Trace is a simplistic and minimalist template that showcases a clean and refined aesthetic, perfect for those who want an understated look for their online store. The thoughtful design is intended to encourage visitors to stay and browse your products with ease.
Quick Look: Trace at a Glance
Ideal for: Trace features a clean, professional layout that beautifully highlights product details—making it an ideal choice for showcasing jewelry, cosmetics, pottery, branded merchandise, and other visually rich items.
Core features:
- Responsive design: Optimized for desktop and mobile devices of any size.
- Home page welcome: Upload a welcome image and add a message to promote your brand easily to your target audience
- Customizable 'Start Shopping' button: Personalize the button to link it to your products
- Logo display: Display your store's logo in the header
- Product info alignment: Align product names and prices beneath the thumbnail images to the left or center
- Variant inventory: Choose to show or hide sold-out product variants in the product page dropdown menus
- Social Media integration: Easily add links to your Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram profiles
- Text and translations: Customize buttons, navigation labels, and other system text—or translate your shop into different languages.
Explore more about Trace below.
Image Specs
.png, .gif, .jpg .jpeg are all supported image file types. Be sure your images don't exceed 10MB.
Header logo | Supports a header logo image up to 300 x 80 pixels. |
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Welcome image | 1200px x 800px |
Slideshow image | Use same-sized images, recommend at least 1200 wide. |
Template Essentials
View a full list of everything Trace 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 | Recommend transparent background and 300 x 80 size |
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Header logo image size | Controls the maximum size of your header logo |
Show search | Shows the product search area |
Maximum products per row | The maximum number of products displayed per row on larger screens |
Maximum products per row (mobile) | The number of products displayed per row on smaller screens |
Product grid image style | Control how product images display in product grids |
Products per page | The number of products shown at a time on the Products page |
Product detail alignment | Alignment for product details under thumbnail images |
Hide Big Cartel logo in footer and menus (premium feature) | Choose whether to show attribution to Big Cartel in your shop design |
Show categories in footer | Display product category links in your footer |
Show custom pages in footer | Display links to your custom pages in your footer |
Footer text | Show a custom message in your footer |
Homepage
Design and control your homepage layout to spotlight your brand just the way you envision it.
Welcome Image | Minimum size of 1200 x 800px recommended. |
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Slideshow | Adds a slideshow to your Home page. Use same-sized images, recommend at least 1200 wide. Overrides welcome image if both are set. |
Auto-play homepage slideshow | Automatically advances slides in the homepage slideshow |
Slideshow speed | Controls how quickly slides advance in the auto-playing slideshow |
Welcome message | Displays a message above the welcome button on the Home page. Requires a welcome image to be set |
Welcome button | Displays a link to the Products page on the Home page. Requires a welcome image to be set |
Welcome button behavior | Controls the behavior of the welcome button on the Home page |
Featured items type | Select which items appear on your homepage: products or categories |
Featured items | The number of items featured on the Home page |
Featured video URL | Displays a featured video on the Home page. Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and direct video links. |
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.
Enable product image zoom | Click to open a larger version of the Product page image |
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Desktop product page images | Sets the display of the Product page gallery |
Mobile product page image carousel | Choose to hide or show thumbnails on the mobile Product page carousel |
Show related products | Displays related products on Product pages |
Related products | The maximum number of related products to show on Product pages |
Related products order | Top sellersThe order of related products on the Product pages |
Show sold out product variants | Shows sold out product variants in the Product page dropdowns |
Show inventory bars | Shows a product's inventory amounts (when using inventory tracking) |
Show product stock alerts | Show shoppers alerts on Product pages when it's running low on stock |
Low stock alert | When stock drops below this number, a low stock message appears. "Almost sold out" at half |
Buy Now, Pay Later Messaging | Show payment options prior to checkout on product and cart pages. Learn more |
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 an announcement message on the top of every page. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
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Contact page | Displays a message at the top of your contact page. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Cart page | Displays a message at the top your cart page when there are items in the cart. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Maintenance mode message | A message visitors see when your shop is in Maintenance Mode. Accepts HTML for links and styling. |
Social Media
Connect with customers by sharing your social media accounts
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.
Language for text in your shop | Language to use for translations |
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Translation mode | Select how text appears throughout your shop. Automatic uses default translations; Manual allows custom edits for improved translation or messaging. |
Miscellaneous
Adjust extra template options to fine-tune your shop’s design and layout.
Show prices for sold out products | Show the price of sold out products on product grids and product pages |
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Show prices for coming soon products | Show the price of coming soon products on product grids and product pages |
Price display | Control how pricing appears across your shop: display with a currency symbol (like $), a currency code (like USD), or show just the number. |
Shop sprinkles | Add 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 Trace template.
- Log in at my.bigcartel.com.
- Go to shop designer.
- Click the Themes tab in the top left corner.
- Click Trace.
- Click Done, then Publish to apply the changes or Exit to leave without saving.