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35 Free High-Quality E-Commerce Templates

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35 of the highest-quality free e-commerce templates available. There are templates specifically for WordPress, osCommerce, Magento, Zen Cart, 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. We’ve done the research for you, and in this post we presentavailable. There are templates specifically for WordPress, Prestashop 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.

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.

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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

3. osCommerce Templates

Cosmetics Store | Download

Computer Store | Download

4. Magento Templates

Electronics Store 3 | Download from eCommerce-Themes

5. Zen Cart Templates

Acadame | Download from ichoze.net

Clean Blue A collection of free CubeCart 3 Skins. More free Cubecart skins.

7. CRE Loaded Templates

Electronics Store | Download

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.

Clothes Collection | Download

Gadgets Template | Download (valid HTML)

Online Movie Store | Download (valid HTML)

Books Online | Download (valid HTML)

Beauty Company | Download (valid HTML)

Clothes Store | Download

Hardware Store | Download

Online Store | Download

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