A Shopify theme built for designers & developers

A boilerplate theme that's quick to build custom-designed stores with, letting designers design and developers develop.

View demo store Buy Taillour theme

What is Taillour?

Taillour is a boilerplate theme built for Shopify developers who want a theme that:

Is easy to work with and is a nice "clean slate" to start your client's shopify build with.
Can be customised to match their client's brand/visual identity more accurately.
Doesn't over-complicate key features, like the variant selector, so they can be modified easily.
Contains "bonus" features that would be useful for all online stores.

Taillour contains the key templates, sections and features, each with a handful of useful settings. It gives you the flexibility to expand on them, giving you exactly what you need.

Why use Taillour?

I've worked on a lot of Shopify stores, some built from scratch for my clients, and some where I've been asked to add certain functionality to on pre-made themes.

Adding new features to pre-made themes is incredibly messy and very difficult as the code base is crowded with settings and nested snippets. And, a lot of these themes have some useful features missing that I'd built for clients in the past.

I became increasingly frustrated with working on these themes, so I decided to create Taillour, a theme made especially for web designers and developers.

Buy now

WARNING: You'll hate Taillour if...

You don't love what you do.

If you are looking for a theme where you can simply upload your client's logo and change a few colours here and there.

You don't care about your portfolio.

If you want your store to look like everybody elses.

You just can't be arsed.

If you've skipped the design stage and gone straight to build.

You prefer clients to add their design styles.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of Comic Sans, or that nice bright royal blue that's completely off-brand.

Features

You get a complete installable boilerplate theme that comes with common section templates and features that you can customise to your projects requirements. With these basics you can take your code and store to the next level. It also comes with some additional features like:

View demo store

Offer gift wrap Bonus

Offer gift wrap directly in the cart for any applicable products. All you have to do is create a Gift wrap product and tag those products you'd like to offer a gift wrap service on.

Built-in contact form

The built-in contact form section allows you to create as many forms as you need, all with custom form fields.

Newsletter signup popup

Taillour features a newsletter popup complete with settings. It connects directly to Shopify's marketing tools.

Announcement bar

No store goes without the standard announcement bar.

Predictive search

Shopify's predictive search comes as standard, with easy to change code so you can adjust as required.

Product recommendations

Shopify's product recommendations is included as standard and easy to adjust to fit your requirements.

"Spend more" cart message Bonus

The cart has options to display a "spend more" message to show text like "spend £2.00 more to get free delivery".

Accurate breadcrumbs Bonus

Breadcrumbs through the theme follow the menu structure of the site so they are always accurate.

JSON structured data Bonus

Schemas for products, collections, breadcrumbs, business, blogs and articles are included.

Variant selector

An easy to edit variant selector with inline variant images, built entirely with liquid and basic JavaScript. No complex and nested JavaScript components like Dawn giving you full control.

Accessibility Bonus

Some basic accessibility, like keyboard navigation focus, has been included which you can improve on.

Unrestricted HTML/CSS and Javascript

The theme comes with a basic stylesheet which you can trash or modify - it's completely up to you and your project. Vanilla javascript is used, so no dependencies are required.

Subcollections Bonus

A common request by clients is to display subcollections of a collection, and this is built-in to the theme.

More features coming...

There's still a few features on the roadmap that will be added in the coming months.

Buy Taillour theme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Taillour pre-styled?

Taillour has very basic black and white styling and is not meant to be used like this out-of-the-box.

I'm a designer, can I use this?

Yes! If you are comfortable working with HTML, CSS and a little bit of Liquid code, Tailour is suitable for you.

My client has asked for a custom feature. Is this easy to do with Taillour?

Yes, this is what Taillour was made for! You'll find it much easier to develop your custom feature in to Taillour as the codebase is purposefully clean and simple.

Do I need to buy Taillour for every Shopify project I use it on?

To help support the maintaining of Taillour you must purchase the theme each time you need. Your support is very much appreciated.

Why not just use Dawn?

I've worked on Dawn and similar themes before and it's taken longer to make basic changes due to the way the themes are structured. There's also an unnecessary amount of code bloat due to the amount of settings they've put in to try and cater for everyone.

Why should I pay for a theme that I still have to build?

Taillour is theme to get you started building great stuff again and your purchase helps me to improve and maintain it.

Can I use a particular framework such as Boostrap, Tailwind CSS, Vue or React?

Absolutely! You can use whichever libraries and frameworks you want. There are no dependencies built into Taillour.

How quickly could I build my client's store using this?

I've built stores within 4 to 5 days from scratch using Taillour, excluding the design stage of course.

How often is the theme updated? Will I get free updates?

I aim to release updates every two or three months. Due to the timeframe, updates will not be free unless it falls within 30 days of your purchase.

Can I get a refund if I don't like it?

Sorry, no refunds. The price is small in comparison to the project cost.

Can I buy multiple copies at a discounted price?

Yes, email me at hello@ketanmistry.me.

Who is Taillour theme suitable for?

Taillour is suitable for anybody who can code HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Liquid. You don't need to be an expert, but should have good knowledge of the basics at least.

Do you have any examples where Taillour has been used?

Taillour is a new theme and so has only been used on a couple of projects so far. That being said, I have been building and maintains client Shopify stores for the last 8 or more years and its structure contains usable and modifiable code. This website is built using Taillour. 🙂