Build your lazy loading drop-shipping website

Lazy loading is a technique for waiting to load certain parts of a webpage especially images until they are needed. Instead of loading everything all at once, known as eager loading, the browser does not request certain resources until the user interacts in such a way that the resources are needed.

Yes, a Shopify siteʼs performance can be significantly enhanced with lazy loading images.

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Eager loading generates all web page content as soon as possible, while lazy loading delays the display of non-essential content. Lazy loading is a great option for large page files with more content. However, simpler pages with a set amount of text and few images and/or videos should apply eager loading.

A practical example would be when you land on the home page of an e-commerce site with a link to a cart page/section, and none of the cart pageʼs resources (such as JavaScript, CSS, and images) are downloaded until you navigate there.

With lazy loading, a webpage starts off smaller than its full size and thus loads faster. Speedy web performance has numerous benefits, including better SEO, higher conversion rates, and an improved user experience.

Chrome and Firefox both support lazy loading with the loading attribute. This attribute can be added to elements, and also to elements. A value of lazy tells the browser to load the image immediately if it is in the viewport, and to fetch other images when the user scrolls near them.

There are four common ways of implementing the lazy load design pattern: lazy initialization; a virtual proxy; a ghost, and a value holder. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.