There are over 100 Shopify themes to choose from in the Shopify Theme Store and thousands in third-party marketplaces like Themeforest, Template Monster, etc.
If you are starting an ecommerce store, you want the nest around.
The current trend is away from elaborate themes and towards minimal Shopify themes that use plenty of “white space”. Perhaps, this is simply a design preference in some cases and it can certainly be an effective way to showcase your best products.
But there are also some solid practical reasons to “go minimal”. Minimal Shopify themes use little code and are quick to load. They do well in the search engines and they generally provide a slick customer experience, especially for mobile users, who increasingly dominate ecommerce sales.
Shopify merchants face a constant balancing act of providing the best possible functionality for customers without making the site too “top-heavy”. A slow-loading, code-heavy site does nobody any favors and will damage rankings as well as conversions.
So, the advantages of a minimal Shopify theme are many. But which of the minimal themes are best?
We have gone through user reviews and download statistics to compile the following rundown of the best minimal Shopify themes and templates – as suggested by Shopify merchants themselves.
