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Who the Home & Candle Gift Store template is for

For homeware and gift shops - candles, ceramics, textiles, prints - selling a look rather than a single craft. Warmer and more curated than a general store template, it groups products into giftable collections and ships with a working shop, cart and checkout.

Make it yours

Shoot your products in a real room rather than on white; homeware sells on atmosphere. Build collections around the occasion people are actually shopping for (housewarming, thank-you, under $25), state dispatch times plainly before December, and offer gift notes at checkout - it is the difference between one sale and the recipient becoming a customer.

Selling a Look, Not a Catalogue

Homeware and gift shops sell a feeling assembled from several products. A customer who came for a candle leaves with a candle, a ceramic dish and a print, provided the site groups them the way a shelf does.

Group by room and by occasion

Kitchen, bathroom, living room; housewarming, wedding, thank you. Occasion groupings are the ones that convert gift buyers, who arrive with a person in mind rather than a product.

Photograph products together

A candle alone is a candle. A candle beside a ceramic and a folded textile is a look somebody wants for their own table, and it raises the basket size more than any cross-sell prompt.

Make gifting practical

Gift notes, wrapping, delivery direct to a recipient and a cut-off before an occasion. These small details decide the purchase in the weeks that matter most.

The shop is configured through setting up your shop. If you offer gift cards, gift cards covers issuing and redeeming them.

Questions and answers

Is the Home & Candle Gift Store template free?

Yes - you can start building and customizing the Home & Candle Gift Store template for free. The Online Shop features need a paid plan (included in Starter), and the 14-day Starter free trial covers everything in this template.

What pages does the Home & Candle Gift Store template include?

It comes with 7 ready-made pages: Home, Shop, About, Delivery & Returns, Contact, Product, Cart.

What can the Home & Candle Gift Store template do?

It is set up for Online Shop. Those are built in rather than add-ons, so they work from the moment the site is created.

What is the Home & Candle Gift Store template set up with?

It arrives with 6 demo products across 4 categories, so you are editing a working business rather than filling in an empty layout. Replace the demo content with your own as you go.

What fonts and colours does the Home & Candle Gift Store template use?

Fraunces for headings and Mulish for body text, on a palette built around #7c2d12 and #5c5a2e.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. The Home & Candle Gift Store template is edited visually in the drag-and-drop builder - no coding at any point.