Swell
garden

Swell

Shopify theme by Switch

Cascade favors a soothing, text-friendly layout designed to flow as visitors scroll, fitting clothing, jewelry, and similarly sized catalog stores. The theme includes lookbooks, product tabs, size charts, a mega menu, a sticky, slide-out cart, and blog and FAQ sections for brand storytelling.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
4.9 · 100 reviews · 98% positive
PRICE
$ 360,00 USD
PRESETS
4 styles
View on Theme Store
PRESETS INCLUDED Total 4
Phase Phase
Swell Swell
Sequence Sequence
Cascade Cascade
Theme support
help.switchthemes.co
Documentation
help.switchthemes.co/cascade

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Swell?

Google PageSpeed Insights scores for the home page, out of 100

Tested in October 2026, the official Swell demo scored 95/100 on mobile and 100/100 on desktop. Mobile LCP was 2.7s, CLS was 0.00, and Total Blocking Time was 35ms.

Theme demo store

Official Swell demo, home page
95 /100
Mobile
Good
100 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 2.7s 686ms
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.00 0.00
Total Blocking Time 35ms 1ms
Speed Index 2.6s 821ms

Across 8 live stores we tested, the average PageSpeed score was 57/100 on mobile and 82/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 9.2s and CLS was 0.07. These are complete production stores, so the numbers cover more than the theme itself.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Swell
57 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
82 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Results include each store's apps, images, tracking scripts and customizations

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 9.2s 1.8s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.07 0.04
Total Blocking Time 280ms 257ms
Speed Index 5.9s 1.5s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Duryea's
duryeas.com
Mobile 44
Desktop 80
ALCHEMY FACE BAR
alchemyfacebar.com
Mobile 59
Desktop 86
East Pole Coffee Co.
eastpole.coffee
Mobile 63
Desktop 99
Captain + Stoker
captainandstoker.com
Mobile 53
Desktop 78
Daily Blooms Australia
dailyblooms.com.au
Mobile 50
Desktop 73
North Drinkware
northdrinkware.com
Mobile 62
Desktop 61
Million goods
million-goods.com
Mobile 57
Desktop 89
Scrimsflorist
scrimsflorist.com
Mobile 66
Desktop 87

Swell ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#509 of 1302
Position among Shopify themes for "garden"
#10 of 29
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
98% positive

Tracked over time

Shopify themes ranking

Position among all Shopify themes

#509
117 positions
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
Dropped from #392 to #509 since Sep 11, 2026

Industry ranking

Position among Garden industry

#10
6 positions
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
Dropped from #4 to #10 since Sep 11, 2026

Review growth

Cumulative merchant reviews

100
reviews
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
No new reviews since Sep 11, 2026

Price history

Theme Store list price, USD

$360
no price changes
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
No price changes since Sep 11, 2026

Examples of Shopify stores using the Swell theme

A sample of live Shopify stores where the Swell theme has been detected.

1,215+ live stores found · showing 6
Duryea's
Duryea's
duryeas.com
United States Visit
ALCHEMY FACE BAR
ALCHEMY FACE BAR
alchemyfacebar.com
United States Visit
East Pole Coffee Co.
East Pole Coffee Co.
eastpole.coffee
United States Visit
Captain + Stoker
Captain + Stoker
captainandstoker.com
United States Visit
Daily Blooms Australia
Daily Blooms Australia
dailyblooms.com.au
Australia Visit
North Drinkware
North Drinkware
northdrinkware.com
United States Visit

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v5.1.0
Released January 30, 2026
Releases in 12 mo 1
Total releases 78
First release September 6, 2018
v5.1.0 FEATURE

Fixes and improvements

  • Fix missing “Announcement bar” section in theme presets

Changes

  • “Announcement bar” is no longer a statically rendered section, and can be added to or removed from the “Header” section group
v5.0.1 FIX

Fixes and improvements

  • Improved video modal performance
  • Fixed cart drawer overflow issue
  • Fixed email social link
v5.0.0 MAJOR

Cascade 5.0.0 provides a more seamless install experience for every preset.

Changed

  • Updated presets with new names: Cascade, Swell, Sequence & Phase.

Added

  • Support for seamless preset demo store installation.
v4.1.4 FIX

Fixes and improvements

  • Image inset with overlay: Fixed parallax issue
  • Updated structured data
  • Fixed section color transitions on article and policy pages
  • Fixed hero logo affecting first section background on non-homepage pages
v4.1.3 FIX

Changed

  • Replace deprecated fonts

Full changelog

78 releases
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What merchants say about Swell Shopify theme

We know about 100 reviews

Such a great theme! I love the flexibility it gave me to make it my own, and when I had questions the team were quick to help and thorough in their answers.

P
Petit Press
May 28, 2026

Beautifully minimal theme that showcases my jewelry perfectly. It’s artful, easy to navigate, and handles a growing product list well. Setup and customization were simple, and the dev team was quick and helpful with any questions.

O
Ouvelle
Dec 9, 2025

beautiful theme, that gives a elegant but playful look to my website. great customer service!

C
christina cabrales | tucán y limón
Oct 25, 2024

The theme features break with every update. Customer service is nonresponsive, and since installing this theme, we've been bombarded with fake customer accounts being created by bots and tried every solution under the sun to combat that without any luck.

O
OAM - MUSE LABS LTD
Oct 18, 2024

I'm disappointed in the customer service. I've been emailing their support team for a week and still have not received a single reply.

W
WeToxic
Aug 16, 2024

Clean and simple, with lots of layout options. Works great!

S
Samla
Jun 21, 2024

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