Theme highlights
Colossal capacity
Command over any catalog with robust features for product discovery, comparison, and conversion
Above-average order value
Get more out of every order with powerful tools for merchandising, upselling, and cross-selling products
Industry acrobat
Adaptable, agile, and packed with app-level functionality, Empire is perfect for your brand and business model
Online Store 2.0
The new standard in customizability and speed
Use drag-and-drop sections and blocks to create custom pages throughout your store without special coding. Empire comes with flexible, well-designed blocks for images, products, video, quotes, and more.
Learn more about sections and blocks
This theme is great for
- Dropshippers
- Designed specifically for dropshippers
- High-volume stores
- Designed for stores that process a large number of transactions in a given period
- Physical stores
- Designed for stores that do in-person selling
Cart and checkout
- Cart notes
- In-store pickups
- Pre-order
- Quick buy
- Slide-out cart
Marketing and conversion
- Age verifier
- Blogs
- Countdown timer
- Cross-selling
- EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
- In-menu promos
- Press coverage
- Product badges
- Product reviews
- Promo banners
- Promo tiles
- Quick view
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Stock counter
- Store locator
- Trust badges
Merchandising
- Animation
- Color swatches
- High-resolution images
- Image galleries
- Image hotspot
- Image rollover
- Image zoom
- Lookbooks
- Product options
- Product tabs
- Product videos
- Shipping/delivery information
- Slideshow
Product discovery
- Breadcrumbs
- Collection page navigation
- Enhanced search
- Mega menu
- Product filtering and sorting
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Sticky header
334 reviews
When I have a problem or something I don't understand, the support is quick and good.
March 2023 Update: This theme's search functionality is STILL broken: Searches that involve more than two words do not work when using the Search and Discovery app (made by Shopify...not third party). Pixel Union has known about this for months, yet has done absolutely nothing. Valid search results are not a "Feature Request."
Hi Pine Street Clinic team! The compatibility issue between the third party Search & Discovery app and your Empire theme will be resolved in the next theme release, planned for early April! We appreciate your patience as we work to improve the Empire theme's compatibility with this third party app! All the best, Pixel Union
Probably the best, cleanest, fastest theme on the market today for medium and larger stores - jam packed full of features that will make you look good and rise above the competition, backed by a genuinely helpful and responsive support team - we could not recommend this enough, install today, you will not regret it!
I had an issue with scrolling on mobile phone, and the team has fixed it quickly. Great service.
This theme is supported by Pixel Union
Have a question about this theme?
Release notes
Version 7.0.0 - June 16, 2022
We've added new features (product compare, inventory status, and pre-order), expanded the language files for enhanced translation, and repaired various bugs in the theme.
Added
- Added schema locale files for setting labels to translate into English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
- Added a new product compare feature.
- Added a new inventory status feature.
- Added a pre-order feature.
- Support for Boolean filter type.
- Product rating block.
Changed
- Removed the customer-facing products-per-page option from collection templates. The number of products per page on collections is set in the theme editor. This resolves an issue where the customer's product per page selection was not applied to all collection views.
Fixes and improvements
- Resolved console error that occurred with two featured collections present on the home page.
- Mobile slideshow text responds to correct color setting.
- Sidebar filters on vendor collection pages are clickable.
- Faceted filter tags with special characters work as expected.
- 'Set as default address' checkbox works on customer account page.
- Collection description supports tab code.
- Custom color swatch files are visible on the product form.
- Product swatches using variant images are sized correctly.
- Cart shipping calculator no longer displays HTML characters when changing languages.
- All links in mega menu with sidebar sections are visible on Windows 10.
- Last column image in mega menu fits menu container.
- Product SKU appears in quick shop.
- Vimeo videos play in product media gallery.
- Three-column template for the product page can now hide share buttons.
- Non-English locale files have correct structure.
- Slideshow works as expected with 'adapt to first slide' height setting.
Version 6.2.0 - May 13, 2022
We've expanded social media settings and icon options as well as updated the positioning of social icons in the utility bar.
Added
- Expanded social media settings and icon options.
Changed
- Social icons will shift to the left of the utility bar when the menu is blank
Version 6.1.0 - February 15, 2022
We have made sections available across all JSON templates, added Faceted Filtering to the Search page, added new Tabs, Accordions, and Custom Liquid blocks to product forms, included app block support in Featured product sections, and fixed high priority bugs including prices on Product pages and within the Shoppable image sections.
Added
- We have made sections normally allowed on the home page only to now be available across all JSON templates
- Faceted Filtering is now available on the Search page
- We have introduced new Tabs and Accordions blocks along with a Custom Liquid block to the product forms
- We have added a new setting to the Gift card page so that a logo can be displayed in place of the store name
- All Featured product sections now support app blocks
Fixed
- Subcollections on the collection page can now be displayed even when the sidebar is disabled
- The tag order feature on collection pages will no longer break if tags are using less-than(
<) or greater-than(>) symbols - Removing an item or updating the quantity of an item on the cart page works with no delay
- The month portion of the timestamp on Recently viewed product cards will appear in the correct language
- In Firefox, product images on collection pages no longer change in size when hovering over swatches
- Product page shows correct price for the variant when initially loading the page
- The Sold Out Options theme setting now applies to swatches in the collection page product grids
- Dynamic purchase button is enabled for available variants regardless of the 'Auto-select first available variant' setting
- Correct prices are displayed for all products in the Shoppable image section
- With 'Auto-select first available variant' disabled, the SKU will be displayed when a SKU block has been added and a variant has been selected
Online Store 2.0
The new standard in customizability and speed
Use drag-and-drop sections and blocks to create custom pages throughout your store without special coding. Empire comes with flexible, well-designed blocks for images, products, video, quotes, and more.
Learn more about sections and blocks
This theme is great for
- Dropshippers
- Designed specifically for dropshippers
- High-volume stores
- Designed for stores that process a large number of transactions in a given period
- Physical stores
- Designed for stores that do in-person selling
Cart and checkout
- Cart notes
- In-store pickups
- Pre-order
- Quick buy
- Slide-out cart
Marketing and conversion
- Age verifier
- Blogs
- Countdown timer
- Cross-selling
- EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
- In-menu promos
- Press coverage
- Product badges
- Product reviews
- Promo banners
- Promo tiles
- Quick view
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Stock counter
- Store locator
- Trust badges
Merchandising
- Animation
- Color swatches
- High-resolution images
- Image galleries
- Image hotspot
- Image rollover
- Image zoom
- Lookbooks
- Product options
- Product tabs
- Product videos
- Shipping/delivery information
- Slideshow
Product discovery
- Breadcrumbs
- Collection page navigation
- Enhanced search
- Mega menu
- Product filtering and sorting
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Sticky header
334 reviews
When I have a problem or something I don't understand, the support is quick and good.
March 2023 Update: This theme's search functionality is STILL broken: Searches that involve more than two words do not work when using the Search and Discovery app (made by Shopify...not third party). Pixel Union has known about this for months, yet has done absolutely nothing. Valid search results are not a "Feature Request."
Hi Pine Street Clinic team! The compatibility issue between the third party Search & Discovery app and your Empire theme will be resolved in the next theme release, planned for early April! We appreciate your patience as we work to improve the Empire theme's compatibility with this third party app! All the best, Pixel Union
Probably the best, cleanest, fastest theme on the market today for medium and larger stores - jam packed full of features that will make you look good and rise above the competition, backed by a genuinely helpful and responsive support team - we could not recommend this enough, install today, you will not regret it!
I had an issue with scrolling on mobile phone, and the team has fixed it quickly. Great service.
This theme is supported by Pixel Union
Have a question about this theme?
Release notes
Version 7.0.0 - June 16, 2022
We've added new features (product compare, inventory status, and pre-order), expanded the language files for enhanced translation, and repaired various bugs in the theme.
Added
- Added schema locale files for setting labels to translate into English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
- Added a new product compare feature.
- Added a new inventory status feature.
- Added a pre-order feature.
- Support for Boolean filter type.
- Product rating block.
Changed
- Removed the customer-facing products-per-page option from collection templates. The number of products per page on collections is set in the theme editor. This resolves an issue where the customer's product per page selection was not applied to all collection views.
Fixes and improvements
- Resolved console error that occurred with two featured collections present on the home page.
- Mobile slideshow text responds to correct color setting.
- Sidebar filters on vendor collection pages are clickable.
- Faceted filter tags with special characters work as expected.
- 'Set as default address' checkbox works on customer account page.
- Collection description supports tab code.
- Custom color swatch files are visible on the product form.
- Product swatches using variant images are sized correctly.
- Cart shipping calculator no longer displays HTML characters when changing languages.
- All links in mega menu with sidebar sections are visible on Windows 10.
- Last column image in mega menu fits menu container.
- Product SKU appears in quick shop.
- Vimeo videos play in product media gallery.
- Three-column template for the product page can now hide share buttons.
- Non-English locale files have correct structure.
- Slideshow works as expected with 'adapt to first slide' height setting.
Version 6.2.0 - May 13, 2022
We've expanded social media settings and icon options as well as updated the positioning of social icons in the utility bar.
Added
- Expanded social media settings and icon options.
Changed
- Social icons will shift to the left of the utility bar when the menu is blank
Version 6.1.0 - February 15, 2022
We have made sections available across all JSON templates, added Faceted Filtering to the Search page, added new Tabs, Accordions, and Custom Liquid blocks to product forms, included app block support in Featured product sections, and fixed high priority bugs including prices on Product pages and within the Shoppable image sections.
Added
- We have made sections normally allowed on the home page only to now be available across all JSON templates
- Faceted Filtering is now available on the Search page
- We have introduced new Tabs and Accordions blocks along with a Custom Liquid block to the product forms
- We have added a new setting to the Gift card page so that a logo can be displayed in place of the store name
- All Featured product sections now support app blocks
Fixed
- Subcollections on the collection page can now be displayed even when the sidebar is disabled
- The tag order feature on collection pages will no longer break if tags are using less-than(
<) or greater-than(>) symbols - Removing an item or updating the quantity of an item on the cart page works with no delay
- The month portion of the timestamp on Recently viewed product cards will appear in the correct language
- In Firefox, product images on collection pages no longer change in size when hovering over swatches
- Product page shows correct price for the variant when initially loading the page
- The Sold Out Options theme setting now applies to swatches in the collection page product grids
- Dynamic purchase button is enabled for available variants regardless of the 'Auto-select first available variant' setting
- Correct prices are displayed for all products in the Shoppable image section
- With 'Auto-select first available variant' disabled, the SKU will be displayed when a SKU block has been added and a variant has been selected
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What’s included with every theme on the Theme Store
Works with the latest Shopify features
Themes on the Shopify Theme Store are guaranteed to stay up to date and work with Shopify’s ever-growing feature set.
Speed-tested and approved
Every theme in the Theme Store meets Shopify’s performance standards, ensuring a faster shopping experience for your buyers.
Unlimited free trial
Try the theme for free with your own products, brand colors, and customizations. One-time payment of $340 if you publish the theme to your store.
Free high-resolution photos
Demo stores aren’t included, but you can get free stock photos from Shopify Burst.
Free theme updates
Get the latest theme features and fixes from the Theme Store. You can redownload your purchase at any time.
Non-expiring license for one store
Your payment entitles you to use the theme on a single store, and keep it as long as you like.
