:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Faster page loading times: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By preloading your site&#8217;s pages, visitors can access them much more quickly, leading to a better customer experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reduced server load: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preload helps reduce the strain on your server by serving cached pages, resulting in a more stable and reliable website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improved SEO ranking: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ve probably heard that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2010\/04\/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is obsessed with web speed. They believe that speedy loading times make customers happier, improve their experience, and reduce costs. Incorporating preload functionality into your website can enhance its loading speed and improve your search engine ranking. It&#8217;s like having Google as your ally, supporting your store&#8217;s success.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Automatic Image ALT tags optimization<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest addition to the Swift Free plan is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/admin\/apps\/swift-3\/boost-seo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT-image optimizer feature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an SEO-boosting tool that enhances your store&#8217;s searchability.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16609\" style=\"width: 1331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16609\" class=\"wp-image-16609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-10.png\" alt=\"Boost Store Speed and Achieve High Conversion Rates with Swift&#039;s Free Plan\" width=\"1321\" height=\"705\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-16609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Automatically adding alt text to images<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b>1. How ALT-image Works\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT-image is a feature that automatically adds &#8220;alt&#8221; attributes to your website&#8217;s images. These alt attributes are text descriptions of your images, providing valuable context to search engines and helping them better understand the content of your store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Swift&#8217;s ALT-image feature, you can ensure that all your images have proper alt attributes, making your website more accessible and SEO-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>2. Benefits of ALT-image\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALT-image offers several advantages for your website:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improved SEO ranking:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adding alt attributes to the images on your website can enhance search engine comprehension of your store&#8217;s content, resulting in improved search engine rankings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Better customer experience:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If a visitor is having problems loading or viewing an image, you can help them get a better sense of the context of your product by including descriptive alt text with each image.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Other remarkable features of the Swift Free Plan\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>HTML and CSS minification: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minification reduces the size of your site&#8217;s code, leading to faster loading times and better performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lazy loading: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This feature improves the initial loading speed of your Shopify store by delaying the loading of images and other media until they are needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Loading screen with full customization: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It allows merchants to add branding elements or entertaining visuals, keeping users engaged and reducing the perceived wait time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Maximize Swift Free Plan benefits<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Swift free plan offers impressive robust features designed to improve your store speed and SEO. By taking advantage of Pre-load, ALT-image, and other powerful tools, you can transform your Shopify store into a faster, more accessible, and SEO-friendly platform for your customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-list-table widefat fixed striped table-view-list posts\">\n<tbody id=\"the-list\">\n<tr id=\"post-16623\" class=\"iedit author-self level-0 post-16623 type-penci-block status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<td class=\"shortcode column-shortcode\" data-colname=\"Shortcode\"><strong><div class=\"wrap-block\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Swift-Background-CTA.png');background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;background-position: center;padding: 20px;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" cellpadding=\"30\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16630\" src=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/010623_Banner_Swift_467x347.png\" alt=\"Boost Store Speed and Achieve High Conversion Rates with Swift&#039;s Free Plan\" width=\"467\" height=\"347\" title=\"\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\r\n<p class=\"h2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Swift Free Plan for a fast store, Google-adored!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Impress Google with a fast and SEO-optimized website to increase visibility, traffic, and conversions.<\/span><br>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.shopify.com\/swift?utm_source=sw-blog&amp;utm_medium=store-speed&amp;utm_campaign=cta-box&amp;utm_content=vinnt\" class=\"pencisc-button pencisc-button__77110329\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color:#36CA98;border-color:#36CA98;color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n<strong>Get started<\/strong><\/a><style>a.pencisc-button.pencisc-button__77110329:hover{ background-color:#ffffff !important;border-color:#ffffff !important;color:#36CA98 !important;}<\/style><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table><\/div><style data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\"><\/style><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Frequently asked questions\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<h4><b>1. Is the Swift Free plan suitable for my Shopify store?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, the Swift Free plan is designed to benefit websites of all sizes and types, offering powerful optimization features at no cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>2. Why should I keep using the Swift Free Plan?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few reasons why you should stick with the Swift Free Plan:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Enhance your Shopify store speed:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Swift Free plan offers features like preloading, which can significantly improve your store&#8217;s loading speed. This means a better user experience for your visitors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improve your SEO ranking: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With ALT-image optimization and other SEO-friendly features, the Swift Free plan can help boost your store&#8217;s visibility in search engine rankings. This means more organic traffic and potential customers finding your site.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers extensive optimization options. Improve SEO and website performance, and save money. It&#8217;s a win-win!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By sticking with the Swift Free Plan, you can optimize your website, attract more visitors, and save money\u2014all without sacrificing the quality and performance of your store.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>3. How long can I use the Swift Free plan?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no time limit on the Swift Free plan. You can continue using it for as long as you like.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>4. Can I upgrade to a paid plan later?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Absolutely! You can easily upgrade to one of Swift&#8217;s paid plans at any time if you feel you need more features or support.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you searching for an easy way to boost your store speed and achieve high&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":16616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16595"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16825,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16595\/revisions\/16825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}