Influence

$190 USD

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Recently rebuilt with creative storytelling and powerful navigation

Reviews (27)
63% positive
Developer
Eight Themes

Release notes

Last updated Apr 1, 2025 Version 4.8.0
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Release notes

Last updated Apr 1, 2025 Version 4.8.0

Theme highlights

Limitless Customization

Craft a store that’s uniquely yours with intuitive drag-and-drop sections, flexible layouts, and no coding (or extra apps) required.

Engineered for Speed

Deliver a lightning-fast shopping experience that boosts engagement, reduces cart abandonment, and keeps customers coming back.

Drive More Conversions

Boost sales with proven tools like integrated upsells, quick view, and stock level indicators — all designed to turn browsers into buyers.

This theme is great for

  • Editorial content: Optimized for longer-form text sections to support brand storytelling
  • Quick setup: Theme setup steps are minimal to allow for quick launch
  • Visual storytelling: Designed to showcase images to support visual brand storytelling

Cart and checkout

  • Cart notes
  • Gift wrapping
  • In-store pickups
  • Pre-order
  • Quick buy
  • Sign in with Shop
  • Slide-out cart
  • Sticky cart

Marketing and conversion

  • Age verifier
  • Back-in-stock alert
  • Blogs
  • Countdown timer
  • Cross-selling
  • Customizable contact form
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • FAQ page
  • In-menu promos
  • Press coverage
  • Product badges
  • Promo banners
  • Promo popups
  • Promo tiles
  • 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
  • Ingredients or nutritional information
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Size chart
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information

Product discovery

  • Back-to-top button
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Infinite scroll
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters

Shopify Plus exclusive

  • Combined listing

This theme is great for

  • Editorial content: Optimized for longer-form text sections to support brand storytelling
  • Quick setup: Theme setup steps are minimal to allow for quick launch
  • Visual storytelling: Designed to showcase images to support visual brand storytelling

Cart and checkout

  • Cart notes
  • Gift wrapping
  • In-store pickups
  • Pre-order
  • Quick buy
  • Sign in with Shop
  • Slide-out cart
  • Sticky cart

Marketing and conversion

  • Age verifier
  • Back-in-stock alert
  • Blogs
  • Countdown timer
  • Cross-selling
  • Customizable contact form
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • FAQ page
  • In-menu promos
  • Press coverage
  • Product badges
  • Promo banners
  • Promo popups
  • Promo tiles
  • 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
  • Ingredients or nutritional information
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Size chart
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information

Product discovery

  • Back-to-top button
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Infinite scroll
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters

Shopify Plus exclusive

  • Combined listing

27 reviews

63% positive

  • 17 positive reviews
  • 1 neutral reviews
  • 9 negative reviews
Write a review
Great Day for Runners
7 days ago

The custom support with this theme is incredible! Quick responses with clear communication. High recommended.

Reply from Eight Themes 6 days ago

Thanks do much for leaving us a review, the whole team really appreciate it! I'm delighted you were impressed with our support team - they really are fantastic! Please, let us know if you need anything.

Sew Snip
Apr 8, 2025

I am a big fan. I needed to upgrade and needed help with the upgrade. Customer support was very quick and friendly. I highly recommend this theme and company.

Reply from Eight Themes 12 days ago

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, we really appreciate it! I'm so glad Support were able to assist in the upgrade so quickly and you were pleased with the interaction! Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with!

CloudCardGrading
Mar 31, 2025

We are absolutely satisfied with the theme and if there are any bugs, they are dealt with directly and in a friendly manner by the support team within 24 hours. We as a company can only recommend the theme. At this point also a direct thank you to the team behind the theme! Keep up the good work.

Reply from Eight Themes Mar 31, 2025

Thank you for taking the time to leave us such an amazing review! I'd love to take the opportunity to say it's our pleasure to assist you and to provide a theme that you are happy with! Please let us know if you need anything from us in the future!

Animalia Apparel
Oct 30, 2024

The Eight Theme's team are amazing! I had an issue with a client site I was working and they replied to my ticket within 30-minutes and had a resolved the issue in under 24-hours! The new update to Influence theme is great and client is really happy. Can't express my gratitude at the quick turnaround.

Reply from Eight Themes Oct 30, 2024

Thank you for taking the time to leave this review! I'm delighted that you received such a great experience from our Support team! I'm also super glad that you are enjoying the new update. I'll ensure that both our support team and the devs are made aware of this review!

This theme is supported by Eight Themes

About
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Release notes

Version 4.8.0 April 1, 2025

We've improved the search functionality moving it into a dropdown and actioned some bug fixes across the theme.

Changed

  • Search drawer redesign into a dropdown

Fixes and other improvements

  • Minor bug fixes

Version 4.7.0 February 26, 2025

Introduction of loading and image link animations along with other subtle animation effects to elevate your theme. We've also developed an offers drawer to promote discounts within the header and reordered the settings for a more consistent editing experience throughout the theme.

Added

  • Subtle animations to section load-ins, linked images, grids, and more (These can be turned on and off in theme settings)
  • Offers drawer: Showcase your discounts from the header
  • Content width option to Rich text, Product details, FAQ and Accordion sections, and Page template

Changed

  • We've improved the layout of our settings to be more consistent and familiar across sections and templates

Fixes and other improvements

  • Text adverts section: Improved layout after an edit in the last release
  • Gallery slideshow usability improvements including new settings
  • Improved the usability of the mega menu dropdown to avoid it closing too soon
  • Size fix on Quickview introduced in the last release
  • A few smaller bug fixes

Version 4.6.0 January 17, 2025

A series of improvements including accessibility, speed optimisation and layout adjustments. We have also redesigned our quick view modal and introduced vertical grid handling setting for more visual control.

Added

  • Vertical grid spacing settings

Changed

  • Quick view drawer to modal

Fixes and other improvements

  • Accessibility improvements
  • Speed improvements
  • Bug fixes and layout improvements

Stores using Influence

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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 $190 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.