About Monaco

What is Monaco?

Monaco by Apparent Collective is an elegant, high-end Shopify theme built for fashion, beauty, accessories, and premium lifestyle brands that want their storefront to feel as luxurious as their products.

Designed for small to medium catalogs, Monaco combines full-screen visuals, flexible gallery layouts — from conventional sliders to stacked galleries and mosaic grids — with brand storytelling sections including lookbooks and a rich About page. Backed by powerful conversion tools including countdown timers, before/after sliders, behavior-triggered popups, mega menus, predictive search, and a slide-out cart, it turns every visit into an immersive, high-impact brand experience.

Monaco lets you build a canvas for exceptional brands — where full-screen product imagery, refined motion, and a rich feature set come together to captivate shoppers and drive consistent growth.

Pre-Designed Theme Styles

Monaco includes 5 pre-made presets, each showcasing a distinct visual direction and industry fit:

1. Monaco — Built for clothing and high-end fashion brands with minimal luxury and subtle motion.

2. Memories — Tailored for jewelry and accessories stores with cinematic clarity and full-screen polish.

3. Pleasure — Designed for skincare and beauty brands with soft elegance and a clean, gentle layout.

4. Tableware — Perfect for home and lifestyle stores, blending minimal warmth with refined, cozy design.

5. Dreams — Optimized for food and drink brands with rich minimalism and indulgent full-width visuals.

Each preset demonstrates how typography, spacing, layout structure, and color systems can adapt to different brand aesthetics — from fashion and jewelry to beauty, home, and food.

Try Monaco for Free

Available on the Shopify Theme Store, Monaco includes an unlimited free trial.

You only pay when you choose to publish the theme.

How to try Monaco:

Customize Your Theme

All customization is managed directly in your Shopify admin. The process is the same for all Shopify themes.

To change the Theme Style:

You can further customize sections, layouts, typography, and colors within the theme editor.

Purchase Monaco

After installing Monaco, you can complete the purchase directly from your Shopify admin.

Important:
According to Shopify Terms of Service (Section 9.4), themes are licensed per store. Each store requires a separate purchase.

To buy Monaco:

Only purchased themes can be published to your live store.

Theme Updates

What is a Theme Update?

A theme update is a new version of the theme that may include:

• New features
• Performance improvements
• Bug fixes
• UX and design enhancements

We release updates regularly to keep Monaco optimized and fully compatible with the latest Shopify platform improvements.

How to Update Your Theme

Update steps depend on your current theme version and the type of changes included.

Some updates are automatic, while others require manual adjustments.

For detailed instructions, refer to Shopify’s official guide on updating themes in your admin panel.
Before applying major updates, duplicate your current theme to preserve customizations.

FAQ

Are theme updates free of charge?

Yes. All updates are completely free, so you’ll always have access to the latest features and improvements without additional cost.

Do I have to update my theme?

No. Updates are optional. Your theme will continue to work as-is, and you only need to update if you want the latest features or enhancements.

Will my custom code or modifications be kept after an update?

No. Any custom code changes made by you, a developer, or an app will not carry over automatically. To preserve them, you or your developer will need to manually transfer code or reconfigure affected apps. Guidance can be provided if needed.

Why am I seeing the “could not be added to the Theme Library” message?

Shopify allows up to 19 unpublished themes per store. Check that you have space available. Some major updates include structural changes that prevent seamless installation. In these cases, you may need to install the theme directly from the Shopify Theme Store and manually copy your previous settings.