$490 USD
- 100% (29)
Empire
Unlimited free trial. Pay if you publish.
- Reviews (437)
- 80% positive
- Developer
- Pixel Union
Release notes
Last updated Feb 21, 2025
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Version 11.1.3
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
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)
- FAQ page
- In-menu promos
- Press coverage
- Product badges
- Promo banners
- Promo tiles
- Quick order list
- Quick view
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Stock counter
- Trust badges
Merchandising
- Animation
- Color swatches
- High-resolution images
- Image galleries
- Image hotspot
- Image rollover
- Image zoom
- Product options
- Product tabs
- Product videos
- Shipping/delivery information
- Slideshow
Product discovery
- Back-to-top button
- Breadcrumbs
- Collection page navigation
- Enhanced search
- Mega menu
- Product filtering and sorting
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Sticky header
- Swatch filters
437 reviews
GoodCert
Aug 17, 2017
After custom developing my last web site, I was skeptical of a complete solution for $180. It turns out my fear was completely unfounded! The Empire theme is extremely powerful. It allowed me to build a state-of-the-art site in just weeks! Best of all, I made no compromises. Anytime something wasn't pixel perfect, Pixel Union staff found a solution. I'm amazed! BTW - documentation is excellent.
Northern Swords
Aug 10, 2017
Avoid for now. The theme blocks on the home page don't scale properly for mobile, so you end up with a home page that's off-putting and nearly unusable for mobile users. You can actually see the problem in the demo image above, which I wish I'd noticed before buying. The text is clipped off and the buttons are invisible on mobile.
UNUMUNUM
Aug 7, 2017
Not worth 180 USD in my opinion. I Wish I had chosen another theme to start with. For this money I would expect a much more flexible theme. But all you get a re a few bulding blocks that are not adjustable. Eg. Mosaic blocks can not be adjusted in size, pictures uploaded can not be scaled and moved etc ... only one tutorial available on youtube. Check out non shopify options!
Enostal
Aug 3, 2017
I have always used free themes in the past. I always assumed I was alloted free design time regardless of the theme. I purchased this theme because it allows group filters which is a god send. When Shopify told me free design time only applied to free themes I knew I was in trouble. I couldn't have been more wrong. They have helped me so much. Much appreciated!
This theme is supported by Pixel Union
About
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- support@pixelunion.net
Release notes
Version 9.1.1 July 6, 2023
Empire 9.1.1 fixes an issue with the footer's country and language selectors.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue with the footer country and language selectors not working when the payment icons are hidden.
Version 9.1.0 July 5, 2023
Empire 9.1.0 introduces a Gift card recipient form and Follow on Shop button.
Version 9.0.1 May 25, 2023
Empire 9.0.1 introduces several bug fixes and improvements.
Changed
- Removed Custom liquid block limit from Product-related sections.
Fixed
- Fixed a visual issue when rendering the SKU on the product page.
- Fixed an issue where the collection image would not appear on the subcollections page.
- Fixed an issue where the "Add to cart" and Dynamic checkout buttons in the Featured product section would not appear full-width.
- Fixed an issue where the Header quick links would appear when the page was resized.
- Fixed an issue where the language and country selectors would appear hidden behind the Header.
- Fixed an issue where the sticky compare product bar would appear above the Header and Announcement bar.
- Fixed an issue where the filters modal would appear below the Header and Announcement bar.
- Fixed an issue where HTML tags were incorrectly closed in the
static-list-collections.liquidsection. - Fixed an issue where arrows would not appear on mobile devices in the Mosaic section when the
Compress blockstheme setting was enabled. - Fixed an issue where focusing an input field on iOS mobile devices would introduce a zoom.
- Fixed an issue where images in the
webporavifformat would not appear in the Add to cart banner.
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)
- FAQ page
- In-menu promos
- Press coverage
- Product badges
- Promo banners
- Promo tiles
- Quick order list
- Quick view
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Stock counter
- Trust badges
Merchandising
- Animation
- Color swatches
- High-resolution images
- Image galleries
- Image hotspot
- Image rollover
- Image zoom
- Product options
- Product tabs
- Product videos
- Shipping/delivery information
- Slideshow
Product discovery
- Back-to-top button
- Breadcrumbs
- Collection page navigation
- Enhanced search
- Mega menu
- Product filtering and sorting
- Recently viewed
- Recommended products
- Sticky header
- Swatch filters
Stores using Empire
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Free high-resolution photos
Demo stores aren’t included, but you can get free stock photos from Shopify Burst.
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Free theme updates
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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.
