Install and launch Pops

Install Pops from the Shopify Theme Store, try and customize it for free, then purchase and publish it to make it live on your store. The whole journey happens in Shopify admin, and Pops adds its own setup help as the Quick start panel in the theme editor.

Before you start

Pops is a paid theme, but you can try it free before committing, and you only pay when you publish it. Publishing requires purchasing the theme first, which in turn requires Shopify store permissions for Themes, managing and installing apps and channels, and approving app charges.

Add Pops to your store

Start from Pops' Shopify Theme Store listing. Trying the theme adds it to your store as a draft, where you preview and configure it.

1. Open Pops' Shopify Theme Store listing and click Try theme.

2. In Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

3. Find Pops under Draft themes.

Preview and open the theme

Preview a draft to inspect it before purchase, and open it in the theme editor to configure it.

1. Under Draft themes, open the theme actions menu and choose Preview.

2. To customize, choose Edit theme to open the theme editor.

Try Pops for free

Shopify marks a theme you're trying without paying with a Theme trial label. While on trial you can preview Pops and change its settings in the theme editor, and any customizations you make are saved if you go on to purchase it.

Two things are locked while the theme is on trial: you can't edit the theme's code or use the AI code generator, and you can't publish it — an unpaid trial theme never goes live to customers. If you choose not to buy, the theme stays on your Themes page with the Theme trial label so you can purchase and publish it later.

Start with the Quick start panel

The Quick start panel is the first settings group in the theme editor. It is informational — it does not install Pops, apply a preset, or mark setup complete.

The panel links to Shopify help, Pops' documentation, and theme support, and lets you submit a support ticket. It also points you to Theme actions > Edit languages for changing the text that appears on buttons, checkboxes, and similar built-in elements.

Pick a preset

Pops ships with three ready-made designs you can use as starting points: Pops, Lueur, and Scoop. Pops is the active preset by default. Each preset carries demo content for a different niche, but none is restricted to it — the Presets article covers what each one ships with.

Configure essential settings

No setting is required to launch, but most stores start by setting their logo and brand look. Logo, colors, typography, animation, header, search, and cart behavior all live in the theme editor's settings panels, which the General settings article walks through.

Purchase and publish

Buy Pops, then publish it from the draft theme. Publishing makes it your live theme, so purchase always comes first and you only pay when you publish.

1. Under Draft themes, click Buy on the Pops trial theme and complete the purchase.

2. Click Publish. You can also publish from the editor: open Edit theme, click Publish in the top bar, and confirm in the Publish... window.

Only one theme is live at a time. When you publish Pops, your previous live theme moves to Draft themes.