The Best Shopify Themes

For Small Stores

Sometimes you don’t need a lot of features. Maybe simplicity and minimalist aesthetics are the main things you are looking for in a theme. And if you just have just a few products, you don’t need filtering or large navigations.

Startup by Pixel Union

A very clean and minimalist theme. While being minimalist, it also stays quite conservative — sticking to the established conventions for good eCommerce design. From a developer’s perspective, the code is pleasant to work with so it’s great to use as a starting point too. Simple and elegant is what you get with this theme.

Pacific or Atlantic by Pixel Union

Both these themes are quite similar. They have a classic eCommerce layout, suitable for a larger store than ‘Startup’ thanks to the mega-menu, but are still quite lightweight.

These themes will be great when you have bold and beautiful photography.

Kingdom by Crown Themes

Kingdom features a sidebar rather than top navigation (if this is a feature you prefer). Kingdon features a clean design and advanced customization options.

Kingdom lets you add lots of additional content on the product pages — you can add info such as size guides or technical specs. It also has lots of sections for the homepage, including video — as a background, or as a popup.

Express by Shopify

This is a very simple theme. It was developed to help businesses quickly launch an e-commerce site without many of the traditional barriers to entry. It’s not suitable for most sites but if you are looking to get a one-page store up and running in a day this may just be what you’re looking for.

For Large Stores

These are powerful full-featured themes. These are great options if you have a large store where you need to organize your product and make browsing your site easier. Some examples of these features are:

• Filtering, allows customers to narrow down a collection by color for example.

• Sorting, allows customers to re-order products based on price, best-seller, etc.

• Mega-menus, large multi-column menus that make it easier for customers to navigate your store.

• Promotional options, creating collections based on characteristics such as seasonal, organic, made in, etc.

• Added Tabs on product pages that enable you to add more product content other than just a description, such as size, care, material, etc.

• Pop-ups that allow you to create promotional offers without having to add another app and subscription.

• Related Products highlights ‘similar’ or ‘complimentary’ products that your customers would not normally have considered.

Impulse by Archetype Themes

Impulse is one of the most feature-packed and modern themes with great filtering, a large mega-menu, and plenty of customizable promo sections that are very flexible.

It has a unique collection page where you can feature sub-collections on the same page, as well as products in the general ‘first-level’ collection.

The aesthetic of Impulse is probably best-suited to the fashion industry.

Retina by Out of the Sandbox

Retina is one of the classic Shopify themes that has dominated for many years. Tried and tested on thousands of stores. It isn’t the fanciest or fully-featured theme, but it sticks to the basics and does them well.

This theme has a unique product page layout allowing you to tell a story about your products, an FAQ page, Google Maps section, and a sidebar that you can pack with various types of content including filters or information.

Warehouse by Maestrooo

Warehouse is not a minimalist theme. It aims to provide all the features that a shopper might need, very much like Amazon.

It has a large search bar right at the top with autocomplete, large mega-menus, and plenty of panels on the home page to feature products, collections, sales, and other promotions.

The product page also has plenty of panels for adding product info such as technical specs, shipping info, etc…

Artisan by Out of the Sandbox

If you are an Artisan that handcrafts unique products then this theme is for you.

Artisan allows you to simultaneously tell a story about yourself, and promote your products. You can explain the process of how your products are made, and then offer a selection of bestsellers, followed by showing testimonials from previous customers.

This theme even features an order form for commissioning custom work.

Testament by We Are Underground

One of the most classic Shopify themes. This theme has been around for many years. It has gotten updates, of course, so don’t think of it as ‘old’ but rather as elegant and timeless.

This theme is perfect for selling fashion accessories such as watches and jewelry. Something that doesn’t require tonnes of information or technical specifications.

We are Underground is also one of the oldest and most respected theme developers, along with Out of the Sandbox and Pixel Union.

Icon by We Are Underground

A popular theme for the fashion industry. Icon is a classic theme, timeless, with modern updates.

The homepage features parallax scrolling. Plenty of promo sections with large backgrounds which means great photography is a must for this theme.

Our favorite feature of Icon is that you can feature certain products right in the mega-menu.

Flagship Themes

As a leader in the market, Out of the Sandbox, has developed two of the most powerful Shopify themes on the market today. You could refer to these themes as super-premium. The themes are highly more customizable than your standard premium Shopify theme. These themes are not found on Shopify’s theme store but if you are looking for a full-featured, highly customizable theme, look no further. Although we have used other themes we have come to rely on these for most of our Shopify builds.

Turbo by Out of the Sandbox

Turbo is the perfect theme for high-volume shops that need speed, style, and flexibility. Turbo is a fully-loaded, premium theme that is perfect for Shopify Plus merchants. Offering high-demand functionality, reliable performance, and rich design flexibility, Turbo is a favorite among industry professionals and experienced merchants. Features include:

• Mega-menu with multi-column submenus.

• Upgraded product layouts. Include the use of tabs, add unique sections, embed videos, and move either part or your whole product description under the product image/below the fold.

• Predictive search. Enable a Predictive Search option, which allows search inquiries to auto-complete and display as a customer types them in.

• Built-in newsletter popup. The handy Popup feature can be used to encourage your shop’s visitors to subscribe to your newsletter, let visitors learn about new products, campaigns or promote sales and discounts

Flex by Out of the Sandbox

The most configurable theme on the market. Flex goes where no other Shopify theme has gone before. Offering multiple layout and section options and the easy addition of custom CSS, plus 13 unique style variants to get you started, Flex gives you ultimate control over the look and feel of your store.  Features include:

• Four header styles and four footer styles. Choose from Classic, Centered, Search Focus, and Vertical headers, and adjust many settings, including alignment. Even add your own custom CSS. Use content blocks to achieve various footer layouts.

• Three product page layouts. Pick either Classic, Image scrolling, or Sections to design the product page that works best for whatever you’re selling.

• 13 styles to choose from. If one of our demo shops catches your eye, or you just need to get your shop live ASAP, you can fast-track your Flex setup using pre-determined theme settings, layouts, content, and sections.

• Mega menus and drop-downs. Enhance your shop's navigation with up to 10 mega menus with up to 6 columns each.

• Comprehensive icon library. The Flex theme includes options to add icons to certain elements throughout your site, plus a full icon list that includes all the built-in options for you to use.

If you’d like to learn more about these themes and which would be the best for your project…
reach out and we’d be happy to help.