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Do you remember when was the last time that you bought anything at a local store? What’s your attitude to online shopping? Positive? Billions of people worldwide think the same. Running a fashion or beauty eCommerce site is more profitable than ... [More] working at a physical shop. The users shift online, giving preference to eCommerce fashion sites more and more often. It has become far more convenient to browse the entire inventory/collection of the preferred brand and add the preferred items to the shopping cart straight away. With the purpose to help you get started with a fashion or clothes web store, we have decided to come up with the following compilation of fashion and beauty OpenCart templates. All of them are designed in different styles, with the use of the latest web techniques and approaches to running an online business. The compilation includes ready-made themes that will match eCommerce sites selling men’s, women’s and kids’ outfit. There also several templates suited for beauty and jewelry web projects featuring a sleek and refined style. All templates are fully editable and can be tweaked in a host of different ways. PSD files, detailed documentation and free support from the themes’ provider are traditionally included. Moreover, you can access a number of free educational videos on how to tweak OpenCart themes. The following playlist should help you get started.         StoreFlex - Multipurpose OpenCart Template This is a multipurpose OpenCart template packed-full with features letting you get started with a fashion, beauty, sports, travel, or any other web store. The design is both visually stunning and functional. Intuitive navigation guides the users through products shared on your site’s pages. Promo banners, countdown functionality, and carousel sliders of featured products keep the users alerted on your hot deals.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Cosmetorix OpenCart Template By means of this responsive OpenCart theme, you can sell beauty and fashion items in a user-friendly manner. Fully editable, the theme features multi-language and multi-currency support, letting you reach foreign customers. Theme color switcher tool is also provided. Thus, you can personalize the visual presentation of your web resource with a click.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Beauty Products OpenCart Template The theme’s layout looks clean and pure. The effect is achieved thanks to the chosen fair color scheme. As a user reaches a web store built with the help of this theme, their attention will be captured by a newsletter pop-up form. Advanced filter and search options allow the customers reach the desired pieces of content hassle-free. Social media integration lets the users share the preferred content with followers and friends with a click.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Sunglasses OpenCart Template Material design style makes the design look so smart and trendy. All elements of the template are fully responsive. For a more seamless navigation of the site’s content, the main navigation panel is sticky. On the front page, featured items are organized into filterable galleries. Quick view functionality, add to compare and add to wishlist options enhance the users’ online shopping experience.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Bed Linen OpenCart Theme The theme is designed in a clean, minimalist style. The header is enhanced with a large hero image enhanced with a parallax scrolling effect. Placed on fair backgrounds, yellow and purple design elements look eye-catching. Featured products are enhanced with product badges and star ratings, which are intended to help the users with faster decision-making.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Cosmetic Products OpenCart Theme A large hero image welcomes every visitor for a better investigation of your site’s content. The main navigation panel is sticky. Pre-loaded with an advanced search form, the template allows the web users to come across the desired piece of content by means of a keyword. Video backgrounds get the visitors more immersed into browsing your pages.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Fashion Store OpenCart Template The theme features a concise layout, which makes it a perfect fit for men’s apparel eCommerce sites. The front page features non-standard content positioning. Category banners feature clear hierarchy and interactive hover effect. Moving further down the theme, you will see a grid-based set of featured items enhanced with quick view functionality and product badges.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Lingerie OpenCart Template The theme’s layout is intended to work best for photo-rich web resources. The integration of lazy load effect ensures that all data will load seamlessly across all gadgets and web browsers. A sticky drop-down menu is accompanied by live search. Clean, flat style of the template brings the store’s content to the foreground. Visuals are enhanced with stunning animation effects, providing for a more effective and productive site browsing.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Clothes OpenCart Template The theme can be used for selling casual and classic apparel for both men and women. There is a page-width slider demonstrating the store’s offers beautifully. Advanced search, currency switcher, and an easy-to-reach shopping cart are featured over the header image. The theme includes touch-friendly design elements, providing the owners of handheld devices with a seamless browsing experience.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Fashion Clothes OpenCart Template The theme’s front page features nothing except a series of banners drawing the users’ eye to your hot deals. Catalog and product pages are easy to scan and highly user-friendly. Featuring loads of whitespace, they draw the users’ attention to the fashion outfit that you sell. Galleries, sliders, and video support are provided for a more captivating presentation of your products. Add to wishlist and add to compare options are added to enhance the shopping experience.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Clothing for Everyone OpenCart Template Black-and-white design adds a classy look to the template. The theme’s header is enhanced with a sticky MegaMenu. Suited to sells outfit for men, women and kids, the theme is built in a simple and intuitive manner, letting even first-time visitors browse the content effortlessly. Featured products are organized into functional carousel sliders. Thanks to quick view option, there is no need to navigate to a product page to see a product’s details.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Jewelry Store OpenCart Template The theme is built-in with an editable slider in the header. Page-width photo backgrounds help to deliver the atmosphere of your business to the audience and separate different content blocks visually. Featured content is organized into grids, enhancing the theme’s scannability. The template is integrated with a number of social media options. Thus, Twitter and Facebook widgets reveal the latest updates from your official social media accounts on the site.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Handbags OpenCart Template The theme is well suited for selling handbags and other fashion accessories. Enhanced with advanced Bootstrap functionality, all elements of the theme’s design are fully responsive. A newsletter subscription pop-up form welcomes every visitor to the site. Ajax-based live search helps online shoppers come across the desired items by entering a keyword letter-by-letter. A contact form, easy-to-locate contact details, and live search give the users several options to get in touch with you.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Urban Clothing OpenCart Template The theme is designed and developed as per the latest OpenCart guidelines. A fully responsive framework features a clean, minimalist style. Multi-lingual and multi-currency support allow the users to pick the best options for a more convenient online shopping experience. Ajax-based search allows coming across the necessary options hassle-free. Video integration gets the users more captivated with your content.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Fashion Store Responsive OpenCart Template Classic black-and-white style of the template makes it a perfect match for web stores selling men’s outfit. Neat ghost elements perfectly harmonize with the rest of the design elements. The theme’s backgrounds are fair. Whitespace provides for a more balanced content presentation. A grid-based structure of featured items, product badges, and functional hover effects enhance the users’ shopping experience.     TEMPLATE DETAILS  |  LIVE DEMO       Download Free             This blog post has been sponsored by Template Monster. Please note that whilst OpenCart recommends Template Monster, all views and opinions in this blog post belong to Template Monster and are not those of OpenCart. OpenCart is not responsible for any opinions or claims made in this blog post.   [Less]

If you've been a store owner, web developer or marketer for a few years, it's more than likely that you've heard about Google's Penguin update already. In this post we'll be giving a quick recap of Google Penguin for those who aren't familiar, and ... [More] will be sharing some exciting new updates which have been announced this week.   What is Google Penguin? Launched way back in April 2012, the Penguin update was designed to help reduce the number of sites who were spamming the search results - specifically those who were buying links or getting them through spam link networks. This 'Black Hat' technique is now a known no-go for SEOs, but some sites still get caught out. If your site is getting a lot of links from low quality or spammy sites, don't expect to rank highly in Google search results any time soon.  The Penguin update has always been notoriously difficult to recover quickly from due to the infrequency of Penguin updates released by Google - some updates have been years apart. This means that if you were caught out by Penguin, you'd have to wait until the next release before your site would be checked again - even if you removed the low quality links straight away. However, this is all about to change.    Google's new core update On September 23rd, Google announced over on their Webmaster Central Blog that Penguin has now been included in the core search algorithm. Changes will now be seen much faster, making it possible for penalised sites to recover shortly after the site has been crawled and reindexed - that's certainly better than waiting over a year to recover. Penguin will also now be available in all languages.   How to check for & remove unwanted inbound links If you have seen a drop over the last few days due to Penguin being introduced to the core algorithm, don't worry. You can view the inbound links to your website using a range of different tools. Some that we'd recommend include: Moz's Open Site Explorer Google Search Console Ahrefs Any links that look spammy or forced should be removed in order to recover from the Penguin update hit. You can do this by contacting the owner of the site where the link is coming from and asking for them to remove the link. If you get no response, you can use Googles disavow tool - with this, you create a text file containing any links that you want Google to ignore. To learn more about how to use the disavow too, check out Google's support site.    Remember, links aren't the only factor used by Google - there are over 200 signals used when determining search result rankings, so it's important for you to improve your website as a whole rather than just focusing on one factor.    Has your site ever been hit by a Google update? Share your experiences in the comments below! [Less]

If you've been a store owner, web developer or marketer for a few years, it's more than likely that you've heard about Google's Penguin update already. In this post we'll be giving a quick recap of Google Penguin for those who aren't familiar, and ... [More] will be sharing some exciting new updates which have been announced this week.   What is Google Penguin? Launched way back in April 2012, the Penguin update was designed to help reduce the number of sites who were spamming the search results - specifically those who were buying links or getting them through spam link networks. This 'Black Hat' technique is now a known no-go for SEOs, but some sites still get caught out. If your site is getting a lot of links from low quality or spammy sites, don't expect to rank highly in Google search results any time soon.  The Penguin update has always been notoriously difficult to recover quickly from due to the infrequency of Penguin updates released by Google - some updates have been years apart. This means that if you were caught out by Penguin, you'd have to wait until the next release before your site would be checked again - even if you removed the low quality links straight away. However, this is all about to change.    Google's new core update On September 23rd, Google announced over on their Webmaster Central Blog that Penguin has now been included in the core search algorithm. Changes will now be seen much faster, making it possible for penalised sites to recover shortly after the site has been crawled and reindexed - that's certainly better than waiting over a year to recover. Penguin will also now be available in all languages.   How to check for & remove unwanted inbound links If you have seen a drop over the last few days due to Penguin being introduced to the core algorithm, don't worry. You can view the inbound links to your website using a range of different tools. Some that we'd recommend include: Moz's Open Site Explorer Google Search Console Ahrefs Any links that look spammy or forced should be removed in order to recover from the Penguin update hit. You can do this by contacting the owner of the site where the link is coming from and asking for them to remove the link. If you get no response, you can use Googles disavow tool - with this, you create a text file containing any links that you want Google to ignore. To learn more about how to use the disavow too, check out Google's support site.    Remember, links aren't the only factor used by Google - there are over 200 signals used when determining search result rankings, so it's important for you to improve your website as a whole rather than just focusing on one factor.    Has your site ever been hit by a Google update? Share your experiences in the comments below! [Less]

When you create a new OpenCart store, adding new features and customisations is so exciting - everyone likes to see their website grow. Although OpenCart comes with tonnes of features already available by default in the free download, every ... [More] ecommerce store is different and has different requirements.   With over 14,000 extensions available on the OpenCart Extension Store, the OpenCart developer community have made it really easy for you to customise your store at a low cost. We've chosen 4 handy, widely used extensions which can help add a range of new features to your store.           SEO Pack Pro by privatemtx Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO for short, is extremely important for getting your store shown in search results.The seemingly never-ending list of ways to improve SEO can be time consuming; particularly if you don’t have development experience.   The SEO Pack Pro module is packed full tools to help you quickly and easily get your store up to scratch. Multi-language SEO, pagination, canonical tags, meta data generation and more - SEO Pack Pro gives you the freedom to improve your website’s SEO without any development experience. With over 3,300 sales to date and a 5 star rating on the OpenCart Extension Store, this is definitely a module that you should consider for your OpenCart store.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.4 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about SEO Pack Pro                 ExcelPort by iSense Whether you’re moving your store over to OpenCart for the first time or you simply want to take a backup of your store’s data, ExcelPort makes it incredibly easy to export and import data from your store via an Excel file.   ExcelPort is particularly useful if you have hundreds or thousands of products, categories and customers. With one click you can bulk export or import products, categories, orders, customers, customer groups, options and more - significantly reducing the amount of time you’ll have to spend listing and adding data to your store.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.1.3 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about ExcelPort                 OpenStock by welfordmedia Product options are a handy way of including variations in your products. Colours, sizes, patterns; options allow you to reduce the number of product listings your store has and makes it easier for your customers to see all variations. But, how can you keep track of stock for each variant? That’s where OpenStock comes in.    OpenStock allows you to assign stock values to each individual product option of a product, rather than just stock for the single product itself. This handy tool not only makes it easier for you to keep track of exact stock levels on your store, but also allows you to see which of your product variations is performing the best with your customers.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.1.3 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about OpenStock (1.5.x)          Find out more about OpenStock (2.x)                 Ajax Quick Checkout by Dreamvention If your key focus for improving your store is the checkout, then the Ajax Quick Checkout module will be perfect for you. This module moves all of the checkout steps onto one single page; reducing the number of steps your customer has to go through and helping improve cart abandonment rates.    The Ajax Quick Checkout module even gives you the freedom to change the order of the sections, add 1 to 3 columns and hide certain fields and options. It’s even responsive and includes social logins, making it ideal for stores with lots of mobile users.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.2 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about Ajax Quick Checkout       Still looking for the perfect extension to complete your OpenCart store? Visit the OpenCart Extension Store to view our full collection of 14,000 extensions. Do you have an extension that you'd recommend to store owners? Leave it in the comments below.   Visit the OpenCart Extension Store     [Less]

When you create a new OpenCart store, adding new features and customisations is so exciting - everyone likes to see their website grow. Although OpenCart comes with tonnes of features already available by default in the free download, every ... [More] ecommerce store is different and has different requirements.   With over 14,000 extensions available on the OpenCart Extension Store, the OpenCart developer community have made it really easy for you to customise your store at a low cost. We've chosen 4 handy, widely used extensions which can help add a range of new features to your store.           SEO Pack Pro by privatemtx Search Engine Optimisation, or SEO for short, is extremely important for getting your store shown in search results.The seemingly never-ending list of ways to improve SEO can be time consuming; particularly if you don’t have development experience.   The SEO Pack Pro module is packed full tools to help you quickly and easily get your store up to scratch. Multi-language SEO, pagination, canonical tags, meta data generation and more - SEO Pack Pro gives you the freedom to improve your website’s SEO without any development experience. With over 3,300 sales to date and a 5 star rating on the OpenCart Extension Store, this is definitely a module that you should consider for your OpenCart store.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.4 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about SEO Pack Pro                 ExcelPort by iSense Whether you’re moving your store over to OpenCart for the first time or you simply want to take a backup of your store’s data, ExcelPort makes it incredibly easy to export and import data from your store via an Excel file.   ExcelPort is particularly useful if you have hundreds or thousands of products, categories and customers. With one click you can bulk export or import products, categories, orders, customers, customer groups, options and more - significantly reducing the amount of time you’ll have to spend listing and adding data to your store.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.1.3 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about ExcelPort                 OpenStock by welfordmedia Product options are a handy way of including variations in your products. Colours, sizes, patterns; options allow you to reduce the number of product listings your store has and makes it easier for your customers to see all variations. But, how can you keep track of stock for each variant? That’s where OpenStock comes in.    OpenStock allows you to assign stock values to each individual product option of a product, rather than just stock for the single product itself. This handy tool not only makes it easier for you to keep track of exact stock levels on your store, but also allows you to see which of your product variations is performing the best with your customers.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.1.3 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about OpenStock (1.5.x)          Find out more about OpenStock (2.x)                 Ajax Quick Checkout by Dreamvention If your key focus for improving your store is the checkout, then the Ajax Quick Checkout module will be perfect for you. This module moves all of the checkout steps onto one single page; reducing the number of steps your customer has to go through and helping improve cart abandonment rates.    The Ajax Quick Checkout module even gives you the freedom to change the order of the sections, add 1 to 3 columns and hide certain fields and options. It’s even responsive and includes social logins, making it ideal for stores with lots of mobile users.   Available for OpenCart versions: 1.5.2 to 2.3.0.2     Find out more about Ajax Quick Checkout       Still looking for the perfect extension to complete your OpenCart store? Visit the OpenCart Extension Store to view our full collection of 14,000 extensions. Do you have an extension that you'd recommend to store owners? Leave it in the comments below.   Visit the OpenCart Extension Store     [Less]

Visual information has proven to be the most easy-to-perceive. That’s why nowadays, in the era of high Internet connection speeds, online stores that provide rich media content perform better and bring their owners more money.   There are several ... [More] ways of implementing videos on your online store.   First of all, you can embed YouTube videos from your channel. This method is extremely simple, but not the best one when it comes to user engagement.   The second way is to incorporate looped background videos into the design of your store. Websites with background videos look simply stunning, but you will need a specific template to avoid digging into megabytes of code.   Today we would like to introduce you to a list of 10 contemporary OpenCart templates that support background videos out of the box.       1. Elegant Fragrance OpenCart Template     This perfume store template for OpenCart developed by TemplateMonster has a long scrolling homepage layout enhanced with numerous visual effects. It features large product previews, wide parallax image blocks, animated buttons, and other eye-catching details. This template is fully responsive and mobile-friendly, allowing you to attract visitors using all modern Internet browsing devices.   The full-page background video block is situated in the lower part of the homepage of this template. Check out the live demo to see it in action.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   2. Compy OpenCart Template     Compy is a clean and minimalist OpenCart template for tech stores selling computer parts, electronics, software, and such. It allows you to create complex banners to promote featured products, connect your store with your Facebook account, and even run a company blog without installing any third-party extensions or content management systems.   The background video resides below the header of the template, instead of a regular slider. It has overlaid text and a call-to-action button applied to it, so you can easily convert your visitors and customers by grabbing their attention with a captivating looped video clip.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   3. Food Shop OpenCart Template     Gourmet is a colorful OpenCart template best suited for restaurants, cafes and food delivery services. It features a bright, colorful homepage with tasty product photos designed in a way to create a mouthwatering effect on your visitors, and ultimately guide them towards making a purchase. This template comes with a set of compelling social sharing buttons, integrated Google Maps and a Facebook community widget.   The video area of this template is a supporting element, which is situated between the product blocks.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   4. Hipster OpenCart Template     Hipster is a simple, yet powerful eCommerce template developed specifically for online stores that sell casual clothes. Its visually appealing design is based on contrasting colors, clear-cut lines and creative handmade Google Fonts. The menu sticks to the top of the screen on scrolling, providing convenient navigation and high conversion rates.   In this template a background video works in tandem with a header-based slider. It is supplied with a call-to-action button, and a well-formatted text block.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   5. Interior Design OpenCart Template     This responsive OpenCart template is ideal for all kinds of furniture and interior design online stores. Its minimalist layout is plentifully spiced up with photos, giving you a hand at redesigning your website quickly and effortlessly. The template is equipped with a live chat module, social media options, a back-to-top button, and a rating system.   Placed right before the product list, the narrow video area serves as an impressive introduction to your store’s product range.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   6. Men's Corporate Fashion Shop OpenCart Template     This elegant OpenCart template, designed using only black and white colors, will fit any men’s clothing eCommerce store. It supports multiple languages and currencies, provides a sticky navigation bar, ghost buttons, and much more. The design is extremely lightweight, which guarantees high loading speed of your website.    This template features multiple videos creatively arranged throughout the layout.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   7. Home Electronics OpenCart Template     Sell electronics online using this simplistic OpenCart template with parallax effect. Its color palette is based on energetic yellow and blue colors. With a sticky mega menu and a back-to-top button you can provide your customers with an unmatched user experience, receiving their loyalty in return. The template supports extended eCommerce functionality: your visitors can compare the characteristics of similar products and add them to their wish lists.   In this template the video block is situated in the top area, under the menu bar, adding dynamism to the store design.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   8. Pet Shop OpenCart Template     Pet Shop is a crisp OpenCart eCommerce template with a classic boxed layout. It features a soft color palette, modern sans serif fonts, pixel-perfect illustrations and CSS-powered shadows. The template comes with Ajax search, embedded email subscription blocks, and social media widgets, having everything you need to launch a prospective full-featured online store in a matter of minutes.   The video is placed above the footer, and can be used to boost customer retention and improve the overall user experience provided by your store.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   9. Lingerie Store OpenCart Template     This gorgeous lingerie template will turn any fashion OpenCart store into a high-grade responsive online boutique. It has a long customizable homepage with rearrangeable content blocks. The sticky dropdown menu doesn’t take up too much screen space, so you can showcase your products in their entire splendor. The product page supports Cloud Zoom, embedded YouTube videos and reviews.   The large responsive video area with call-to-action buttons enables you to generate leads without a hassle. It supports HD videos, so make sure your footage is of the highest quality.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   10. Tile & Stone OpenCart Template     Tile & Stone is a professional responsive OpenCart template with a boxed layout and a customizable textured background. It has a classic look, and is easy to navigate. This template features a large area with category banners. Tile & Stone allows you to create a multilingual store thanks to the support of the most widespread languages and currencies.   The background video block is supplemented with customizable text and a stylish modern ghost button.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***     Implement background videos on your store, and see for yourself that this type of rich media is one of the most powerful ways to increase customer retention and create a positive online image of your company. We hope that the templates listed above will help you with this task. Good luck!       This blog post has been sponsored by Template Monster. Please note that whilst OpenCart recommends Template Monster, all views and opinions in this blog post belong to Template Monster and are not those of OpenCart. OpenCart is not responsible for any opinions or claims made in this blog post.   [Less]

Visual information has proven to be the most easy-to-perceive. That’s why nowadays, in the era of high Internet connection speeds, online stores that provide rich media content perform better and bring their owners more money.   There are several ... [More] ways of implementing videos on your online store.   First of all, you can embed YouTube videos from your channel. This method is extremely simple, but not the best one when it comes to user engagement.   The second way is to incorporate looped background videos into the design of your store. Websites with background videos look simply stunning, but you will need a specific template to avoid digging into megabytes of code.   Today we would like to introduce you to a list of 10 contemporary OpenCart templates that support background videos out of the box.       1. Elegant Fragrance OpenCart Template     This perfume store template for OpenCart developed by TemplateMonster has a long scrolling homepage layout enhanced with numerous visual effects. It features large product previews, wide parallax image blocks, animated buttons, and other eye-catching details. This template is fully responsive and mobile-friendly, allowing you to attract visitors using all modern Internet browsing devices.   The full-page background video block is situated in the lower part of the homepage of this template. Check out the live demo to see it in action.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   2. Compy OpenCart Template     Compy is a clean and minimalist OpenCart template for tech stores selling computer parts, electronics, software, and such. It allows you to create complex banners to promote featured products, connect your store with your Facebook account, and even run a company blog without installing any third-party extensions or content management systems.   The background video resides below the header of the template, instead of a regular slider. It has overlaid text and a call-to-action button applied to it, so you can easily convert your visitors and customers by grabbing their attention with a captivating looped video clip.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   3. Food Shop OpenCart Template     Gourmet is a colorful OpenCart template best suited for restaurants, cafes and food delivery services. It features a bright, colorful homepage with tasty product photos designed in a way to create a mouthwatering effect on your visitors, and ultimately guide them towards making a purchase. This template comes with a set of compelling social sharing buttons, integrated Google Maps and a Facebook community widget.   The video area of this template is a supporting element, which is situated between the product blocks.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   4. Hipster OpenCart Template     Hipster is a simple, yet powerful eCommerce template developed specifically for online stores that sell casual clothes. Its visually appealing design is based on contrasting colors, clear-cut lines and creative handmade Google Fonts. The menu sticks to the top of the screen on scrolling, providing convenient navigation and high conversion rates.   In this template a background video works in tandem with a header-based slider. It is supplied with a call-to-action button, and a well-formatted text block.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   5. Interior Design OpenCart Template     This responsive OpenCart template is ideal for all kinds of furniture and interior design online stores. Its minimalist layout is plentifully spiced up with photos, giving you a hand at redesigning your website quickly and effortlessly. The template is equipped with a live chat module, social media options, a back-to-top button, and a rating system.   Placed right before the product list, the narrow video area serves as an impressive introduction to your store’s product range.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   6. Men's Corporate Fashion Shop OpenCart Template     This elegant OpenCart template, designed using only black and white colors, will fit any men’s clothing eCommerce store. It supports multiple languages and currencies, provides a sticky navigation bar, ghost buttons, and much more. The design is extremely lightweight, which guarantees high loading speed of your website.    This template features multiple videos creatively arranged throughout the layout.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   7. Home Electronics OpenCart Template     Sell electronics online using this simplistic OpenCart template with parallax effect. Its color palette is based on energetic yellow and blue colors. With a sticky mega menu and a back-to-top button you can provide your customers with an unmatched user experience, receiving their loyalty in return. The template supports extended eCommerce functionality: your visitors can compare the characteristics of similar products and add them to their wish lists.   In this template the video block is situated in the top area, under the menu bar, adding dynamism to the store design.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   8. Pet Shop OpenCart Template     Pet Shop is a crisp OpenCart eCommerce template with a classic boxed layout. It features a soft color palette, modern sans serif fonts, pixel-perfect illustrations and CSS-powered shadows. The template comes with Ajax search, embedded email subscription blocks, and social media widgets, having everything you need to launch a prospective full-featured online store in a matter of minutes.   The video is placed above the footer, and can be used to boost customer retention and improve the overall user experience provided by your store.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   9. Lingerie Store OpenCart Template     This gorgeous lingerie template will turn any fashion OpenCart store into a high-grade responsive online boutique. It has a long customizable homepage with rearrangeable content blocks. The sticky dropdown menu doesn’t take up too much screen space, so you can showcase your products in their entire splendor. The product page supports Cloud Zoom, embedded YouTube videos and reviews.   The large responsive video area with call-to-action buttons enables you to generate leads without a hassle. It supports HD videos, so make sure your footage is of the highest quality.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***   10. Tile & Stone OpenCart Template     Tile & Stone is a professional responsive OpenCart template with a boxed layout and a customizable textured background. It has a classic look, and is easy to navigate. This template features a large area with category banners. Tile & Stone allows you to create a multilingual store thanks to the support of the most widespread languages and currencies.   The background video block is supplemented with customizable text and a stylish modern ghost button.     LIVE DEMO | TEMPLATE DETAILS   ***     Implement background videos on your store, and see for yourself that this type of rich media is one of the most powerful ways to increase customer retention and create a positive online image of your company. We hope that the templates listed above will help you with this task. Good luck!       This blog post has been sponsored by Template Monster. Please note that whilst OpenCart recommends Template Monster, all views and opinions in this blog post belong to Template Monster and are not those of OpenCart. OpenCart is not responsible for any opinions or claims made in this blog post.   [Less]

As everything new, starting an online store is a challenging process. It requires a lot of research, determination and hard work. OpenCart is a free Open-Source platform that powers more than 300,000 online stores. This makes it one of the top 3 ... [More] most used E-Commerce platforms in the World.   The first step is always the hardest.   We are here to break that rule and make it the easiest. We are happy to introduce the newest FREE eBook - The Definitive Guide to Getting Started with OpenCart 2.x. By OpenCart 2.x we refer to all versions, from 2.0.1.x to 2.3.x).   This book is targeted to new users who want to learn how to use OpenCart. Throughout the book we will show you how to start your store from scratch and how to build your way up to a fully running digital store. You will also learn:   How to install OpenCart 2.x. How to make sense of the OpenCart Dashboard How to setup your E-Commerce Store How to Manage Orders and Customers How to Manage your Website Design What are OpenCart Extensions and How to Use Them How to Track Progress and Use Analytics of Your Store Activity And many more…   As always, we have a neat Bonus Section: 8 Additional Posts to Kickstart the Growth of Your OpenCart Shop   This eBook is Free to download and use.   You can access it from any browser and device. Throughout the book, we aimed to give you an overview of the whole admin panel where your daily tasks will take place. It’s easier to run your store knowing that you have step-by-step information that can guide you through all the basics of OpenCart.       [Less]

As everything new, starting an online store is a challenging process. It requires a lot of research, determination and hard work. OpenCart is a free Open-Source platform that powers more than 300,000 online stores. This makes it one of the top 3 ... [More] most used E-Commerce platforms in the World.   The first step is always the hardest.   We are here to break that rule and make it the easiest. We are happy to introduce the newest FREE eBook - The Definitive Guide to Getting Started with OpenCart 2.x. By OpenCart 2.x we refer to all versions, from 2.0.1.x to 2.3.x).   This book is targeted to new users who want to learn how to use OpenCart. Throughout the book we will show you how to start your store from scratch and how to build your way up to a fully running digital store. You will also learn:   How to install OpenCart 2.x. How to make sense of the OpenCart Dashboard How to setup your E-Commerce Store How to Manage Orders and Customers How to Manage your Website Design What are OpenCart Extensions and How to Use Them How to Track Progress and Use Analytics of Your Store Activity And many more…   As always, we have a neat Bonus Section: 8 Additional Posts to Kickstart the Growth of Your OpenCart Shop   This eBook is Free to download and use.   You can access it from any browser and device. Throughout the book, we aimed to give you an overview of the whole admin panel where your daily tasks will take place. It’s easier to run your store knowing that you have step-by-step information that can guide you through all the basics of OpenCart.       [Less]

How many social media sites do you use on a daily basis? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit - the list goes on. Now, how many of these does your company use?   With millions of people logging into social media ... [More] accounts every week, you would be foolish to not consider incorporating social media into your marketing plan. With 71% of social media users saying that they are more likely to purchase a product from a brand that they follow online, social media is a huge resource which allows you to reach more potential customers than you ever could before.    Social media allows you to increase your brand's visibility and makes self-promotion incredibly easy. You can connect with your customers instantly on social media platforms, making customer service and building relationships a breeze.    Studies have shown that 85% of all businesses with a dedicated social media platform reported an increase in their market exposure, so what are you waiting for? Sign your business up to the most popular social media websites today. To help you get started, we've included some key tips below as well as a few examples from companies who are doing great.      Short and Snappy Character limits on social media sites vary greatly; Twitter only allows 140 characters, whereas Facebook won’t stop you until you hit the 2,000 characters mark. However, this doesn’t mean you should go away and write an essay for every post. Studies have found that posts with less than 100 characters, particularly on Twitter, tend to have higher rates of engagement.      Engagement Engagement is a vital way to create a friendly, approachable brand image on social media websites. Twitter is by far a marketer's greatest tool when it comes to engaging with customers, and with 56% of customer tweets to companies being ignored, you have a great opportunity to break the mould and create a reputation for fantastic customer service.    If you’re looking for inspiration, definitely check out Target on Twitter. Their honest and personal tweets not only show customers that they’re listening, but also create a friendly brand image with relaxed language. Consider using a tool such as TweetDeck to track and monitor posts about your band, this will make it much easier for your marketing team to respond to tweets quickly.               Time it Right As with any marketing technique, timing is key when it comes to social media marketing. People tend to scroll through social media platforms when they're on breaks from work, so aim to post just before lunch or just before rush hour. On average, Facebook is most popular between 1pm and 4pm, but Facebook Insights and Twitter Analytics allow you to analyse exactly when your audience is online; letting you find the best times to post on your page.     #Hashtags Using hashtags allows your posts to be seen by users who are likely to be interested in your product - whether it be the type of product, theme, style or brand. Hashtags are used on the majority of social media platforms now, but they are most heavily used on Twitter and Instagram. Use hashtags that are related to your product and you’re sure to gain new followers and new customers who will be interested in your ecommerce store.    A great way to get your brand name out there is consistently use your brand name as a hashtag and encourage your shoppers to do the same. Checkout online clothing experts ASOS on Instagram - with over 2 million posts to show off their clothing, #asos is made up of almost only posts by customers.         Competitions No matter which social media platform you prefer, you can hold competitions and giveaways which will encourage people to engage with your brand. Ask your followers to simply retweet, re-gram, or share your post to enter your competition and you will instantly reach everyone who follows them, introducing your brand to lots of potential new customers. Sponsored posts on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are affordable ways of boosting your competitions even further - you can even target the exact demographic to fit your brand.     Behind the Scenes Give your customers a reason to follow your social media accounts by including exclusive images, videos, or news. Whether you decide to tweet about your latest product before it launches, offer a one-off discount code on Facebook, or post behind the scenes images of your business on Instagram, your audience will feel closer to your brand and like they are part of a secret, exclusive group.    Innocent Drinks not only show off behind the scenes posts, they also create a friendly and relatable online personality for their brand in the process - boosting general opinions of them.             [Less]