What Shopify theme does Outlier use?

Answer: No theme (headless storefront)

Teardown of outlier.nyc, checked 2026-10-29

Outlier is a headless Shopify store: it runs on Shopify for products and checkout, but the storefront is a Custom Hydrogen storefront rather than a Shopify theme. We did not detect any of the common third-party apps we track on the homepage. The homepage passes 13 of 18 teardown checks.

Theme details

Apps and tools on Outlier

None of the tracked apps were found on the homepage. Apps can still run on product or cart pages.

Teardown: 72/100

What Outlier could improve

• ✕
  At least 90% of images have alt text Accessibility

  71 of 141 images have alt text.

  Fill in alt text in the Shopify admin for products and section images. It helps screen readers and image search.
• ✕
  Free shipping offer visible on homepage Conversion

  Shipping cost is the top reason for cart abandonment. If you offer free shipping over a threshold, say so in the announcement bar.
• ✕
  Product reviews app detected Conversion

  Show reviews on product pages. Shoppers trust other customers more than product copy.
• ✕
  Email or SMS capture tool detected Conversion

  Capture emails from first-time visitors with a signup offer, then automate a welcome flow.
• ✕
  Public product catalog found Catalog

  Could not read the catalog.

  If products exist but none are found, the store may be password protected or have the products feed restricted.

What Outlier gets right

• ✓
  Homepage title is 30-65 characters SEO

  Current: 63 characters.
• ✓
  Meta description is 70-160 characters SEO

  Current: 155 characters.
• ✓
  Homepage has exactly one H1 SEO

  Found 1.
• ✓
  Canonical tag present SEO
• ✓
  Open Graph image for link previews Social
• ✓
  Structured data (JSON-LD) SEO
• ✓
  Below-the-fold images are lazy loaded Speed

  70 of 141 images use loading="lazy".
• ✓
  Homepage HTML under 250 KB Speed

  HTML is 233 KB.
• ✓
  10 or fewer third-party script domains Speed

  1 third-party domains load scripts.
• ✓
  Under 40 script tags on the homepage Speed

  13 script tags.
• ✓
  Mobile viewport configured Mobile
• ✓
  Page language declared Accessibility
• ✓
  Favicon set Brand

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