Empire

by Pixel Union

Release notes

Version 9.0.1 May 25, 2023

$340 USD

A marketplace-inspired theme optimized for large product catalogs

Includes support for:

  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • Store locator
  • Age verifier
  • Countdown timer
  • Color swatches
  • See all features here

Unlimited free trial. Pay if you publish.

Includes support for:

  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • Store locator
  • Age verifier
  • Countdown timer
  • Color swatches
  • See all features here

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)
  • 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

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

350 reviews

79% positive

  • 276 positive reviews
  • 14 neutral reviews
  • 60 negative reviews
Write a review
CLEARLINE 8 days ago

This is an excellent theme and easy to manage. Also, the support team is always available to assist.

YUJILEDS High CRI Webstore 9 days ago

So powerful and help us to realize a beautiful display for our products. We are a retail store, selling SMD, high CRI and R9 lamps, luminaires like Skyline rooflight 6060, 30120 and more.

MFA Online May 24, 2023

Filter setting for the collection page is rich and has several customizations, the issue is when you go to the search page it does not have the same filter options. This really breaks the cohesiveness. I missed this before we purchased this theme and we are stuck with we're unable to make code customizations from a theme support perspective, but are happy to make a feature request on my behalf.

Reply from Pixel Union May 25, 2023

Hello MFA Online team! While our themes are highly customizable, as theme developers we also need to follow Shopify's mandatory guidelines on how theme search functionality is displayed within the theme. We are always looking for ways to improve our themes, and appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback!

Lighting Supply May 24, 2023

This is an excellent theme and our second time using it! It is easy to set up, looks great and when I ran into a small glitch, their support was amazing and took the time to work with me to get it resolved! Highly recommend!

This theme is supported by Pixel Union

Release notes

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.liquid section.
  • Fixed an issue where arrows would not appear on mobile devices in the Mosaic section when the Compress blocks theme 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 webp or avif format would not appear in the Add to cart banner.

Version 9.0.0 April 3, 2023

Empire 9.0.0 introduces Section groups, updates to the Predictive search feature, and a new theme setting to show the "Continue shopping" button on the product compare page, as well as several bug fixes.

Added

  • Added Section groups.
  • Added a new theme setting to show the "Continue shopping" button on the product compare page.

Changed

  • Moved "Continue shopping" button theme settings into their own theme setting group.
  • Updated the Predictive search feature to use the Predictive Search API (https://shopify.dev/docs/api/ajax/reference/predictive-search).
  • Updated the Predictive search feature to support Query suggestions.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where selecting sold-out variants would fail to hide the Dynamic checkout buttons.
  • Fixed an issue where the search would not work when using Search and Discovery app's synonym feature if synonyms included spaces.

Version 8.1.0 January 16, 2023

We've added support for image focal points, addressed several accessibility errors, and renamed "Recommended products" to "Related products".

Added

  • Added image focal point support.

Changed

  • Resolved several accessibility errors.
  • Renamed "Recommended products" to "Related products".

Stores using Empire

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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.