00 / INDEPENDENT THEME STUDIOKILN — COLLECTION 01

Commerce,
considered.

Less app stack. More room for your brand. Five Shopify themes, built with the care your products deserve.

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Theme licence
$500 / once
Native sections
32
Monthly theme fees
$0
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BEAUTY, BY NATURE

A daily dose
of radiance.

Thoughtfully formulated. Beautifully made. Discover everyday essentials with a little more intention.

Barrier repair serum$42
Amber glass facial oil on a stone plinth in afternoon light
Barrier repair serum$42
Thoughtful materialsDesigned for everyday lifeInternational delivery
Open store ↗
Design that makes room.

For the product. For the customer. For what comes next.

SHOPIFY ONLINE STORE 2.0
01 / SPECIMENS

Five distinct
points of view.

Fashion, beauty, technical catalogues, wholesale.
A precise foundation for the way you sell.

02 / TELEMETRY

Less weight.
More performance.

A technical foundation should get out of the way.
These are the standards we design towards.

Mobile Core Web Vitals

PASS RATE / ILLUSTRATIVE
Kiln flagships97%
Theme Store average83%
Off-store bundled themes54–71%
LCP target
0.8s
CLS target
0.00
Base JS target
13.8KB

Brief-supplied targets and comparison inputs, not independently verified CrUX results. The off-store range reflects the brief’s Shrine / Debutify comparison. Real results require measurement of a complete merchant storefront.

03 / ECONOMICS

A theme that can
earn its keep.

Stop renting features your store should already have.
See what a stronger foundation could save you.

What’s in your app stack?

Select the tools you currently pay for.

Illustrative app costs supplied in the Kiln brief; actual plans and savings vary. Assumes unchanged prices for 36 months.

COST STUDY / 36 MONTHS

Your 3-year net savings

Monthly app spend eliminated/mo
Third-party JS removed (estimate)
One-time Kiln licence$500
Pays for itself in
Make the switch to Apex

$10,260 in projected app costs − $500 licence. Payback uses a 365-day year; the full $285/month stack pays back in 54 days.

04 / INSTRUMENTS

Built in.
By design.

Your conversion toolkit, engineered into the theme.
Try the real interactions. Feel the difference.

NATIVE FEATURE / 01

A little progress.
A bigger basket.

Three meaningful rewards. One frictionless cart. Let customers see exactly how close they are to free delivery, a gift and a better deal.

  • Live, tiered reward progress
  • Automatic gift at $100
  • 15% off at $150
Typical app cost $49 / monthIncluded. Always.
Read the setup guide
INTERACTION STUDY / 01EDIT THE VALUES BELOW
Your bag (1)
You’re $25 from free express shipping.
$60 · Express$100 · Gift$150 · 15% off
Botanical oil bottle and natural nutrition jars on a stone background
Daily botanical oil$35 per unit
1
$35
Subtotal
$35
Delivery
Calculated at checkout
Total
$35

Interactive demonstration. Rewards and quantity savings stack here; configure discount combinations in Shopify.

05 / ACCOUNTING

A premium theme.
A practical decision.

COMPARE THE LONG-TERM PICTURE

A one-time foundation. An ongoing advantage.

Shopify storefront cost and feature comparison over 3 years. Select a column to highlight it.
A stronger starting pointONE-TIME LICENCE
Initial investment$500$350$0$25,000
Ongoing software fees$0 / monthVaries$250 / monthMaintenance varies
3-year base cost + apps + upkeep
Native conversion toolkitIncludedNot assumed includedIncludedCustom scope
Theme editor sections32 includedTheme dependentApp dependentCustom scope
Updates & documentationIncludedIncludedPer vendorAgency agreement
Compared with a $250/month app stack, Kiln leaves for what’s next.

Illustrative comparison, excluding Shopify subscriptions, payment fees, tax, integrations and implementation. A Kiln licence covers one store. Agency scope and other vendors’ inclusions vary.

END NOTE / KILN STUDIO

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