All Out of the Sandbox themes offer selections of features, settings, and templates. Compare themes by browsing the charts below and find the theme that best suits your store's needs.
Header
There is a Header feature in each theme. Some components are included in all theme headers (e.g. Logo), while more specialized features are limited to certain themes.
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Announcement Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Navigation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Top Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mega menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sticky header | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Flex's header styles
One of the benefits of the Flex theme is that it comes with multiple header designs to choose from. The following chart breaks down the different header components in the different Flex headers:
| Classic | Centered | Search Focused | Vertical | |
| Logo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Navigation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Top Bar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sections
Each theme includes a catalog of Sections to enhance templates. While some sections are limited to certain themes, others are found in all current themes (e.g. Featured product).
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Age gate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blog Posts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collection List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Countdown timer | ✓ | |||||
| Featured Collection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feature Promotions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Image with Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image with text Overlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slideshow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Highlights Banner | ✓ | |||||
| Divider | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Featured Product | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Newsletter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contact Form | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FAQ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Testimonials | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rich text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text Columns with Images | ✓ | |||||
| Shoppable image | ✓ | |||||
| Text Columns with Icons | ✓ | |||||
| Featured Video | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid | ✓ | |||||
| Custom HTML | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Liquid | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Twitter Feed | ✓ | |||||
| Mosaic | ✓ |
Also browse the many demos storefronts for themes
Flex Demos | Parallax Demos | Responsive Demos | Retina Demos | Superstore Demos
Product Page
All themes include features to customize the product details page (PDP) templates. Some features are available for all themes, such as Dynamic checkout buttons, while others are limited to certain themes.
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Quantity Box | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Back in Stock Notification Form | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recommended Products | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image Gallery Animations | Slide/ Fade | Slide/ Fade | Slide/ Fade | Slide/ Fade | Slide/Fade | |
| Thumbnail Images to Right of Main Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Thumbnail Images to Left of Main Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail Images Below Main Image | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thumbnail Image Slider | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Image Scrolling Template | ✓ | |||||
| 3-Column Template | ✓ | |||||
| Size Chart | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Options - Dropdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Options - Swatches | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shopify Reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shopify Reviews Stars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sidebar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Collapsible Sidebar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Collection List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Featured Promotion | ✓ | |||||
| Sidebar Block: Newsletter | ✓ | |||||
| Sidebar Block: Page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Search Form | ✓ | |||||
| Sidebar Block: Tag List | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sidebar Block: Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Type List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Vendor List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Heading | ✓ | ✓ |
Also check out the Featured Shops for current themes
Cart
Each theme includes features for the Cart. Some features are limited to certain themes, while others are found in each theme (e.g. Checkout button).
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Cart Type/Add to Cart Option | Drawer/Mini-cart/Page/ Refresh |
Drawer/ Page/ Refresh/ Checkout |
Popup/ Refresh/ Page/ Checkout |
Drawer/ Refresh/ Page/ Checkout |
Drawer/Page |
Mini-Cart/ Refresh /Page/ Checkout |
| Agree to Terms Checkbox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Order Notes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shipping Rates Calculator | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add Homepage Sections | ✓ |
Collection Page
Each theme offers standard features for the Collection page such as Sorting and Filtering. Some themes include additional features, such as Flex and Turbo's Tag filtering.
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Full-Width Collection Banner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mobile Banner Image Option | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Show Secondary Product Image on Hover | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show Product Info on Hover | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Promotional Banner | ✓ | |||||
| Align Height of Product Media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Product Stickers | New/ Sale/ Coming-soon/ Pre-Order/ Bestseller/ Staff Pick | New/ Sale/ Coming-soon/ Pre-Order | New/ Sale/ Coming-soon/ Pre-Order | New/ Sale/ Coming-soon/ Pre-Order | Sale | New/ Sale/ Coming-soon/ Pre-Order |
| Quickshop Popup | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quickshop Inline | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Enable Tag Filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Enable Collection Sorting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sidebar Block: Faceted Filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sidebar Block: Collection List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sidebar Block: Menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sidebar Block: Page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Recently Viewed Products | ✓ | |||||
| Sidebar Block: Tag Filter | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sidebar Block: Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sidebar Block: Type List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sidebar Block: Vendor List | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pagination Types | Infinite Scroll/ Infinite Load More Button/ Load More Button/ Page Links | Page Links | Page Links | Page Links | Click to Load/ Infinite Scroll/ Jump to Page | Infinite Load More Button/ Load More Button/ Infinite Scroll/ Page Links |
Footer
Like the footer on a document or report, all Out of the Sandbox themes include a Footer feature. Often this provides additional information and site-wide links, like a sort of information desk. Some themes have unique offerings, such as Flex and Turbo's Empty Column, while all themes include standard features, such as Country and Language selectors.
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Block: Menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block: Newsletter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block: Text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block: Logo and Text | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Block: Empty Column | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Block: Custom HTML | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Block: Page | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Show Language Selector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show Currency Selector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show Social Media Icons | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Platform Compatibility
Shopify requires that all themes include specific enhancements to maintain compatibility with platform-based features.
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Faceted Filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Product Media | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Checkout Buttons | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shopify Reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Additional Templates
While all themes contain default templates for pages (e.g. Contact page), some themes include additional templates for more specialized customizations (e.g. FAQ page).
| Flex | Parallax | Responsive | Retina | Superstore | Turbo | |
| Banner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| FAQ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Contact | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom Contact | ✓ | |||||
| Gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Team | ✓ | |||||
| Sidebar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multi-Column | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Narrow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Wide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |