35 Free High-Quality E-Commerce Templates
For website owners who are evaluating e-commerce solutions, there are several good options for powering websites and shopping carts. Regardless of which option you chose, deciding on a design brings with it even more decisions to make. Of course, a custom design is always an option, but for those who want to keep costs down, templates are a popular choice. Premium e-commerce themes are easy to find, but they can be expensive. Free e-commerce templates are difficult to find, and quality free templates are even harder to find.
You may also want to check out the following Smashing Magazine articles:
- 15 Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design
- Fundamental Guidelines Of E-Commerce Checkout Design
- Improve Your E-Commerce Design With Brilliant Product Photos
We’ve done the research for you, and in this post we present 35 of the highest-quality free e-commerce templates available. There are templates specifically for WordPress, Prestashop, osCommerce, Magento, Zen Cart, CubeCart, and CRE Loaded, as well as a number of general e-commerce templates. Please notice that these templates aren’t intended to be used 1:1, but should rather be used as a skeleton for your own shop and hence saves a lot of work, because otherwise you would have to start from scratch.
1. WordPress Templates
Crafty Wordpress Theme | Demo | Download
![free ecommerce templates](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/cfde1109-f230-458c-9be3-ac4e0e5d2d99/crafty.gif)
3. osCommerce Templates
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/11a50484-72f9-425a-b998-6da4726b3739/cosmetics.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a45a985b-2411-45e8-97b5-c9a535d7e340/computeros.jpg)
4. Magento Templates
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a7337a5e-8184-49a6-be88-23e966fcf191/monster.jpg)
Electronics Store 3 | Download from eCommerce-Themes
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a8c2a69b-0453-44fc-a459-d76a319c2209/elec3.jpg)
5. Zen Cart Templates
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/6775950a-d722-4fb8-8f7a-231fa80d3306/zentemp.jpg)
Acadame | Download from ichoze.net
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/49ab75c9-806f-41f5-a80e-7fc7c0e892fc/acadame.jpg)
Clean Blue A collection of free CubeCart 3 Skins. More free Cubecart skins.
7. CRE Loaded Templates
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/7e9af846-f608-4192-bd1d-220eac496765/cre-elec.jpg)
8. General E-Commerce Templates
The following templates were created for the purpose e-commerce but not built for a specific system. If you plan to use one of them, it would need to be adapted to and integrated in the e-commerce solution of your choice. Templates with valid HTML code are marked.
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/c1c1b70d-51e3-46a6-9f79-c46a135dd8f6/petshop.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/b8a5e590-7f6b-44e2-8d88-0e102b25d6a2/autoparts.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/c66634f2-2858-476e-a7d3-23e562a86b52/clothes.jpg)
Gadgets Template | Download (valid HTML)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/96f195d1-d710-442f-ab6f-286f944003ed/gadgets.jpg)
Online Movie Store | Download (valid HTML)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/175a9afe-11ef-4d8a-9211-7688b708a58b/movies.jpg)
Books Online | Download (valid HTML)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/a3f7c019-ece4-4975-af3a-ecc922d96507/books.jpg)
Beauty Company | Download (valid HTML)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/7d777230-4d1b-4564-86b4-861b68c5f5de/beautyco.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/2e2ffbdb-7456-450d-8f4c-4a281f95a2b2/clothes4.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/682e0eb1-f68a-4638-af4d-e42a8159c8f6/hardware.jpg)
![Screenshot](https://archive.smashing.media/assets/344dbf88-fdf9-42bb-adb4-46f01eedd629/2fc9a728-f3ed-4c65-9367-b7b420d52603/onlinestore.jpg)
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