Crush: Speed & Image Optimizer

Crush Pics is super easy to set up and provides a simple solution for quickly compressing images and optimising file names for SEO. I had over 4,000 images in my Shopify store, with many being large files sizes which was slowing down my website speed. Crush Pics compressed 1.7 GB down to 1.3GB, reducing my image sizes by an average of 24%. Hopefully this will help to boost my SEO over the coming weeks.

I subscribed to the €9.99 plan of Crush.pics to reduce the size of the images on my store and improve performance. Unfortunately, my initial experience was extremely negative.

After letting the app process my images for an entire afternoon, I discovered that some images were completely deleted from my store. This caused serious damage to my shop’s appearance and professionalism, especially considering that potential customers could have been visiting and trying to make purchases at that time. An online store without proper product images immediately loses credibility.
On top of that, several images that were not deleted ended up being visibly damaged. The compression was too aggressive, resulting in a clear loss of quality and details, which is the opposite of what you expect from a professional image optimization tool.

What made the situation even more frustrating at first was the lack of immediate customer support. There is no live chat or direct way to quickly contact someone, and the only option was filling out a form.

However, I would like to update this review after being contacted by Tom. He apologized sincerely for the inconvenience and immediately refunded the fee I had paid. I truly appreciated his gesture and the way he handled the situation. It shows that the team does care about their customers and takes responsibility when something goes wrong.

Even though the technical issue caused serious problems to my store, I value the professionalism and support I received afterward. For this reason, I appreciate the effort made by Tom and the support team to fix the situation and compensate for the inconvenience.

Very easy to set up and use - instant performance benefits.