Independent theme studio

Store themes built the way a print job is built

We publish a small number of commerce themes, each with a written performance budget, a WCAG 2.2 AA target and no dependency on paid apps. Founding Access is one payment of £249 covering the 1 themes published today and every theme we publish in the next 12 months.

1 themes published · from £129 each · one-time payment · compatible with Shopify stores
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Home & living · Fashion & apparel

Mettert

Sixty-three sections, no app subscriptions, and a demo running the code you download.


v1.0.0 · published 9 Sept 2026

£129

The offer

What Founding Access is, exactly

Founding Access is a single payment of £249 that covers every theme we publish in the 12 months after you buy, including the 1 available today. It is not a subscription: nothing renews, no card is kept on file, and there is nothing to cancel.

Where it stops

Your coverage window closes 12 months after purchase. Everything published inside that window is yours permanently, and updates to those themes keep arriving afterwards. Themes we publish after the window closes are not included — you would buy those individually, or take a founding place again if the programme is still open.

We deliberately do not sell lifetime access. Promising every future theme to everyone who paid once in 2026 is how theme studios end up shipping nothing, and we would rather write the limit down than quietly stop publishing.

Is it worth it today?

Bought separately, the 1 published themes come to £129. Founding Access is £249, so it pays for itself the moment you want a second theme — and any theme we publish inside your window is on top of that.

Founding Access

One payment for the next 12 months of themes

£249

one-time · GBP · no renewal

Founding Access covers every theme published within 12 months of your purchase, including the 1 available today. Downloads stay yours permanently. Themes published after your window closes are not included.

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  • All 1 published themes, worth £129 bought separately
  • Every new theme we publish in your 12-month window, at no extra cost
  • Updates to every theme you have collected, including after the window closes
  • A single-store licence for each theme, with the licence key issued on purchase
  • Email support from the two people who wrote the code
  • Support that fixes the theme, or refunds it if we cannot make it work as described

One live store per theme. Agency licensing is separate and not included — see the licence terms.

In the catalogue

The themes you can download today

There are 1 themes published and maintained right now, each built for a different kind of catalogue. Founding Access includes all of them; you can also buy any one of them on its own.

See all 1 themes
  • Mettert, fast Shopify theme thumbnailNewIncluded

    Home & living · Fashion & apparel

    Mettert

    Sixty-three sections, no app subscriptions, and a demo running the code you download.


    v1.0.0 · published 9 Sept 2026

    £129

Why us

Why buy from a two-person studio

Because the constraints are written down and testable. Every claim below is either visible on a theme page or measurable on the demo store before you pay anything.

  • A performance budget we publishEvery theme states its JavaScript budget in kilobytes on its own page. A release that breaks the budget does not ship until it is back under.
  • WCAG 2.2 AA as the build targetKeyboard paths, focus order, contrast ratios and form labelling are part of the theme spec, not a retrofit after a client complains.
  • No paid apps requiredFiltering, predictive search, bundles and quantity rules are built into the theme. You are not renting three subscriptions to make the storefront work.
  • Structured data built inProduct, breadcrumb, organisation and article markup ship correct out of the box, so your listings are eligible for rich results on day one.
  • Your settings survive updatesTheme settings are versioned with a mapping file. Updating a theme does not mean rebuilding your home page from screenshots.
  • Support from the people who wrote itThere is no support tier and no ticket queue. Two people build the themes and two people answer the email, within two working days.

Two ways people buy this

The same themes, bought for different reasons. Which paragraph describes you decides whether Founding Access or a single licence is the honest answer.

Store owners

You are choosing a theme to live with

You run the store, you will install the theme yourself, and you would like to stop paying three app subscriptions to make the storefront behave.

  • Install from the .zip with the setup guide in the archive — an afternoon, not a project
  • Filtering, search, bundles and quantity rules are in the theme, not in rented apps
  • One live store per licence, which is what most merchants need
  • Founding Access pays for itself the first time you change theme inside the window

Agencies and freelancers

You build stores for other people

You will read the Liquid before you commit, you reuse what works across clients, and you need the licensing position to be unambiguous when you invoice.

  • The demo store is the real build — inspect it before you spend anything
  • Each client store needs its own licence; a single-store licence does not stretch
  • Agency licensing covers up to twenty-five live stores per theme and is arranged by email
  • Not included: agency licensing is priced per theme and sits outside Founding Access

Who is using this

No testimonials yet

We have not published any customer quotes, because we will not write them ourselves and we have not asked permission to reuse the ones we have received privately.

Founding members who are happy to be named will appear in this space, with a link to their store, once they say yes.

Want a reference before you buy? Email hey@terabold.com and we will put you in touch with someone running one of the themes.

Before you buy

Questions people ask first

If the answer you need is not here, the full list is on the FAQ page and the exact wording is in the licence terms.

Founding Access is a one-time payment of £249 that covers every theme ThemeStack publishes during the 12 months after you buy, including the 1 already published. It is not a subscription: nothing renews and there is no card on file.

Every theme published inside your window stays yours permanently and keeps receiving updates. Themes published after the window closes are not included; you can buy those individually, or take a founding place again if the programme is still open.

It is cheaper as soon as you want two. The 1 published themes come to £129 bought separately, against £249 for Founding Access, and anything we publish inside your window is included on top.

We will not give you a number, because we will not pad the catalogue to hit it. We would rather publish two themes we are willing to maintain for years than six we are not. If a guaranteed count is what makes the purchase work for you, buy the single theme you actually want instead.

No. Each licence covers one live store, and Founding Access issues one single-store licence per theme. Running the same theme on a second live store needs a second licence, or an agency licence for that theme, which covers up to twenty-five live stores and is priced per theme.

Not automatically — the download starts immediately, and you confirm at checkout that this ends the right to cancel. Tell us what is wrong instead: we would rather fix the theme than keep money for something that does not work. If we cannot make it work as described, we refund it, less the payment processing fee our payment provider does not return to us.

100 founding places are still open

One payment of £249, the 1 themes published today plus every theme we publish in your next 12 months, and support that fixes the theme if the first one you install is not right. The full terms are on the pricing page before you pay anything.