Since the popularity of Magento is still increasing, the number of available themes is getting at a level where there’s really something to choose from. Also, well-known templating companies like Woothemes and Joomlart started delivering premium, paid templates to their customers. However, let’s have a look at what’s available for free. Is the quality of those themes really lower? We made some suggestions here and would love to hear your feedback on these themes.

Magik Clothes

Magentomagik.com is a company developing premium, paid Magento themes and extensions. But some of their themes are available for free. Like this Magik Clothes theme, but please note that you must create an account on this website to be able to download it.

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BlueScale

BlueScale is a free Magento theme from WebExperiment and compatible with Magento version 1.4.x. Includes a link to the developer website, but can be downloaded without registration.

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Glam

From the same template company this dark, free Magento template called ‘Glam’ is available. Also suitable for magento 1.4.x.

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Hello Magento

From the developers of HelloThemes we can download this pretty, free Magento template. Registration is required however. Nice one: being delivered in three different colours, that’s something we do not see too often for a free theme.

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Magik Shoes

Magik Shoes is available from the same developer house as Magik Clothes, mentioned on the top of this post. So also in this case, registration is required.

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Sigyn

A Free template from the team of Smashing Magazine is generally an assurance for good quality. However, this theme is already over a year old. I’m not sure if it will still be able to work with the current Magento version.

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Watch shop

This dark template gives you the possibility to use it for a watch store or jewelry shop. You must register again to  be able to download it.

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HelloWired

Another one from Hellothemes.com. With a great homepage, but further on it’s all pretty basic Magento styling. Try it for yourself at the demo.

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Grayscale

This free them from WebExperiment is suitable for Magento 1.4.x and also delivers an attractive image slider for the homepage.

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ComputerStore

We don’t see it too often, that the folks from Templatemonster are giving away themes, but there are more free Magento templates available from their website. However, Template Monster states that these free templates are for educational purposes only. You may not use them on a live ecommerce website.

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Mage-World is delivering the dark tech theme for free. It’s holding a link to their website, but that is the case for most free themes. You need to register before downloading.

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Polaroid

Polaroid is a free Magento theme from ecommerce-themes.com. Clean, with a wooden design, especially suited for fashion websites.

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mApple

Various free templates available M-template.com. We picked two for this list. mApple is a clean design, suitable for Magento 1.4.x and including a Psd for your own changes. Requires registration to be able to download.

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MagentoClassic

Here’s the second pick from the M-template.com website: MagentoClassic. This theme is also compatible with Magento 1.4 and can be customized rather easily.

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Everson store

We’re closing the row of free magento themes with this freebie from Everson.us. Includes installation instructions, but it’s unclear if the theme will work in the latest Magento versions.

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Next time, we’ll discuss a selection of premium themes in here. What is your opinion, are these free themes worth giving a try? Or should you always use a premium theme at least, to be able to receive some kind of support? Or is using a standard theme something you shouldn’t consider at all? We’d love to hear from  you below. But remember, all of these questions will be covered during our upcoming articles, here at boostingecommerce.com. So don’t forget to sign up for our rss feed for free updates!