Your store's footer is more than an afterthought - it's prime real estate that sits on every single page your customers visit. A well-designed footer builds trust, aids navigation, captures email subscribers, showcases payment methods, and reinforces your brand from the very bottom up. The problem is that Shopify's built-in footer is notoriously rigid.
Most themes give you a handful of basic blocks - a menu column, a newsletter field, some social icons - and very little else. Want a multi-column layout with a brand tagline, trust badges, and a featured collection? That typically means digging into Liquid code or hiring a developer. It's one of the few areas of Shopify where the native editor genuinely falls short, and it's the reason so many stores end up with a footer that looks identical to thousands of others using the same theme.
Section Store offers 19 professionally designed footer Sections - each one a $9 one-time purchase that installs directly into your existing theme and is fully customisable inside Shopify's own Theme Editor. No page builders, no subscriptions, no code. Whether you want a minimal single-row footer or a rich multi-column design complete with your logo, links, and a newsletter signup, there's a layout ready to go. Here's how to set one up.
HOW TO ADD A CUSTOM FOOTER SECTION TO YOUR SHOPIFY THEME
Follow these simple steps to install and customise a custom footer Section on your Shopify store.
Install the Section Store App
If you haven't already, install the Section Store app from the Shopify App Store. It's free to install - you only pay for the Sections you choose to purchase.
Browse the Footer Sections
Inside the Section Store app, search for "Footer" or browse the footer category. With 19 footer designs to choose from - ranging from clean minimal layouts to richly structured multi-column footers - pick the one that best fits your brand style.
Purchase the Section
Click on your chosen footer Section and complete the one-time purchase for $9. No recurring fees, no subscription - the Section is yours permanently and can be installed to as many themes as you like within your store.
Install the Section to Your Theme
Navigate to My Sections within the Section Store app. Click the Install button next to your chosen footer Section, then select the theme you want to add it to. Section Store adds a .liquid file directly into your theme - no copy-pasting code required.
Open the Shopify Theme Editor
In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes and click Customize on your live theme to open the Theme Editor.
Navigate to the Footer Area
In the Theme Editor, scroll down to the bottom of the page layout in the left-hand sidebar. You'll see your theme's existing footer group — this is where your new Section will be added.
Add the Footer Section
Click Add Section within the footer area. Search for "ss - Footer" and select your purchased Section from the results. All Section Store Sections are prefixed with "SS" so they're easy to identify - for example, "ss - Footer #4".
Hide the Default Theme Footer
Click on your theme's original footer section in the sidebar and use the eye icon to hide it, or toggle its visibility off. This ensures only your new custom footer is visible, giving you a clean result without duplicating content.
Customise Your Footer
Click on the new footer Section in the sidebar to open its settings. Add your logo, update navigation links, configure your newsletter signup, adjust colours and fonts, and populate any content blocks - all without touching a line of code. Changes preview in real time as you make them.
Save Your Theme
Click Save in the top-right corner of the Theme Editor. Your new custom footer is now live across your entire store - automatically appearing on every page.
WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR SHOPIFY FOOTER
A high-performing footer typically includes your logo and a short brand tagline, navigation links to key pages (FAQs, Shipping, Returns, Contact), a newsletter signup with an incentive, social media links, payment method icons, and a copyright notice. The Section Store footer designs are built with all of these in mind, so you're not starting from scratch - you're customising something that already follows best practice.
READY TO UPGRADE YOUR FOOTER?
Browse all 19 footer Sections — and 730+ other designs — inside Section Store. Every Section is a one-time $9 purchase, works with all Online Store 2.0 themes, and is customisable entirely within Shopify's built-in Theme Editor.
