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Netizen is full of retro charm and graphic flair. It turns your store into a playful, immersive experience—great for sellers who want to stand out with bold design and curated collections.

Quick Look: Netizen at a glance

Ideal for: Sellers seeking a fun, fresh, and visually bold theme with a built-in lookbook to showcase a curated collection of their products.

Core features:

  • Style & Branding: Choose from preset palettes or tailor colors to match your unique branding.
  • Bold Header Display: Showcase a large header image with adjustable height to make a strong visual impact.
  • Feature products branding: Choose which products to feature and customize homepage greetings and button text.
  • Dynamic Slideshow: Upload up to 50 images to create a homepage slideshow and set the speed for seamless transitions to visually narrate your brand story.
  • Social Media Integration: Add links to your social profiles, making it easy for customers to connect with you.
  • Custom Banner Messaging: Add announcements, slogans, or promotional messages to highlight key info on your shop pages.
  • Text and translations: Customize buttons, navigation labels, and other system text—or translate your shop into different languages.

Explore more about Netizen below.

Image Specs

.png, .gif, .jpg .jpeg are all supported image file types. Be sure your images don't exceed 10MB - Netizen supports a mid-size logo image.

Header image

200x200px

Slideshow images

1400 x 850 px recommended size

Template Essentials

View a full list of everything Netizen has to offer.

Adjust and organize your shop’s header, footer, main navigation menus, and overall page layout to create a cohesive and user-friendly browsing experience.

Header logo

Recommended size: 200 x 200 px.

Show search

Displays a search field for customers to search products.

Product List Layout

Control how products are arranged in row format on the Home and Products pages.

Maximum products per row (desktop)

Number of products displayed per row on larger screens.

Maximum products per row (mobile)

Number of products displayed per row on smaller screens.

Products per page

Control the total number of products shown per page.

Product list info

Choose to displays product name & price either on hover or beneath the image.

Hide Big Cartel logo in footer/menus

Option to hide Big Cartel attribution in footer and menu.

Footer text

Add a custom message in the footer; supports HTML for links and formatting.

Homepage

Design and control your homepage layout to spotlight your brand just the way you envision it.

Home page welcome image

1400×850px image recommended

Welcome header

Welcome header text for the Home page

Welcome subheader

Welcome subheader text for the Home page

Welcome button

Text for button linking to Products page (e.g., “Shop now”)

Welcome image overlay effect

Adjust overlay to enhance text legibility

Welcome image overlay

Style of the overlay on the welcome image

Featured products

Number of products featured on the Home page

Featured products order

Order of products on the Home page

Featured categories on Home page

Number of featured categories shown on Home page

Featured categories position

Placement of featured categories on the Home page

Product page

Control the layout and display settings of your product pages, including image placement, product details, pricing, and how customers interact with your listings.

Price display

Controls how pricing is shown in your shop

Show prices for sold out products

Show prices on grids & pages for sold out products

Show prices for coming soon products

Show prices on grids & pages for upcoming products

Show related products

Display related products on Product pages

Related products

Max number of related products shown

Related products order

Sort order for related products

Show sold out product options

Show sold out variants in dropdowns

Show product stock alerts

Display low-stock alerts on Product pages

Low stock alert

Triggers alert when stock drops below this number; "Almost sold out" shows at 5

Buy Now, Pay Later Messaging

Show payment options before checkout on product & cart pages

Shop announcements

Personalize the messages that appear on your shop’s announcement banners, contact page, cart page, and maintenance screen—so you can keep customers informed, on-brand, and maybe even entertained at every step.

Announcement banner

Displays a message on the top of every page. Accepts HTML for links and styling

Contact page

Displays a message on your contact page. Accepts HTML for links and styling

Cart page

Displays a message at the top of your cart page when there are items in the cart. Accepts HTML

Maintenance mode message

Message shown in Maintenance Mode. Accepts HTML

Social media

Customers can easily find you on social media

Supported social media links

Stay connected by adding your social links to your shop: Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Threads, X, Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, YouTube, Spotify, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Bandcamp

Text and translations

Edit default text across your shop—like buttons, navigation links, and system messages—or translate everything into another language to better connect with your audience.

Text and translations

Customize system text like buttons and navigation labels, or translate your shop into different languages

Translation mode

Automatic or manual translation supported

Miscellaneous

Adjust extra template options to fine-tune your shop’s design and layout.

Show prices for sold out products

Display the price of sold out products on product grids and product pages

Show prices for coming soon products

Display the price of coming soon products on product grids and product pages

Price display

Sets how prices appear in your shop

Shop Sprinkles

Adds a fun, animated emoji sprinkle effect to your shop

Steps

Heads up! If you are switching from another template, follow this guide to help you seamlessly switch to the Netizen template.

  1. Log in at my.bigcartel.com.
  2. Go to shop Designer.
  3. Click the Themes tab in the top left corner.
  4. Click Netizen.
  5. Click Save to apply the changes or Exit to leave without saving.
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