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PicPerf Turbulence for Shopify

Use PicPerf Turbulence on a Shopify storefront hostname for HTML-level speedups. Shopify CDN images are left alone; fonts, tags, and hints still get optimized.

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PicPerf Turbulence on Shopify is a reverse proxy in front of the custom storefront domain. It rewrites HTML. Images that already live on Shopify’s CDN are intentionally skipped. Gains come from fonts, third-party scripts, resource hints, HTML caching, and any images that are not already on a major CDN.

What it will not do

  • Replace Shopify’s image CDN for cdn.shopify.com assets
  • Rewrite images injected only by theme JavaScript after paint
  • Sit in front of hosted checkout

When it is still worth it

Storefronts that load GTM, reviews widgets, and Google Fonts in the head still pay for those on every page. Turbulence asyncs known-safe tags, preloads fonts, and caches transformed HTML. If images are the only problem and they already go through Shopify’s CDN, measure first — the free analysis shows which pipeline steps fire.

Compare to NitroPack if you are choosing a Shopify-oriented optimizer, or to PicPerf for ecommerce images if you only need the image product.

Frequently asked questions

  • It can sit in front of a custom domain that serves Shopify HTML. Images already on Shopify’s CDN are left alone — Turbulence assumes those are handled. It still helps with fonts, third-party scripts, resource hints, same-origin CSS/JS, and HTML caching.

  • Checkout and other non-storefront surfaces should stay on Shopify’s domains and routing. Turbulence is for the marketing/storefront hostname you control. Cookies and form posts on that hostname pass through. Do not put checkout.shopify.com behind Turbulence.

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PicPerf Turbulence rewrites every HTML page at the edge. No code changes.

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