ABC Spirits

https://meckabc.com

62D
out of 100

Your site looks like 2018

The site works on phones and has plenty of content, but it makes customers dig for a phone number or a way to contact you.

14/25
Looks Modern
13/25
Contact Prominence
17/25
Trust Signals
18/25
Mobile Readiness

What this means for your business

Your site is okay. Okay loses to good.

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Executive Summary

Mecklenburg County ABC Board's site scores 62/100. It is a functional, responsive government-style site built on Bootstrap 4, but it is cluttered, with 53 nav links and a header that says 'Contact Us' instead of showing a phone number. The top priority is making the phone number and store hours visible at the top of the page, and adding a simple contact form.

Score Breakdown

Looks Modern 14/25
Contact Prominence 13/25
Trust Signals 17/25
Mobile Readiness 18/25

Quick Wins

✓ Header shows 'Contact Us' with a phone icon instead of the actual number

“The header link with class 'phone-link' reads 'Contact Us' and points to a page, not a tel: link. Customers must click through to find a number.”

Show the main phone number as a tel: link in the header, with store hours nearby.

P0 critical medium confidence < 1 hour
✓ No email address available

“has_email is false. No mailto: link was found in the header or footer.”

Publish a general inquiry email address in the footer and on the contact page.

P1 important high confidence < 1 hour
✓ Missing meta description

“has_meta_description is false. Google will pick arbitrary text for your search listing.”

Write a 150-160 character description covering who you are, where you operate and what you offer.

P1 important high confidence < 1 hour
✓ Small icon-based header links may be hard to tap

“The header uses small PNG icons for social and utility links, and long link lists inside dropdowns.”

Make tap targets at least 44px and switch the icons to SVG.

P2 minor medium confidence 1-2 hours

Critical Issues

✕ No contact form on the website

“has_contact_form is false. The header 'Contact Us' link goes to a separate information page, and visitors cannot send an inquiry directly.”

Add a short contact form (name, message, topic) to the Contact Information page and link it from the header.

P0 critical high confidence 1-2 hours

Longer-term Improvements

○ Overloaded navigation with 53 links

“nav_link_count is 53, plus a Translate menu listing 80+ languages. This overwhelms visitors and buries key tasks such as finding a store.”

Cut the menu to 5-7 top-level items and add a prominent 'Find a Store' button. Collapse the language list into a simple selector.

P1 high 1-2 days
○ Layout feels like a template government site

“The Revize CMS template with a stacked top bar, icon strip and slider gives a generic look rather than a distinct brand.”

Refresh the typography and hero area, and use more of your own photography.

P2 low rebuild territory
○ Dated, dependency-heavy page build

“The page loads jQuery, Bootstrap 4, tiny-slider, lightbox, a YouTube background-video plugin and several calendar stylesheets. There are 122 external links and 66 images.”

Remove unused plugins and compress and lazy-load images to speed up the page.

P1 medium 3-5 hours

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You scored 62. The top 25% of sites we've scanned (448 total) score 70+. A Standard rebuild ($2,000) closes that gap and typically takes 2 weeks to launch.

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Scanned 2026-10-18 · claude-opus-4-7