Vessel Shopify theme
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Vessel Shopify theme

Created by Shopify

Vessel takes an airy, minimalist approach that leans on negative space to let product shapes and colors stand out, suiting jewelry, food and drink, and home stores. The Shopify theme pairs mega menus and infinite scroll with color swatches, size charts, and a nutritional-information display for detailed listings.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
1.5 · 31 reviews · 29% positive
PRICE
Free
PRESETS
1 style

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Vessel?

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

Tested in October 2026, the official Vessel demo scored 71/100 on mobile and 99/100 on desktop. Mobile LCP was 6.0s, CLS was 0.00, and Total Blocking Time was 0ms.

Theme demo store

Official Vessel demo, home page
71 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
99 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 6.0s 962ms
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.00 0.01
Total Blocking Time 0ms 0ms
Speed Index 5.2s 818ms

Across 8 live stores we tested, the average PageSpeed score was 62/100 on mobile and 86/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 14.3s and CLS was 0.01. These are complete production stores, so the numbers cover more than the theme itself.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Vessel
62 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
86 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

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

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 14.3s 1.9s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.01 0.01
Total Blocking Time 146ms 90ms
Speed Index 7.0s 2.0s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Top Shelf Aquatics
topshelfaquatics.com
Mobile 72
Desktop 90
Alegria Shoes
alegriashoes.com
Mobile 57
Desktop 77
Kettl
kettl.co
Mobile 67
Desktop 87
Lids HD
lidshd.com
Mobile 48
Desktop 62
Carolina Pro Shop
carolinaproshop.com
Mobile 66
Desktop 90
Atomic Books
atomicbooks.com
Mobile 65
Desktop 93
Academic Coffee
academiccoffee.com
Mobile 66
Desktop 96
ANFISA Skin
anfisaskin.com
Mobile 56
Desktop 93

Features

Built-in features listed on the Theme Store.

Cart and checkout

  • Cart notes
  • In-store pickups
  • Pre-order
  • Quick buy
  • Sign in with Shop
  • Slide-out cart

Customer accounts and sign-in

  • Account menu

Marketing and conversion

  • Blogs
  • Cross-selling
  • Customizable contact form
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • FAQ page
  • In-menu promos
  • Press coverage
  • Product badges
  • Promo banners
  • Quick view
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Stock counter
  • Quantity pricing (Shopify Plus)

Merchandising

  • Animation
  • Color swatches
  • High-resolution images
  • Image galleries
  • Image rollover
  • Image zoom
  • Ingredients or nutritional information
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product videos
  • Shipping/delivery information
  • Size chart
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information

Product discovery

  • Enhanced search
  • Infinite scroll
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters
41 features

Vessel ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#1103 of 1349
Position among Shopify themes for "home"
#115 of 123
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
29% positive

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v4.3.0
Released October 9, 2026
Highly active

Vessel is actively maintained, with 15 releases in the last 12 months.

Releases in 12 mo 15
Total releases 33
First release May 21, 2025
v4.3.0 FEATURE
Release Notes - Version 4.3.0

Product disclosures are now shown only to buyers in the jurisdiction scoped by the disclosure. This update also includes several bug fixes to cart functionality, carousel usability, and information on pickup location availabilities.

What's Changed

Added

  • Filter product disclosures by the buyer's jurisdiction. A disclosure scoped to a country or a country subdivision is now shown only to buyers in that jurisdiction, and is shown whenever the buyer's jurisdiction cannot be determined.

Fixes and improvements

  • Stop rendering product card slideshow arrows on cards that have only one navigable image, where clicking them did nothing.
  • Improved desktop carousel clicks and drag cursor behavior.
  • Fixed product cards and quick add requiring two taps in carousels on iPhone.
  • Improved product disclosure icon sizing and alignment.
  • Fixed the cart drawer overlapping the installments details dialog after cart contents changed.
  • Fixed cart notes not saving after adding the first item to an initially empty cart drawer.
  • Fixed cart quantity buttons becoming enabled at their limits after cart note updates.
  • Renamed the header's customer account menu setting to "Customer account menu" so it is no longer mistaken for the header navigation menu.
  • Fixed header dropdown menus not resizing when images load after the menu opens.
  • Improved how quickly the page responds when opening the mobile menu and the cart drawer.
  • Fixed hidden variant media showing again after selecting an unavailable option combination.
  • Fixed the menu backdrop not dimming the page after scrolling.
  • Fixed product pages showing pickup as not available when the first store listed was out of stock but another store had it in stock.
  • Fixed cart quantity updates from quick order lists when a Buy X Get Y discount apply
  • Fixed the cart count after navigating back to a previous page.
  • Improved first paint time by no longer preloading theme fonts.
  • Fixed the sticky header disappearing on mobile while search, the menu, or the cart is open.
v4.2.0 FEATURE
Release Notes - Version 4.2.0

This update improves support for right-to-left (RTL) languages. The HTML page's base text direction is now set to match the shopper's requested language, correcting text order and alignment. This update also includes various bug fixes, notably the cart drawer and cart page showing stale line items after using the browser Back button.

What's Changed

Added

  • Adds a new Liquid drop and styling to support display of right-to-left languages. All templates now render [dir={{ request.locale.direction }}] to communicate the language's direction to the browser.
  • Alignment and position settings that store left/right values now render as logical CSS (start/end), so they mirror correctly on right-to-left storefronts with no change on left-to-right storefronts.

Fixes and improvements

  • Align the account popover dialog so it opens from the account button instead of the bottom of the header.
  • Fixed the cart drawer and cart page showing stale line items after a browser Back, whether the page comes back from the back/forward cache or is rebuilt from the HTTP cache.
  • Render the Catalog link in menus as text instead of a Liquid error when no product image is available.
  • Fixed the filters drawer leaving empty space beside the "See items" button when no filters were applied.
  • Serve smaller product card images in two-column mobile collection and search grids.
  • Load Quick Add's JavaScript only when Quick Add is enabled.
  • Fixed the header language selector's dropdown arrow keeping the top row text color instead of following the transparent header text color.
  • Fixed price filter values being wiped mid-edit when a shopper moves between the low and high price boxes.
  • Fixed anchor-positioned popovers staying glued to the physical left edge of their trigger in right-to-left locales.
  • Fixed prices, price ranges, unit prices, SKUs, discount codes and gift card codes rendering with their parts in the wrong order inside right-to-left text.
  • Fixed horizontal scroll hint fades and scroll-into-view alignment in right-to-left languages, so the fade appears on the correct edge and tracks the scroll position.
  • Fixed uploaded videos in popup link blocks not playing in Safari. The video now starts when the popup opens and stops when it closes.
  • Fixed swatch rows widening rounded product cards before their layout initializes.
v4.1.5 FIX
Release Notes - Version 4.1.5

This release ships multiple bug fixes and performance improvements.

What's Changed

Fixes and improvements

  • Fixed blocks with rounded corners being forced to equal heights.
  • Fixed the page jumping back to the top after closing the cart drawer on a phone, so shoppers keep their place while browsing.
  • Fixed popular countries being listed twice in the country selector.
  • Fixed desktop header dropdown menus opening blank while the page is still loading.
  • Fixed a thin line of the page background appearing along the bottom edge of the header's top row.
  • Fixed app blocks not responding to clicks on the storefront when placed inside a Hero section.
  • Improved display on iPhone: pages now extend edge-to-edge, removing the white bars beside the notch in landscape, while content and controls stay clear of the notch and home indicator.
  • Fixed group blocks in product cards stacking on mobile when their "Vertical on mobile" setting was turned off.
  • Fixed cart quantity inputs losing what the buyer typed when the cart refreshed mid-edit.
  • Fixed the cart item quantity input shrinking, most visibly in the cart drawer on tablets.
  • Fixed grid layouts, such as the collection list, overflowing the page and overlapping other sections on the storefront.
  • Fixed a horizontal scrollbar flashing on slideshows when moving the pointer between the pagination dots and the slide.
  • Fixed a slide's video thumbnail showing behind the text when a slideshow places content below the media.
  • Multiple improvements for rendering performance.
v4.1.4 FIX
Release Notes - Version 4.1.4

This release ships multiple bug fixes and performance improvements.

What's Changed

Fixes and improvements

  • Fixed desktop header submenus that could close before the pointer reached their links.
  • Minimized style tag loading for product cards to improve rendering performance.
  • Reduced layout work during initial page render by measuring header height only on pages that need it.
  • Preloaded price styles for empty product grids to prevent flash of unstyled content.
  • Fixed the Quick add button showing a disabled "Add" instead of "Choose" when a sold-out variant is selected, and kept the cart icon visible on out-of-stock buttons.
  • Removed unused animation and transition CSS rules from the base stylesheet.
  • Removed unused CSS custom properties from the theme's inline styles, reducing the CSS parsed on every page load.
  • Fixed the cart summary not staying in view when scrolling the cart page with "Extend to screen edge" enabled.
  • Improved mega menu keyboard and screen reader accessibility with a dedicated submenu toggle on desktop.
v4.1.3 FIX
Release Notes - Version 4.1.3

This release ships multiple bug fixes and performance improvements.

What's Changed

Fixes and improvements

  • Replace English-only section and block names with translated strings
  • Disable page view transitions in all Android web views to address reported errors
  • [Header] Open header submenus when hovering from below
  • [Filters] Color overrides apply to both horizontal and vertical filters
  • [Product page] Improve sold-out variant styling for readability
  • [Quick-add] Products with selling plans always link to product pages
  • [Search] Fix search result tracking parameters for Analytics reports
  • [Spacer] Prevent mobile pixel spacers from collapsing in columns
  • [Performance] Multiple updates to improve CSS bundle sizes

Full changelog

33 releases
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What merchants say about Vessel Shopify theme

We know about 31 reviews · showing 6

Merchant sentiment summary

AI

9 of 31 reviews are positive, 8 neutral and 14 negative. Merchants praise the layout and design, and say it is easy to use. The most common criticism is mobile display problems, including layout and clickability issues on some iOS and Android browsers, with support reportedly unhelpful and fixes not confirmed.

Generated from all 31 Theme Store reviews ·

Positive 9 · 29%
Neutral 8 · 26%
Negative 14 · 45%
Poorly rated

Vessel has received 9 reviews in the last 12 months.

Reviews in 12 mo 9
Total reviews 31
First review

I love this theme, it's giving me everything I need. I'm writing this here because I'm unsure how to contact support, but the "Add to cart" button has the text stacked horizontal and vertical.

F
Fox Spirit Tea
Oct 7, 2026

I do love this theme. Shopify works on updates/bugs regularly! One of the things I would ask is focus on the video features, particularly for the homepage. Not much customizations for vids to adapt to mobile and full screens. Looks odd on either or. Can’t have both. Multiple vids for full screens horizontally so you can watch multiple vids at once? Still a theme you should try if you’re eyeing!

I
ITOJU ARA
Apr 28, 2026

Very good theme, the modular direction is great. I noticed a rendering bug, not sure if it's been reported yet: occasionally, when using transparent .webp images in Safari (iOS/MacOS), the second product image bleeds through or overlaps the first image when 'Show second image on hover' or 'Show carousel' is enabled.

D
DARABARA
Feb 18, 2026

Extremely professional website that we've been able to achieve a good conversion rate with

D
Divine Steps
Jan 20, 2026

somehow the performance of this theme got even worse

B
Boody Club
Dec 26, 2025

I've been using Vessel for a while. But since the update to 3.2.1 my menu is not working correct anymore. It was before text but now it is jumping to a hamburger menu. It is not working properly.

I
islora
Dec 19, 2025

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