
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 |
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Slideshow images | 1400 x 850 px recommended size |
Template Essentials
View a full list of everything Netizen has to offer.
Navigation and layout
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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
- Log in at my.bigcartel.com.
- Go to shop Designer.
- Click the Themes tab in the top left corner.
- Click Netizen.
- Click Save to apply the changes or Exit to leave without saving.