Alternate templates
Not every product deserves the same page. A £6 accessory and a £200 pre-order are different shopping situations, and the theme ships alternate templates for the common ones.
Assign a template per product or per collection. Nothing changes until you do.
Product templates
Assign under Products → the product → Online store → Theme template.
| Template | For | What is different |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Most products | Everything: reviews, spec panels, complementary products, recommendations |
| Simple | Low-consideration items | Title, price, variants, buy buttons, description, recommendations. Nothing else. |
| Pre-order | Items not yet made | A pre-order badge, a shipping month, three answers about terms. Stock count off. |
| Bundle | Build-your-own sets | A bundle builder in place of the usual buy area |
Simple
Everything below the fold on the default template is weight a small accessory does not need. Reviews it will never have, a spec table with two rows, four complementary products worth less than the postage.
Each of those is another thing between the customer and the button.
Pre-order
The questions people ask before pre-ordering are when it ships, when they are charged, and whether they can cancel. The template puts all three on the page as accordions, open by default on the first.
Stock count is switched off deliberately. A count is meaningless before the run exists, and showing one invites a question you cannot answer.
Beyond the page content above, assigning this template also changes checkout-facing behaviour: the Add to cart button reads Pre-order, a badge follows the item into the cart, and the status travels as a line item property through checkout, the confirmation email, and the order in admin. Write a per-product ship note via the custom.preorder_note metafield, or leave it blank for a generic default. See Cart for the full behaviour.
A product can also become a pre-order without this template, if a variant is tracked, set to continue selling when out of stock, and its quantity is at or below zero — useful for a product selling through to backorder without switching its template.
Bundle
Three groups — choose a base, add a scent, finish it — with a minimum number of items. Everything is added to the cart together.
Each group needs a collection setting before it shows anything. It renders empty until you set them, which is the most common reason it looks broken.
Collection templates
Assign under Products → Collections → the collection → Online store → Theme template.
| Template | For | What is different |
|---|---|---|
| Default | Most collections | Hero, categories, filters, grid, content below |
| Flash sale | A sale that ends | Countdown above the grid, offer marquee, no hero image, 36 products at four across |
| Pre-order | A launch | Twelve products at three across, larger cards, pre-order FAQs, Quick Add off |
| Editorial | Gift guides, lookbooks | Media gallery opener, three across, shoppable image, maker logos |
Flash sale
Urgency, and nothing between the shopper and the products. Long-form content is deliberately absent: on a sale page, copy competes with the timer.
Set the countdown end date before assigning the template. A countdown with no date set is the first thing anyone will notice.
Pre-order
Quick Add is switched off on purpose. A pre-order needs the terms read before anyone commits, and Quick Add is designed to skip exactly that step.
Editorial
For a curated edit rather than a full catalogue. The media gallery and shoppable image both need images set before the page means anything.
Page templates
| Template | For |
|---|---|
| Default | Any page. Policies, terms, anything text-led |
| About | Story, values, gallery, testimonials, FAQ |
| Contact | Contact methods, form, map, opening hours |
| FAQ | Grouped questions with search |
| Location | One or more shops, with maps and hours |
Create the page under Online Store → Pages first, then assign the template. A template with no page assigned does nothing.
Making your own
Duplicate any template in the theme editor: open the template selector at the top, then Create template, and base it on an existing one. It appears in the same dropdowns as the built-in ones.
Useful when one collection needs a permanently different arrangement rather than a one-off change.