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Product page without a maximum user weight

The page of a product that carries a person, such as a treadmill, an office chair, an e-bike, a paddle board or a hammock, doesn’t give its maximum user weight, so shoppers can’t tell whether it will carry them safely.

Checked on: product pages · Zolvio’s check: “Product page has no maximum user weight”

Why it costs you sales

A product a shopper stands, sits, lies or rides on has a maximum user weight, and a shopper over it can’t use it safely. Well-run chair, e-bike and scooter brands show it as a headline specification (“Maximum load 330 lbs”, “Payload capacity 330 lbs”).

A shopper who can’t find it has to ask, order and risk a return, or buy a product whose page says.

How Zolvio detects it

Zolvio works out what your store sells from its public product list (/products.json, the first 250 products it lists), by each product’s type, or its title when the type doesn’t say. Fitness machines are judged when your store counts as a fitness store: fitness equipment, such as treadmills, bikes, rowers, benches and racks, makes up at least 25% of the products Zolvio can place in a category (fitness equipment, furniture, clothing, supplements, beauty or food) and there are at least 3 of them, or at least 10% when there are 5 or more. A machine is a treadmill or walking pad, an exercise bike, a rower, an elliptical, a weight bench, a power or squat rack, or a reformer; accessories, parts and kits aren’t.

Products people sit, lie or ride on are judged on any store, product by product: an office or gaming chair, an e-bike or electric scooter, a paddle board or kayak, a hammock. Parts and accessories aren’t. Only English pages are judged (the page’s language tag, or Shopify’s language for the store when the theme sets none), and not a page whose product content couldn’t be read.

It looks for the weight limit in the product’s own content as the page drew it in a real browser (tabs, accordions and pop-ups included, the specifications among them; not the header, footer, menus, other products or reviews) and in the product’s description in the product list: a maximum user weight, a weight, load, user or payload capacity, a weight limit or rating, or wording such as “supports up to 300 lb”. For a fitness machine a linked spec sheet, manual or PDF counts, since the audit can’t read one, and so does an image named for the specifications, such as a specs or comparison chart. For a chair, ride, board or hammock only a document named as a manual or spec sheet counts, and only the product’s own gallery photos named for the specifications; a size drawing doesn’t. The page is flagged when there’s none of these, and the finding names the product and the tabs and links it saw.

Members-only pages aren’t judged: a page without an add-to-cart form that shows a password or verification form in its content, such as a lock app’s (Easy Lockdown, Locksmith) or a VIP sign-in in the theme. A sign-in box in the header, the footer, a pop-up or a drawer doesn’t count, since it’s on every page. Neither is a product page used for a consultation or a quote: one without an add-to-cart form whose main content asks the shopper to request a quote, talk to a specialist or book a consultation. An ask your buyable product pages show too, such as a banner on every page, doesn’t count.

This finding is reported after AI review: on paid plans with AI turned on, the AI agent checks it against the audit’s evidence before it reaches your issue list. Audits without AI report only the 22 measured checks.

How to fix it

  1. Find the maximum user weight, or the rated load or payload capacity, in the manufacturer’s specifications.
  2. Add it to the product’s specifications in Shopify admin, for example “Max user weight: 300 lb (136 kg)”.
  3. If your theme shows specifications from a metafield, fill it there, so every product shows it the same way.

In Zolvio: on paid plans with AI turned on, the guided fix writes these steps for your own store and theme: where to click in Shopify admin or the theme editor, or which file to open, the line to find and the code to add. Each file opens in Shopify’s code editor. Zolvio never edits your theme: you make the change, then Verify fix checks your published theme for code changes (or you mark it fixed), and later audits confirm the problem is gone.

Common questions

Why does “Product page without a maximum user weight” cost a Shopify store sales?

A product a shopper stands, sits, lies or rides on has a maximum user weight, and a shopper over it can’t use it safely. Well-run chair, e-bike and scooter brands show it as a headline specification (“Maximum load 330 lbs”, “Payload capacity 330 lbs”). A shopper who can’t find it has to ask, order and risk a return, or buy a product whose page says.

How does Zolvio detect “Product page without a maximum user weight”?

Zolvio works out what your store sells from its public product list (/products.json, the first 250 products it lists), by each product’s type, or its title when the type doesn’t say. Fitness machines are judged when your store counts as a fitness store: fitness equipment, such as treadmills, bikes, rowers, benches and racks, makes up at least 25% of the products Zolvio can place in a category (fitness equipment, furniture, clothing, supplements, beauty or food) and there are at least 3 of them, or at least 10% when there are 5 or more. A machine is a treadmill or walking pad, an exercise bike, a rower, an elliptical, a weight bench, a power or squat rack, or a reformer; accessories, parts and kits aren’t. Products people sit, lie or ride on are judged on any store, product by product: an office or gaming chair, an e-bike or electric scooter, a paddle board or kayak, a hammock. Parts and accessories aren’t. Only English pages are judged (the page’s language tag, or Shopify’s language for the store when the theme sets none), and not a page whose product content couldn’t be read. It looks for the weight limit in the product’s own content as the page drew it in a real browser (tabs, accordions and pop-ups included, the specifications among them; not the header, footer, menus, other products or reviews) and in the product’s description in the product list: a maximum user weight, a weight, load, user or payload capacity, a weight limit or rating, or wording such as “supports up to 300 lb”. For a fitness machine a linked spec sheet, manual or PDF counts, since the audit can’t read one, and so does an image named for the specifications, such as a specs or comparison chart. For a chair, ride, board or hammock only a document named as a manual or spec sheet counts, and only the product’s own gallery photos named for the specifications; a size drawing doesn’t. The page is flagged when there’s none of these, and the finding names the product and the tabs and links it saw. Members-only pages aren’t judged: a page without an add-to-cart form that shows a password or verification form in its content, such as a lock app’s (Easy Lockdown, Locksmith) or a VIP sign-in in the theme. A sign-in box in the header, the footer, a pop-up or a drawer doesn’t count, since it’s on every page. Neither is a product page used for a consultation or a quote: one without an add-to-cart form whose main content asks the shopper to request a quote, talk to a specialist or book a consultation. An ask your buyable product pages show too, such as a banner on every page, doesn’t count.

How do I fix “Product page without a maximum user weight” on Shopify?

Find the maximum user weight, or the rated load or payload capacity, in the manufacturer’s specifications. Add it to the product’s specifications in Shopify admin, for example “Max user weight: 300 lb (136 kg)”. If your theme shows specifications from a metafield, fill it there, so every product shows it the same way.

Related

Documentation

  • How audits work — What an audit scans and how findings become issues.
  • Guided fixes — Step-by-step fixes written for your theme, with links into the code editor.
  • A/B testing — Test a change against your current page before you keep it.