Buddi Sites: Faster shop pages and a home screen app icon for your Buddi Site

Your Buddi Site just got quicker and more app-like for your customers.

Faster loading shop pages

Your Shop, Collection and Promotion pages now load noticeably faster. Instead of loading your entire product catalogue up front, the page shows the first set of products right away and brings in the rest in the background while your customer browses. Search engines still see your full catalogue, so there’s no impact on SEO.

Add your store to the home screen

Customers who save your site to their phone’s home screen will now see your logo and store name, not a grey letter tile. You’ll find the new Icons & App tab in your site Settings, where you can:

• Set the app name that appears under the icon
• Upload an app icon (square PNG, at least 512 × 512 px)
• Choose a background colour for the icon and Android splash screen
• Turn on “Open like an app” so your site opens full screen without browser bars
• Preview how the icon looks on iPhone and Android

Your favicon upload has moved to this tab too.

Good to know: Android updates the icon automatically after you change it, but on iPhone customers who already added your site will need to remove it and add it again to see the new icon.