COLUMBUS, GA · The Best of The Best
DIGITAL EDITION · 2026
Best of Columbus
COLUMBUS, GA
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Children's Clothing Store

Once Upon A Child

"Chain operation that buys & sells gently used items for children, including clothes, shoes & toys."

2521 Airport Thruway, Columbus, GA 31904, USA(706) 507-3737www.onceuponachildcolumbusga.comView on Google Maps →
7.4/10 overall scoreGood
3.8

What Customers Say

top reviews · via Google

★★★★★3 months ago

If you haven't sold or shopped at Once Upon a Child in Columbus, GA what are you doing? Excellent customer service and every sales experience never disappoints. Don't wait get up and go check them out. Make the most of your closet and playroom clean out!

Kathleen Odom

★★★★4 months ago

Do NOT waste your time going here. I've been consistently disappointed with this store due to the buy counter's frequent closure and unhelpful staff. After multiple 45-minute drives, I've found the buy counter unavailable, just minutes after opening. This has been incredibly i…

Lizzo

★★★★5 months ago

This is the 8th time I've came up here to sell some clothes it's 10:40 they haven't been open an hour of we've already reached capacity bill shit you just dont wanna be your job y'all have told me we accept for the first hour and they don't even give you what your stuff is wor…

Montana Davis

Business at a Glance

How we scored this →

Overall Score

Good

7.4/10

Overall Rank

of 2464 in Columbus · Bottom 50%

#1329

Subcategory Rank

of 7 in Children's Clothing Store · Bottom 50%

#4

Category Rank

of 231 in Shopping · Bottom 50%

#147

Online Presence

Fair

5.7/10

Website Rating

Needs Work · tap for breakdown

2/10
Mobile Score
20/100
Desktop Score
25/100
Page Load (LCP)
6000ms

Notes

no HTTPS; poor mobile score 20; poor desktop score 25; very slow LCP 40606ms

↗ Upside

  • Fixing your website to a 10/10 would lift you from #4 to #1 in Children's Clothing Store.
  • Earning ~0 more 5★ reviews (or ~0 at 4★) would push you into the top 3 of Children's Clothing Store.

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Rank in Children's Clothing Store

#4of 7Bottom 50%
1
8.6
Pooka Bean & Co.
2
8.1
Citi Trends
3
7.4
Mickayla's Place
4
7.4
Once Upon A Child
5
6.7
Salt Life
6
6.7
The Children's Place
7
6.7
lumilane
Category average: 7.4/10

Estimated Upside

benchmarks · industry sources

Speed up site load (40.6s → under 2.5s)

Pages loading in 1s have 5× higher conversion than pages loading in 5s. 53% of mobile users abandon sites that take longer than 3 seconds. Google CrUX

↑ rank

Switch to HTTPS

Google deprioritizes HTTP sites in search rankings, and modern browsers flag them "Not Secure" — visitors leave on sight. Google Webmaster

+80

Lift mobile performance (20/100 → 90+)

60% of local searches happen on mobile. A poor mobile score means slow loading, high bounce, and lost customers before they ever see you. Think with Google

+9%

Lift average rating to 4.0+ (currently 3.8)

A 1-star increase in Yelp/Google rating correlates with 5–9% higher revenue for local businesses. Harvard Business Review

Estimates are industry benchmarks, not guarantees. Actual results depend on execution, competition, and your specific market.

Issues Found

  • Not using HTTPS — Google penalizes this
  • Mobile performance is poor (20/100)
  • Desktop speed needs improvement (25/100)
  • Slow page load — customers leave after 3 seconds

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