What Shopify Theme is This?
Detecting what Shopify Theme is being used is the first step in finding a theme (template) for your next website. There are literally thousands of Shopify themes to choose from, so the task could be really not easy. A great place to start is to find a Shopify site that you like and check what Shopify theme is being used. Once you have the answer to that question, you can start looking deeper.
Let's Find a Theme With a Shopify Theme Finder
Once you have a chosen Shopify theme in mind, you can start checking out how it can accommodate your business model.
- Are you planning on dropshipping or managing your own inventory?
- Are you going to have downloadable products?
- How are you planning on doing shipping?
- How are you going to charge your customers? PayPal? Credit cards?
Detect the theme Manually
This is a pro-tip, and we hope it comes useful to those of you that understand how to utilize it.
- In Chrome, open
view page source
or press Ctrl+u
(Command+Shift+u om Mac).
- Now search for the term 'shopify.theme' using
Control+f
(Command+f on Mac)
- You will then see a
JSON
object with the name in it. For example:
Shopify.theme = {"name":"Classic","id":38651523,"theme_store_id":721,"role":"main"};
- As you can see - the name here is "Classic"
- Now you have the theme name straight from within the source code
Which Shopify Theme Should you Choose?
This is the million-dollar question. In our many years of developing websites on several platforms, we see that no matter what theme you choose, in a matter of a year or two, you will start thinking of either changing it or making huge modifications to the existing one.
The Shopify Detector Way...
The Shopify detector way of choosing a template is a simple yet effective one. Think about it. We always look at tens if not hundreds of websites before deciding how to design a new site. So, instead of taking ideas from other sites and building it from scratch, why not just choose the same template that another site is using. It's out there and just waiting for you to choose it. Seeing it on a live site just shows you the actual potential that it has.
Once you Know What Theme That Site is Using
You're half way there. Now you start building your way into earning a living using Shopify.
Legitimacy and staying safe is important when choosing an eCommerce platform. We went into depth about this. If you're interested in this - Read more about the legitimacy of Shopify and give it a shot by getting a free Shopify account and start building your store.
Shopify Apps Detection
It's important to mention that even though we don't detect Shopify apps on this tool, we have a huge list of hundreds of the Best Shopify apps that you can choose from, based on your needs. Just head over and search for your next Shopify app.
Need to know what apps a Shopify site is using? We currently don't offer this service - however, our sister site - Shopify Theme and App Detector by Gochyu does.
Shopify Dropshipping
One of the top use cases for Shopify uses is dropshipping. Dropshipping on Shopify is a huge niche within Shopify and is very well known for it and for having hundreds of apps and themes that facilitate the usage of dropshipping. We have hundreds of posts on our blog, offering guides on many dropshipping topics that are much needed for any dropshipper, including our
Ultimate Guide to Starting a Shopify Dropshipping Site and our
best Shopify dropshipping apps.
Shopify POD (Print on Demand)
Print on demand is one other very famous use case for Shopify users. For that reason, we created hundreds of guides that will help you run a
Shopify Print on Demand business from the ground up. For example our list with the best
Shopify POD Apps
Shopify POS - Point of Sale
Shopify is a leader in point of sale options and has all the hardware to support Point of Sale sales. We crafted a list with the best Shopify POS apps that will help you navigate throughout the POS world, and decide which is the best app for your specific POS needs.